International Negotiations

 

10 

Discuss the question (How often do you negotiate with people you know well?) with the class. 

Trainees then work alone to complete the phrases and then check with the class.

Extension activity

Elicit from the class onto the board a suitable reply to each sentence from exercise 10. 

Then tell trainees to close their books. In pairs, they try to remember the ten sentences, 

word for word, using only the replies on the board to help them remember.

Possible answers

a  It must be at least five years.

b  Very well, thanks. And what about you?

c  Thanks. I’m a lot less stressed than I used to be.

d  Oh, the usual. Work, family, golf ... but we had a great holiday earlier this year.

e  Well, yes, we were planning to, but the deal fell through. It’s not really a good time to 

sell at the moment.

f  Yes, that’s right. How did you remember that? Yes, we went to Turkey. It was lovely.

g  Not as much as I’d like, but I still play a couple of times a month. What about you?

h  Well, I’ve got a new title. I’m now a Senior Development Manager, but it’s basically the 

same job as I was doing before.

i  Very well. It was a bit strange for the first few weeks, but it really suits me now, I think.

j  Well, nothing’s signed yet, but the negotiations are going very well.