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Monday, May 16, 2011

English conversations for all occasions

Everyday English

Improve English through everyday English conversations.

I have written a detailed book English conversation for all occasions, to learn English as Foreign Language. These tutorials on English Conversations have been prepared from my well known book English conversation for all occasions, which I wrote for Indian students to practice English.

English Conversation for All Occasions is a unique spoken English book of its kind, specially written to help Indian students. A quick look at the titles of the lessons would convince the reader that the book has been prepared by visualizing all types of situational conversations, which he may confront in his daily activities. Whether one converses with his family members or moves about to mix in society, he will not feel tongue-tied for want of appropriate words or expressions. In a post office or barber’s shop, at a hotel or taxi stand, every person who has read this book, will be able to speak English fluently and with confidence.

Good knowledge and satisfactory conversation drill is important in English speaking. These tutorials would not only prove an asset to the reader speak English fluently in his daily life, but also on special occasions like interviews for jobs, etc. He would be able to face the interviewers with equanimity and confidence.

All the lessons have been designed in a programmed fashion. Word-meanings, Phrases and exercises have been added at the end of every lesson to help the students master the topics.

All the lessons should be read along, not once but many times, so that the conversation comes easy to the reader when he faces spoken English situations. The author would feel rewarded for his labors, if the book helps men and women to face social relations with confidence.

This Tutorial should help all those readers who find difficulty in speaking fluent English as well as pronunciation. This blog will be completed in 45 tutorials.

1. English conversations / Hotel receptions
2.    English Conversations /At flights airport
3.    English conversations - Interview for Job
4. English conversations / About Family
5. English conversations / Answering the Telephone
6. English Conversations - At Restaurant
7      English conversation / Doctors 24 hour Clinic

8. English conversations - travel by bus

24 English Conversation / Postal Supplies

25 English Conversations- Passenger Elevator Lift

Sunday, June 27, 2010

English Conversations / Creative Presents

English Conversations

.Creative Presents at customized gift shop

Christmas items and Christmas decoration ideas

Mrs.Verma; How much do these gift pens cost?

Salesman; These gift pens are Rs.1500 each.

Mrs.Verma: That is too expensive.Gift presents . My budget is only Rs.500.only

Salesman: Then why don’t you buy for your husband a waterman pen? We have a variety of them.

Mrs. Verma; No, I think I want to gift wine to my husband.

Salesman: Then how about a office briefcase?

Mrs.Verma: He has a fairly new one already.

Salesman: I know what would make a unique holiday Christmas gift. Have a look at these tie and hand kerchief sets. This is a unique customized gift.

Mrs.Verma: Yes. These are really very smart and unique holiday Christmas gift:.. Yes, I’ll buy this one. I also need gift bows and gift cellophane paper

Now, I have to buy gift presents for my grown up son and daughter and one for my younger son, who is nine.

Salesman: For your elder son, I suggest an aftershave lotion or a shirt perhaps? What is

his collar size?

Pen and pencil gift set

family Christmas gift

Mrs.Verma: A shirt? No, I think I’ll take an aftershave lotion for my elder son.

Salesman: Then would you consider buying a best perfume for your

daughter?

Mrs.Verma: No, I want something different. Something that she wouldn’t normally buy

herself.

Salesman: Let us see. A quilted handbag of gift shop would be very useful.

Mrs.Verma: Yes…….. But I’m not sure what colour or shape she would like.

Salesman: What about some hand made paper white with matching white envelopes? Here are some beautiful pads and envelopes.

Mrs.Verma: I’m sure Reena would love these. Thank you. Could you pack thishand made paper white with matchingwhite envelopes in a Christmas gift

wrapping please?
Salesman: Of course. With pleasure.Do you want any wedding envelopes?

Christmas gift cellophane wrapping
hand made paper white with matching white envelopes
Mrs.Verma: I want fun Christmas gifts for my younger son, I know he would like the new series of the games and puzzles
Salesman: I’m sorry Madam, but we don’t keep games and puzzles. Why not buy the young man some puzzle books that he might like to read.
Mrs.Verma: He borrows books from the library. I think he’d enjoy working on thegames and puzzles form a toy shop.
Salesman: Just a minute. I’m sure we do have something in our shop for your little boy.
How about these new broad belts with the leaping tiger buckles. These are
very much in vogue these days.

