Listening Exercises A2 – Hosting overseas visitors

a   Assistant Marketing Manager

b   Sales Manager

c   Marketing Manager

d   CEO

e   Plantation Manager

Transcript

(Lilian = Brazilian; Declan = Irish)

Lilian:        Nice to meet you, Declan. My name is Lilian Oliveira. And I’m pleased to have you here.

Declan:     Thank you. Thanks a million.

Lilian:        I’m … I’m in the marketing team – Assistant Manager.

Declan:     Oh right. Nice to meet you.

Lilian:        Is this your first time in Brazil?

Declan:     Yes, so it is, it’s amazing.

Lilian:        It’s the place that never sleeps!

Declan:     So I’ve heard!

Lilian:        Well, I have our schedule for today.

Declan:     Ah grand.

Lilian:        First of all you’ll meet my colleague, Teresa Silva.

Declan:     Yes.

Lilian:        She’s the Sales Manager.

Declan:     All right.

Lilian:        You can talk to her about exporting our coffee to you in Ireland.

Declan:     Great. And what time is that?

Lilian:        At ten o’clock, in half an hour, Teresa is going to come here. Then she’s going to introduce you to Paulo Souza, the Marketing Manager – at quarter to eleven.

Declan:     Right.

Lilian:        And after that you’re having lunch at 12.30 with Fernando.

Declan:     Fernando Pinto?

Lilian:        Yes, he’s our CEO, the Chief Executive Officer. And later on, after lunch, you’ll be able to visit the factory. You can look at all the brands that we have and see what you like best. That’ll be at 2.15.

Declan:     Right. Now, will there be an opportunity to do some tasting?

Lilian:        Oh of course! We’ve organized that for 3pm.

Declan:     Fantastic. That’s grand, looking forward to that.

Lilian:        After the visit you can come back to the hotel. You’ll be back by 4.30 … Relax a litter and later on we’ll have dinner … at 8 o’clock.

Declan:     All right.

Lilian:        And we’ve arranged a visit tomorrow morning to the plantation – if you’d like to go.

Declan:     I’d love that. How far away is the planation?

Lilian:        Maybe 400 kilometres from São Paulo.

Declan:     Right.

Lilian:        But we … the company has hired a helicopter so we’ll get there at 11 am.

Declan:     I’ve never been in a helicopter  before.

Lilian:        Teresa will go with you and you’ll be shown around by Victor Gomez, the Plantation Manager. I hope you like it. And I hope you’ll buy our coffee.  

a

a   three

b   wonderful

c   The flavour of the coffee isn’t very good.

d   Expand his business and open more cafés.

e   It’s bigger than he expected (and has lots of high-rise buildings).

Transcript

(Gustavo = Brazilian; Declan = Irish)

Gustavo:     What kind of business are you in?

Declan:       Now, I own three coffee shops – cafés – a small chain in … in Cork in Ireland and so I’ve been looking at coffee to get some good quality coffee to import. Now, I went to visit a company called ‘Café Perfeito do Brasil’. I’ve been talking to them and tasting some of their coffee. It’s been … it’s been wonderful, it has.

Gustavo:     Yeah, I know that company – very good coffee. What are you going to do, um, … you want to export to Ireland?

Declan:       Well, I plan to make coffee that is better than some of the big chains with a better quality flavour. Because I often feel those large chains, like … the flavour of the coffee is not good. So, what I’ve been looking for is high-quality beans to make top-quality coffee and … it seems to be working. Business has been good. I’d like to expand and open up more cafés in other cities in Ireland.

Gustavo:     And did you drink good coffee here in Brazil?

Declan:       At ‘Café Perfeito’ I had very good coffee, so I did.

Gustavo:     Yes I think you will be very happy with his company.

Declan:       I hope so.

Gustavo:     You like São Paulo?

Declan:       Yes, but I wasn’t expecting it to be such a big city – it’s like being in New York! All these high-rise buildings! Yesterday we went on a trip to a coffee plantation by helicopter. It was grand.

a   plan to make / better than / the big

b   like to /  and open / more

Transcript

a   I plan to make coffee that is better than some of the big chains.

b   I’d like to expand and open up more cafés.