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Examples

- Good morning! Excuse me, have we met before?

- Oh, I'm afraid, not! My name's John Brown. Pleased to meet you.

- The pleasure is mine. And I am Robert Bean.

What are you?- the question is "What do you do?" or "What's your job?" The speaker is

interested in a

person's job and responsibilities. Usually the answer provides some information about the legal name of the company, its activity and the position of the person in the group. It's customary accompanied by another question: "Where are you from?"and followed by an answer: "I'm from Bybery Systems." or "I'm from Orenburg", or "I'm from Russia."

In reply:

- I represent the THT Company. I work for* Transgas LTD. (or "I work with Transgas LTD)

- I work in the office.

- I work at the Research and Development department. I work in sales.

- We are based in New York but have offices worldwide. We are active in gas transmitting.

- We do business with many Asian and European countries.**

- We engage a first class reputation.

NOTES: * the verb "to work"can be followed by different prepositions as it is shown in

the above sentences.

** the construction "to be based in..."varies in meaning depending on the subject 1. "We are based in..." means that the head office of the firm is located in some city or town and may have some branches or subsidiaries. 2. "I am based in Paris" means that the person is on the staff of a branch office or the head office but travels a lot.

ILLUSTRATIVE DIALOGUES

1. - Excuse me, are you Mr. Briggs?

- Yeah!

- Hello! I am Mark Whites from JCK Co.

- Hi! Nice to meet you!

- And you. I am here to take you to the hotel.

- Thank you.

2. - Hello! I am Robert Carlson. I don't think we've met, have we?

- No. Glad to meet you. My name's Percy Alexander.

- What are you, Mr. Alexander?

- I represent Prodata Ltd. We are based in Geneva.

- So you are not from Brighton then?

- No. I am here temporarily.

- I see.

3. - Good afternoon! Let me introduce myself. I am Carol Streep.

- How do you do, Ms. Streep.

- I am fine. But call me just Carol.

- OK , Carol. And I'm Bob, Bob Russel.

- Where are you from, Bob?

- I work for the Agrico Denmark. And what about you? What's your job?

- I am a Sales Manager with Pepsico.

- Really? That's interesting!

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4. In both examples the sounds differ in articulations, but in the second case the sounds have functionally no significance.
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