Unit 9 Business Dinner

Doing business over dinner is a good way to build relationships and seal the deal. However, it is no easy thing. Get it right, and it's duck soup. Get it wrong, and you're dead in the water.

商务宴请是建立业务关系、签订交易合同的良好途径。然而，这并非易事。把握适当，可轻而易举；把握不好，则适得其反。

Contents

• Learning Objectives
• Part I Warm-up
• Work in pairs. Do you know how to say the following in English? Write the words under the pictures.
• Part II Listening Practice
• Task 1: Suppose you are in a restaurant. Match what you think to what you should say, and then check your answers with what you hear.
• Task 2
• New Words and Expressions
• Listen to the following conversations and fill in the blanks.
• Tina and Ivan are long-term business partners. Now they are ordering in a restaurant. Listen to their conversation with the waitress and fill in the form with the information you hear.
• Part III Language Focus A
• Follow-up Practice
• Match the following questions with their responses, then check your answers with what you hear.
• Work in pairs. Take turns to role-play the following situation.
• Part IV Video 1
• New Words and Expressions
• Previewing
• Look at the following pictures to have a rough idea of the video.
• Viewing
• Watch the video. Pay attention to the oral expressions at the dinner party and repeat the following.
• Watch the video again. Fill in the following blanks according to what you hear.
• Post-viewing
• Work in groups. Role-play the following situation.
• Part V Language Focus B
• Follow-up Practice
• Complete the following mini-dialogues according to what you hear.
• Work in pairs. Take turns to role-play the following situation.
• Part VI Video 2
• New Words and Expressions
• Previewing
• Look at the following pictures to have a rough idea of the video.
• Viewing
• Watch the video. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
• Post-viewing
• Work in groups. Role-play the following situation.
• Business Culture: Table Manners in the Western Countries
• Resources
• Business Profile
• Language Expansion
• Text Bank