Complete the following by putting one word in each box.

You be waiting for me. You be tired after your long flight. You be Alan Hayes.	… if that’s with you. I hope that’s
me take those for you. me help you with your bags.	He his apologies. Susan her love. Martin his regards.
So, are things? So, is married life? So, is business? So, was your flight?	Luckily, I managed to some sleep in the plane. I thought we could some lunch. Now, let’s see if we can a taxi
We you into the Savoy. We a table for 1.30. I upgraded. I’ve a taxi waiting outside.	I was expecting to Mr. Hill. Thanks for coming to me. I’d like you to Graham Banks. Pleased to you.

3. ROLE PLAY

Work with a partner to practice meeting a colleague at the airport.

Speaker A

It is 9.30pm. You are in the crowded arrivals area at Newark airport in New York. There has been a terrible thunderstorm and it is still pouring with rain.

You are picking up a senior colleague who works in your Cologne office. Because of the weather, the flight is two hours late, but your boss told you to ‘look after the guest well’ – take him to a top-class restaurant, maybe a nightclub. You have never met him before, so you are holding up a large piece of card with his name written on it.

Your car is just five minutes away in the car park. You have booked a table at Guastavino’s, a fabulous restaurant in Manhattan and are looking forward to an enjoyable evening. According to your boss, ‘money is no object’. If he can, he’s going to join you both later for drinks.

You’ve been working very hard recently. Tonight you are going to relax and have fun.

 

Speaker B

It is 9.30pm. You are in the crowded arrivals area at Newark airport in New York. There has been a terrible thunderstorm and it is still pouring with rain.

You have just arrived two hours late after a nightmare flight from Cologne. Normally you are a good flier, but there was so much turbulence you were almost sick on the plane. You don’t know who is meeting you, so you are looking for a sign with your name on it.

To be honest, you don’t feel like talking much and would like to go straight to your hotel, have a shower and go to bed. But maybe you should eat something light first – it’s a long day of meetings tomorrow and you want to be on good form.

It’s your first time in New York. It’s a pity you feel so ill.

 

Small Talk

 

1. a) Work in pairs and write a list of verbs which can collocate with the word “meeting”. To ________ a meeting

b) In this word square find 16 possible verbs

A	S	C	A	L	L	O	F	F	S	E
P	T	I	N	T	E	R	R	U	P	T
O	A	U	X	C	H	G	M	E	O	A
C	R	P	L	O	N	A	G	S	S	D
A	T	T	E	N	D	N	S	H	T	D
N	Y	O	W	T	A	I	E	O	P	R
C	H	A	I	R	M	Z	Z	L	O	E
E	E	R	R	O	P	E	N	D	N	S
L	C	A	L	L	C	L	O	S	E	S

c) Using the verbs from b, complete the crossword.

	1	3
2				4				5
7
												6
										8
							9

1. to start a meeting

2. to fail to be present for a meeting

3. to call a meeting off

4. to make plans for the meeting to happen

5. to come to a meeting

6. to bring a meeting to an end

7. to make a meeting stop for a period of time

8. to organize a meeting

9. to make a speech at a meeting