Section 33 Greeting Visitors

Section 33 Greeting Visitors

 

A : Basic ｅxpressions

- visit one's office → When is Mr. Lim planning to visit our office?

- give someone a chance → Thank you for giving me a chance to meet you.

- take time = take time out of one's busy schedule → Thanks for taking the time to visit us.

- fit someone into one's busy schedule

- on behalf of → one behalf of the staff, I'd like to express our sincere appreciation for your support.

- take care of = handle = manage → Can you handle complaints? → Yes, I can take care of them.

- be in charge of~ → I'm in charge of this project. = I'm responsible for this project.

- business card → hand over one's business card ↔ receive one's business card

B : Key sentences

- I'm JP Lim. Thanks for [ visiting our office ]. [ giving me a chance to meet you]

[ fitting me into your busy schedule ] [ taking time out of your busy schedule]

→ I'm JP Lim of the DY Company.

C : Key Dialog

- I'm John Smith of the DY Company.

-→ on behalf of our company. I extend my sincere thanks for your visit.

- I'm JP Lim. I'm mainly in charge of procurement. → Mr Lim, I've been expecting you.

- Thank you for coming such a long distance.

-→ Don't mention it. Thank you for fitting me into your busy schedule.

- It's a great pleasure to finally meet you. → Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule.

- Thank you for the tremendous work you have done for us.

-→ You're welcome. Thank you for giving me a chance to work with you again.

- May I have your contact number? → Oh, I for got to give you my business card.

- Thanks for coming today. → Thank you for giving me a chance to meet you.

D : Office Talk

- Mr. Henson, let me introduce you to someone very special. This is Mr. Brown. He has been the excutive director of our company since January. Mr. Brown, this is Mr, James Henson. He will manage the joint project with the Ct Company.

→ Nice to meet you, Mr. Henson.

- I heard you did an amazing job on the XY Project. I want you to take the same approach on this project.

E : Further Study

- Ms. Henson, this is Mr. Watt from the Marketing Department.

→ Mr. Watt, this is Janet Henson, [ the excutive director of the DY Company]. [ Mr. Smith's assistant ]

- I'm glad [happy] to meet you. = Thank for seeing me. = It's a pleasure to meet you.

- It's great honor to work with you.

- Thank you for coming today.