Dinner with the Prime Minister

Explained:

What is small talk? Small talk is light conversation. It's about nothing serious: no politics, no religion or no money. ### Trained: This isn't your first visit to this part of the world, is it? 1. Question it! ~ Say it:This isn't your first visit to this part of the world, is it? 
  ~ Question the text
  ~ What isn't it? Answer: Your first trip.
  ~ Where isn't it your first trip to? Answer: China.
  ~ What isn't this your first? Answer: Visit.
  ~ Where isn't this your first trip to? Answer: this part of the world.

  1. Work on it!
    ~ Make a new sentence changing the subject and object of ‘went up’
    ~ Find another subject of ‘this’
    ~ Your answer:
    ~ Find a modifier of ‘visit’
    ~ Your answer:
    ~ Find another modifier of ‘part’
    ~ Your answer:

  2. Get ready for it!
    ~ Place, time, characters and situation
    ~ Place:
    ~ Your company in China
    ~ Time:
    ~ When you meet your visiting colleague
    ~ Characters:
    ~ You and your foreign visitor
    ~ Situation:
    ~ Ask if this is his first visit.
    ~ Example: This isn’t your first visit to this part of the world, is it?
    ~ This is my first visit to Shanghai.

  1. What’s next?
    ~ Schedule a class
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