| President: | Good afternoon, everyone! This is Robin Copperfield, the new Vice President of our company. He will be in charge of the accounting work. Let's give him a warm welcome! |
| Robin: | Thank you! |
| President: | Mr. Copperfield is an expert in the field of accounting. So, it is a pleasure for us to have him here. Now, Mr. Copperfield, I'd like to introduce the Vice Presidents and Managers to you. |
| Robin: | OK, thank you! |
| President: | This is May Bates, Vice President in charge of the Administration Department and the Neighbourhood Service Department. |
| Robin: | Nice to meet you, Ms. Bates. |
| Ms. Bates: | Nice to meet you, Mr. Copperfield. |
| President: | And this is Dennis Hayes, Vice President in charge of the Marketing Department and the Sales Department. |
| Dennis Hayes: | How do you do, Mr. Copperfield? Glad to meet you. |
| Robin: | Glad to meet you, Mr. Hayes. |
| President: | And this is ... oh, where is Andrew Jefferson? |
| Robin: | Mr. Jefferson? I've met him before. I heard he is one of the secrets of this company's success. Everyone was raving about what a great job he's done in ... |
| President: | Uh ... speak of the devil ... Mr. Jefferson has just arrived. |
| Mr. Jefferson: | Hi, Mr. Copperfield, good to see you again. |
| Robin: | Good to see you, Mr. Jefferson. |
| Mr. Jefferson: | Sorry, I'm late. I was talking to a client. |
| Robin: | Oh, that's OK. How many departments are you in charge of, Mr. Jefferson? |
| Mr. Jefferson: | Four: Research & Development, Engineering, Contract Budgets, and Project Preparation. |
| Robin: | No wonder you're so busy. |
| President: | Mr. Copperfield, there are three managers who report directly to you, and they are all ladies. So, ladies, can you introduce yourselves? |
| Ada Black: | I'm Ada Black, responsible for management accounts. |
| Caroline Clinton: | I'm Caroline Clinton, responsible for financial accounts. |
| Lucy White: | I'm Lucy White, responsible for data processing. |
| Robin: | Oh, good. Nice to meet you all, ladies. |