ALC Global English: Advanced Unit 6 Global English: Advanced Unit 6 5 Key Expressions 1. 私はカタログで新しいモデルの見本を注文しました。 2. 彼女は私たちに新しいソフトのデモしてくれました。

ALC Global English: Advanced Unit 6

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Topic: Visiting a New Company Part 2

Goal: Use the target vocabulary in a business conversation

Lesson Plan:

Step 3 Key Expressions

Step 2 Vocabulary Quiz

Step 1 Warm Up

Step 4 Dialogues

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Warm Up

Do you think the invention and rise

of computers has been a good thing

or a bad thing? Why?



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Vocabulary Quiz

Answer the questions on the following page!



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Vocabulary Quiz

1. I ordered a sample of the new model from the カタログ.

2. She gave us a 実演 of some new software.

3. You get a 10 percent 割引 if you buy five or more.

4. Could you 詳しく説明する on it a little more, please?

5. We have bank loans in 超過 of $100 million.

6. The 拡大 of Chinese companies caused problems.

7. We are 探っている the possibilities of entering foreign

markets.

8. Their 見通し regarding the returns was far too optimistic.

9. They say it was Stanley Kubrick who 発明した the tablet.

10.Environmental concerns have made 包装 simpler.

discount, catalog, demonstration, elaborate, excess,

expansion, exploring, invented, packaging, outlook



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Key Expressions

1. 私はカタログで新しいモデルの見本を注文しました。

2. 彼女は私たちに新しいソフトのデモしてくれました。

3. 5個以上買ったら、10％割引になります。

4. それをもう少し詳しく説明してくださいませんか。

5. 私たちは1億ドルを越える銀行ローンがあります。

6. 中国企業の拡大は問題を引き起こしました。

7. 海外市場に参入する可能性を探っています。

8. 収益の見通しが甘過ぎました。

9. タブレットを発明したのはスタンリー・キューブリックだといわれています。

10.環境への配慮から、包装が簡素になりました。



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Key Words

1. catalog, demonstration

2. discount, elaborate

3. excess, expansion

4. explore, outlook

5. invent, packaging



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Skit 1-1

• Thanks for letting me visit your San Francisco office. Did you have a chance to look at our online catalog?

A • Yes, and you have some very interesting

airplane parts. I wouldn’t mind seeing a demonstration of some of them.

B

• I can arrange that. Why not come to our main factory in Chiba next month? A

• I’ll check my schedule. That might be possible. B



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Skit 1-2

• Thanks for letting me visit your San Francisco office. Did you have a chance to look at our online _____?


airplane parts. I wouldn’t mind seeing a _____ of some of them.

B

• I can arrange that. Why not come to our main factory in Chiba next month? A

• I’ll check my schedule. That might be possible. B



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Skit 1-3

• Thanks for letting me visit your (branch name). Did you have a chance to look at our online __________?


(products). I wouldn’t mind seeing a __________ of some of them.

B

• I can arrange that. (Suggest a plan: place, date and time.) A

• (Respond appropriately.) B Copyright (C) 2014 ALC PRESS INC. All Rights Reserved.


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Skit 2-1

• As I was saying, we might be able to offer you a discount on large-volume purchases. A

• Could you elaborate on that? B

• Well, if you purchased at least 40,000 units, you’d get a 5 percent lower price. A

• That’s interesting, but not as much as I’d hoped. Let’s talk more about this after lunch. B



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Skit 2-2

• As I was saying, we might be able to offer you a _____ on large-volume purchases. A

• Could you _____ on that? B

• Well, if you purchased at least 40,000 units, you’d get a 5 percent lower price. A

• That’s interesting, but not as much as I’d hoped. Let’s talk more about this after lunch. B



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Skit 2-3

• As I was saying, we might be able to offer you a __________ on large-volume purchases.

A

• __________? B

• (Explain.) A

• (Respond appropriately.) B Copyright (C) 2014 ALC PRESS INC. All Rights Reserved.


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Skit 3-1

• You don’t seem to have any excess capacity. Are you sure you could handle our orders? A

• It’d be no problem. We’re going through a production expansion. We’re launching a new factory near Sapporo.

B

• Isn’t that too far from Tokyo? A • We have excellent infrastructure in Japan, so

it’d be no problem shipping goods anywhere inside or outside the country.

B Copyright (C) 2014 ALC PRESS INC. All Rights Reserved.


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Skit 3-2

• You don’t seem to have any _____ capacity. Are you sure you could handle our orders? A

• It’d be no problem. We’re going through a production _____. We’re launching a new factory near Sapporo.

B

• Isn’t that too far from Tokyo? A • We have excellent infrastructure in Japan, so

it’d be no problem shipping goods anywhere inside or outside the country.



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Skit 3-3

• You don’t seem to have any __________. Are you sure you could handle our orders? A

• It’d be no problem. We’re going through a production __________. We’re launching a new factory near (a city far from Tokyo).

B

• Isn’t that too far from Tokyo? A

• (Respond appropriately, addressing A’s concern.) B



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Skit 4-1

• So what’s your outlook for the next fiscal year? A

• We’re growing, so we’ll need stable suppliers that can ramp up production quickly. B

• That describes us perfectly. A

• Maybe, but we’re still exploring all our options at this point. B



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Skit 4-2

• So what’s your _____ for the next fiscal year? A

• We’re growing, so we’ll need stable suppliers that can ramp up production quickly. B


• Maybe, but we’re still _____ all our options at this point. B



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Skit 4-3

• So what’s your __________ for the next fiscal year? A

• We’re growing, so (what you will need to do). B


• Maybe, but __________ all our options at this point. B



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Skit 5-1

• I see that even your packaging is done automatically. A

• We use a lot of machinery; it keeps down labor costs and ensures more precision. B

• But doesn’t that increase your overhead? A • To a small degree, but we’ve invented ways

to minimize those costs. I’ll explain more as we move to the next part of the factory.



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Skit 5-2

• I see that even your _____ is done automatically. A

• We use a lot of machinery; it keeps down labor costs and ensures more precision. B

• But doesn’t that increase your overhead? A • To a small degree, but we’ve _____ ways to

minimize those costs. I’ll explain more as we move to the next part of the factory.



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Skit 5-3

• I see that even your __________ is done automatically. A

• We use a lot of machinery; (talk about the advantages). B

• But doesn’t that increase your overhead? A • To a small degree, but we’ve __________

ways to __________. I’ll explain more as we move to the next part of the factory.



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catalog

demonstration

discount

elaborate

excess

expansion

explore

outlook

invent

packaging

Free Talk

Use at least five vocabulary items

in a conversation with your instructor.



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Instructor Feedback

• Your teacher will give you some feedback

on how well you did in the lesson and what

you can do to improve your English.

• Teachers will also give you homework

assignment (if any).

• Any questions?


Documents

ALC Global English: Advanced Unit 6 Global English: Advanced Unit 6 5 Key Expressions 1. 私はカタログで新しいモデルの見本を注文しました。 2. 彼女は私たちに新しいソフトのデモしてくれました。