First Business TripOverseas

SAM

PLE

Andy Boon

CREATIVE EDUCATION

First Business Trip
Overseas

PLEby Andy Boon

Book 7SAM

Pocket Reader Series

C R E AT I V E E D U C AT I O N1

First Business Trip Overseas

Pocket Readers Overview

SAM

PLE

The 10-book business reader series tells
the story of your first year working in
the product marketing department ofABC Convenience Stores. The series
looks at skills and strategies for being
successful in interviews, the first week
on the job, giving presentations, taking
part in meetings, writing emails,
entertaining business clients, goingoverseas on business, dealing with officeconflict, launching new products, andmentoring new staff.

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2. Unsuccessful:- Last Year’s Trip: Ogawa’s Story.... 9

3. Successful:- This Year’s Trip: Your Story..... 37

4. Language Focus & Tasks..... 52SAM

PLE

1. The Beginning3

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1. The Beginning

SAM

PLE

The story begins with you. In April,
you started work in the productmarketing department of ABC Convenience Stores. You had a good firstweek on the job (See Book 2). You did asuccessful business presentation (SeeBook 3). You chaired a successful business meeting (See Book 4). You attended a training workshop. You learned
how to write better business emails(See Book 5). You also looked after andentertained two important overseas
speakers from the U.S. (See Book 6).
You are sitting at your desk working. You are very busy. Ms. Tanaka
calls you over to her desk.

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1. The Beginning“Hi. In October, I would like you to
go to a conference in London,” Ms.
Tanaka says.

PLE“London? You mean, London, England? Me?” you say.

SAM

“Yes, London. Yes, London, England. Yes, you. There are many
useful presentations at the conference. The speakers will talk aboutplanning, launches, and campaigns.
I want you to attend many presentations. I want you to take lots ofnotes. I then want you to come backand tell us what you learned,” Ms.
Tanaka explains.
“Err... okay. I see,” you reply.
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PLE“I also want you to visit the ABC
U.K. office before you come back.
Send an email to Mary Benson
there. I want you to meet with her.
Find out about the U.K. market andnew product launches,” Ms. Tanakasays.

MYou write this down and say, “MaryBenson? Okay.”SA“We’ve booked your flight and entrance for the 2-day conference.
You fly to London in the morning
on Friday October 13th. The conference is Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th. You can meet with Maryon the Monday. Your flight back toTokyo is Tuesday 17th. When you
return, you will then give a presen-6

1. The Beginningtation to ABC staff on the Friday.
Let’s say 2:00 p.m. on October 20th.
Is that okay?” Ms. Tanaka looks atyou.

PLE“Sure, no problem,” you say. You write
the dates down in your notebook.

M“And…,” Ms. Tanaka says.

SA“And?” you reply.

“We sent Mr. Ogawa to the conference in London last year. Please don’t
make the same mistakes as him!”
Ms. Tanaka looks very serious.
“What mistakes?” you ask.
“You should speak to him about it,”7

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Ms. Tanaka replies. “He’ll tell you
what happened and he’ll give yousome good advice about what NOTto do!”

SAMPLE“Okay, thanks. I’ll talk to him,” yousay.

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2. Last Year’s Trip:
Mr. Ogawa’s story

MPLEYou continue with your work. You
decide to wait until lunchtime totalk to Mr. Ogawa. You finish yourwork at 12:15 p.m. You go to thekitchen area. You heat up your foodin the microwave. You see Mr. Ogawa eating his lunch at a table in thekitchen area.

SA“Hey! Can I join you?” you ask.
“Again?” Mr. Ogawa smiles. “DidMs. Tanaka ask you to talk to me?
She asked you to go to the conference in London and visit the ABC
U.K. office, right?” he asks.
“Yes, she did,” you reply. “How didyou know?”9

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PLE“Well, as you know, I went last year.
But, I made so many big mistakes.
Ms. Tanaka was angry with me. She
doesn't want me to go on an overseas trip again. So, it looks like it’s
your job now,” Mr. Ogawa says.
“Could you give me some advicethen?” you ask.

SAM

Mr. Ogawa smiles, “Sure. Don’t dowhat I did!”“What did you do?” you ask.
“Let me tell you,” Mr. Ogawa says.
You get ready to listen to Mr. Ogawa’s story.

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2. Unsuccessful

2.1 At the Airport
Mr. Ogawa begins his story:SAM

PLE“Last year, I left my apartment toget the train to the airport. I had asuitcase. I also had a carry-on bagfor the plane. My flight was at 10:00
a.m. I live about 90 minutes fromthe airport. So, I got a train at 6:30
a.m. to get me there for 8:00 a.m.
Two hours before my flight.”“You went to the wrong airportagain?” you say.
“No, not this time,” Mr. Ogawa says.
“My flight was from Narita Airport. I got there on time. I got to thecheck-in counter at about 8:15 a.m.
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4. Language Focus and Tasks
4.1 Vocabulary #1

PLE

Read the following sentences. Whatdo you think the words in bold mean?

M

1. I would like you to go to aconference in London and see
many presentations.
____________________________________________________________________________________

SA

2. You are allowed one carry-on bagon the plane.
____________________________________________________________________________________

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4.2 Vocabulary #2
Read the definitions to the words in Task

Conference:(Noun) A big meeting thatlasts more than one day inwhich people present on
different topics related to one
main theme.
(Adjective) Describes a bag
that somebody is able to takewith them on a plane.

M

Carry-on:

PLE

4.1 Did you guess the meanings of thewords correctly?

SABoarding pass:

56(Noun) A document that you
need to show to be able to geton your flight.

On top of that:(Idiom) Additionally, Also,
Furthermore, As well as that…

Immigration:(Noun) The area at an airport
in which people show their
passports and documents tobe able to enter a country. An
immigration officer checks
passports and documents.

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4.3 Useful Language
1. At the Airport Check-in CounterPLE- Can I see your ticket and passport?
- Do you have any bags to check today?

- Here is your boarding pass. We will
start boarding at [TIME].

M

2. Meeting People UnexpectedlySA- Wow! Fancy meeting you on the plane.
Good to see you again. Are you going tothe conference?
- Wow! We’re in the same hotel! Smallworld!
- I didn't expect to see you here!

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4.4 Reflection Questions

PLE

1. What mistakes did Mr. Ogawa makeon his overseas business trip?

M

2. How was the new employee’s overseas business trip more successful?

SA

3. Talk to a friend. What other mistakes could you make when goingoverseas on a business trip?

4. Talk to a friend? What other things
could you do to make your overseas
business trip a success?

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Pocket Readers - Business Series------------------------------------------------------2018年5月1日 初版発行

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M

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SA

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