Activity 2 Imitation
Listen to the following two dialogues and imitate the speakers with your partner,paying attention to the sentences in bold.
Dialogue One
Miss Yang is calling Mr. Brown to confirm an appointment.
Y=Miss Yang
B=Mr. Brown
Y: May I speak to Mr. Brown, please?
B: Speaking.
Y: This is Mary Yang from Heping Arts and Crafts Factory.
B: Oh, Miss Yang, how are you?
Y: Fine, thanks. Our manager, Mr. Wang, wants me to let you know he’s free next Monday. He’s expecting you at nine o’clock in the morning in his office.
B: 9 a. m. Monday. Fine, I’ll be there.
Y: We’ll be expecting you then.
B: Thank you for calling.
Y: You’re welcome. Goodbye.
B: Goodbye.(https://www.daowen.com)
Dialogue Two
Miss Wang is calling Mr. Brown to put off an appointment.
W=Miss Wang
B=Mr. Brown
W: Good morning. May I speak to Mr. Brown?
B: This is Brown speaking. Who’s calling, please?
W: This is Wang Dan from Hero Pen Factory.
B: Oh, Miss Wang, what happened?
W: It’s about the appointment with our manager. I’m extremely sorry he can’t see you at two o’clock this afternoon. You see, something unexpected has come up.He has to attend a very urgent meeting.
B: So you want to cancel the appointment? That’s too bad.
W: No, not exactly. Actually, we just want to put it off until supper time. After that we’ll invite you to dinner.
B: Well, so much the better. Why didn’t you mention it in the first place?
W: I only want to give you a surprise. We have also invited some of the government officials to be present at dinner, so that you can find out something about the policies.
B: That’s wonderful. Thank you very much for what you have done for us. Bye.
W: Bye.