I. Ask and answer the following questions in pairs.
1. Mr. Pandy had never been to the fair, had he?
2. But he had been to China once or twice, hadn’t he?
3. What did Mr. Pandy come to China for?
4. What line of business was he in?
What line of business did he handle?
5. He was a new hand in the line of glassware, wasn’t he?
6. How many years had he been in the line?
7. Where did he import glassware from in the past?
8. Why did he want to turn his business to China?
9. What is our policy in doing business with other countries?
10. Did Mr. Pandy meet a lot of businessmen on his way to China?
11. What did these businessmen say about China’s commercial integrity?
12. Did Mr. Pandy think he could rely on Mr. Tong in his future business dealings?
13. Suppose you are Mr. Pandy. Say something about why you came to the fair and
Why you wanted to do business with China.
14. Why must a country import some kinds of products and on the other hand export some other kinds of products?
15. Give a brief introduction of China’s foreign trade policy.
II. Complete the dialogue, using the following.
What’s in on
Excuse me What can I do for you?
Joanna: Where’s the English class?
Paulo: ____________ the first floor.
Joanna: Are you sure?
Paulo: No, I…
Joanna: Are those students _____ our class?
Paulo: maybe they are.
Joanna: ________, but are you in English Class 3?
Students: Yes, we are. _________.
Joanna: _________ the room number?
Student 1:2-0-1.
III. Combine the sentences. Pay attention to the word order.
Example: I don’t know.
Where is he living?
I don’t know where he is Living.
1. What line of business are you in?
Can you tell me?
2. When can I expect your orders?
May I ask?
3. What did I come here for?
Don’t you know?
4. How can you get to the Post Office?
Let me tell you.
5. When will he call back?
He didn’t say anything about it.
6. Who has taken away my computer?
I must find out.
7. Will he be free this afternoon?
I’m not sure of it.
8. Can you come or not?
Please let me know.
IV. Translate the following into English orally.
A: 歡迎光臨交易會，伍德先生。您從來沒有參加過我們的交易會吧。
B：從來沒有來過。 這還是我第一次呢。我感到非常榮幸受到邀請。
一切對我來說都是陌生的。希望能給予多多關照。
A：那是不用說的了。請問您覺得這次交易會如何？
B： 啊，展出的品種真是多呀！我對許多展品都感興趣。
A：伍德先生，如果我沒弄錯的話，您好像是經營玻璃器皿的。
B：沒錯，我過去是做玻璃器皿生意的。但是，玻璃器皿行業競爭性太強，生意不好做，所以我改行搞絲綢服裝了。
A： 而絲綢服裝正屬于我們經營范圍，也是我們的主要出口項目。
B： 這點我早已有耳聞。這也是我來此的目的。我很愿意和中國做生意， 因為你們無論對大國或小國都是平等對待，在平等互利基礎上做買賣。
A： 我們希望通過共同努力既促進貿易又促進友誼，這對雙方都有利。
B： 我也希望如此。你們做生意重合同守信用，我們感到可以信任。
A： 謝謝你這么說。相信你我會合作愉快，貿易會飛速發展的。
