Task II. Answer the following questions.

1. What kind of people do you usually deal with?

2. What determines the style of language you use?

3. Are the rales of conversation building universal?

4. And what can you say about good or bad manners in various cultures?

5. Do other communication means help you to build conversation? What are
they?

6. How to make an impression of an attentive and interested listener?

7. May you expect similar or different reactions to one and the same meeting
style from participants of various nationalities?

8. Is it usual to be silent from time to time in a conversation with English
people?

9. Why do you have to learn cultural differences working in international
business?

TASK III. Say if it is right.

1. You say Good afternoon all the day long you are in the office.

2. When a business visitor comes to your office you shake hands and use first.
names.

3. You offer him/her a drink and discuss business immediately.

4. After discussing business matters you ask him/her general questions.

5. Before going to the restaurant you give a lot of details about how the dish is
prepared.

6. In a conversation you have to show that you are interested in it, you have not
only to listen to your partner but also to react, comment and ask questions.

7. It is impolite to ask questions about some other people's salary.

8. It is helpful in conversation if the host reacts to what the other person says
and adds some information.

9. When making negative comments, it is polite to make them softer by using
rather noisy, large, helpless or not very bad, useless, ugly.

Task V. Make up questions that lead to each of these answers. The first is done for you as an example.

That's right. Pleased to meet you.

Yes, thanks, I had a very good flight.

I'd like to see Mr. Joint, if he's in the office.

On my last visit I spoke to Ms. Wong.

It was Mr. Green who recommended the hotel to

me.

No, my husband is travelling with me.

We'll probably be staying till Friday morning.

No, this is his first visit - he's never been here

before.

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