Perfect Phrases for ESL Advancing Your Career by Natalie Gast

Perfect Phrases for ESL Advancing Your Career by Natalie Gast

Author:Natalie Gast
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2010-03-19T16:00:00+00:00


Phrases for Networking Within Your Own Organization

Hi. Do you mind if I __________ (join you / sit here / take a seat)? I’m Vi Lam from the __________ (Service / Sales / Production / Advertising / Loan / Credit / HR) Department.

Hello again. We seem to __________ (always take this elevator together / have the same schedule / meet in elevators). I’m Shu Chou, __________ (Mr. Hendrick’s assistant / Jim Hendrick’s admin in Accounting). And you are? __________ (Nice to meet you / Nice to put a name with a face / Good talking to you).

This is Rick from __________ (Facilities Management / Food and Beverage / Audiovisual / Support). I called because you have several meetings scheduled next month. I know there was a __________ (problem / glitch / difficult situation) with the setup last month. Can we get together to review your specific requirements? We __________ (aim to please / want things to work better / want to be on the same wavelength).

Charlie, are you going to the Department Awards Dinner? I’ve never been to one before and would appreciate walking in with a friendly face. Do you mind?

I’m glad to be a part of this cross-functional team. Our department has always felt a little __________ (isolated / set apart / like a stepchild ). What can I do to pull my weight?

Thank you for getting that __________ (Incident Report / budget detail / requisition / credit report / ISO 9000 quality standards page) in so quickly. It’s hard to reach out across so many department lines. I appreciate working with you.

May I shadow you during the next round of meetings? It will help me better understand how to support you for the follow-up.

I heard that you are now on the Advisory Committee for Going Green. Is there anything I can do to help? The environment has always been of special interest to me.

May I present our capital appropriation request to the Board? I’d like to get my feet wet, and this one is pretty cut-and-dried.

Forgive me, but I’m new to this group. Could we take a minute for introductions? I’d like to know everyone’s name and department. Thanks for taking the time.

Hi. This is Jenny from Operations. A call to your department was misdirected to me. May I transfer Ms. Lang, who has a question about our renewal process?

Hi Gina, I’m Ellen. We’ve been talking on the phone quite a bit trying to solve that __________ (meeting arrangement / customer service problem / scheduling conflict between our bosses).

Oh, that was my pleasure!

(Excuse me, Ms. Lane. / You’re Ms. Lane, aren’t you? / I believe that you are Ms. Lane.) I’d like to introduce myself and tell you how much I enjoy working at __________. I’m Sonny Grier. I work with John Karlen in Accounting.



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