Meeting people and meeting people again Response Matching

Hi John. How was

your weekend?

Not bad, thanks.

How was yours?

Quite relaxing. I

just stayed at home.

How about you?

Great. I went skiing.

And you?

May I introduce

myself? My name is

Alex.

Pleased to meet

you, Alex. I’m

Guillaume Chirac.

Nice to meet you.

My name’s Hirano.

Sachiko Hirano.

Hi Alex. I’m Juan.

What do you do?

I’m an architect.

I work as a nurse in

an old people’s

home.

I work in the sales

department.

Who do you work

for?

I’m self-employed.

I work for a Swiss

architecture

company.

Fuji Film. Have you

heard of it?

Where are you

from?

I was born right

here in Brussels.

I was born in

Osaka, but I grew

up in Tokyo.

A small town in the

North of Japan.

Sorry, what’s your

name again?

It’s Case. Alex

Case.

It’s Reynaud.

R,E,Y,N,A,U,D.

Reynaud.

It’s Suzuki. Su-zu-

ki. Like the car

company.

What does your

company do?

We manufacture

office equipment.

We specialise in

public buildings and

infrastructure.

We mainly deal

with project

management.

Where is your

company based?

In Japan, but we

also have an office

in Shanghai.

Our headquarters is

in Birmingham.

We have offices in

23 cities in Korea

and abroad.

Is this seat free?

Yes, it is. Go ahead.

Sorry, someone is

sitting there.

I’m afraid not. I
think this one is

free, though.

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2011