Small Talk Telephone Exercises Routledge（劳特利奇闲聊电话演习）.pdfVIP

Small Talk Telephone Exercises Introduction Content This document is split into two parts. The first part contains scenario-based small talk exercises designed specifically for use by students in the classroom, and the second contains scenario-based telephone discussion exercises designed specifically for use by students in the classroom. Further assistance Please do not hesitate to contact the author of this exercise, Rupert Haigh, by email (rupert.haigh@) if you require further assistance or information. You may also wish to visit our online Legal English Store at for further legal English products. 1 Small Talk What would you say in the following situations? Work in pairs, each person taking the role of one or other of the parties mentioned in the scenarios outlined below (e.g. lawyer and client in the first scenario). 1) The receptionist in your law firm has just telephoned to say that a client has arrived for a meeting at the office and is waiting in the reception area. You have never met this client before. You must go down to the reception area to meet the client and escort him or her to the meeting room office. 2) You are introduced to an important new client at a company drinks party. Your boss has hastily introduced you and left you to chat with the client. 3) You are interviewing a candidate for a job at the firm. The candidate has just arrived slightly late, dripping wet due to a sudden rainstorm outside and slightly flustered. Unless you are a very hard interviewer you will want to put the candidate at their ease before starting the interview proper. 4) On the way to an important conference entitled ‘Deepening international cooperation between European law firms’, you get stuck in the lift with the senior partner of one of the foreign law firms with which your firm frequently cooperates on internati