Mrs.Verma: I suppose I could take the belt….But no. I’ve decided on the games and puzzles for Vikram. Thank you, that’s all please make out the bill. Pack these in a Christmas gift bag.
Salesman: Right, Ma’am. But what about buying something for yourself? A fabric handbag
perhaps?

games and puzzles
Mrs.Verma: No, thank you. I’ll wait for my husband to buy a ladies gift for me. Don’t you agree?
Salesman: Quite right. Here is your bill, Ma’am. Would you please pay at the cash
counter over there? We will send free Christmas gift also .

Mrs.Verma: Which address you will send the free Christmas gift to?
Salesman: At the delivery counter, which is next to the cash counter.
Mrs.Verma: Thank you very much for your assistance.
Salesman: You are welcome. A Merry Christmas to you Ma’am. Do drop in again.

Christmas gift bows,gift ribbon, gift cellophane

Thursday, May 27, 2010

English Conversations - Product Office

A scene in product office. Ranjan works in the marketing departments of Product Office . He has the Office Keys. His colleagues in the Product Office are Prema and Niren sen. Mr. Prasad and Mr.Kuldip singh are duties assistant. Mr.Chatterji is the senior marketing manager. Ranjan is the office manager of Product Office.
Ranjan: (Entering the office) Good morning Prema and a fine morning to you Niren.
Prema : Hello Ranjan. How are you to-day?
Niren : Good morning. Did you finish the market survey of electric goods dealers yesterday?
Ranjan: Yes.I interviewed for survey question ,ten no. twelve electric goods dealers in the chandni chowk area, to find out the comparative sales reports of various of marketing brands of electric bulbs. How about you? Did you finish covering the south Delhi market
Niren: Yes. I’ve got all the survey questionnaires filled out.
Prema: Then perhaps both of you can give me your survey reports, so that I can compile Product report on your findings.
Ranjan : I have to have my Product report typed.
(Ringing the telephone-is that Mr.kuldip singh?
Mr.Prasad: No, Mr.Verma. This is Prasad, Good morning Sir.
Ranjan: Where is Mr.Kuldip singh?
Mr.Prasad: He hasn’t come in yet, Sir. Can I do anything for You, Mr.Verma?
Ranjan :No. But please tell Mr.Kuldip singh to see me as soon as he comes in, Right?
Mr.Prasad: Yes. Mr.Verma (Ranjan rings off).

Product Office

Prema : Is Kuldip singh late to Product Office?

Ranjan :It isn’t like him to be late. He used to be one of our most conscientious workers but he seems to be taking it easy now-a-days.

Prema: Well. I hope he isn’t ill or anything like that. There is loads of work to be done to-day. Mr.Chatterji has called all three of us for a staff meeting of Product office at 4o’clock this afternoon to discuss this market survey report.

Ranjan: I think I’ll have to tighten up the office discipline among the staff.

The door opens. Mr. Kuldip Singh enters in with some office papers in his hand.

Kuldip Singh: I ‘m terribly sorry. I’am late for the staff meeting ,Sir. I do apologize.

Ranjan: What happened to you, Mr.Kuldip Singh?

You’ve been late to work thrice this week.

Kuldip Singh: I missed my bus Sir.

Prema: you have a lot of work about customer service satisfaction survey to do today.

Product Office Staff Meeting

Niren : Have, you typed out the letters about survey Report, I gave you yesterday?

Kuldip Singh: Yes, Mr.Niren, here are the papers of staff meeting agenda also..

Niren : Thank you (reading the typed letters about survey report). Who typed these letter?

Kuldip singh: Mr. Prasad did. Aren’t they done properly?

Niren: Please send Mr.Prasad to me when you go back to companies office.

Mr.Prasad : enters the Product Office.

Mr.Prasad : You sent for me Sir?

Niren: About these letters that you typed yesterday, the typing is all right but I’d appreciate if you would use a Webster dictionary to check on the correct spellings of words.

Mr.Prasad: I’m sorry Sir. I’ll use online dictionary to recheck the spellings and retype the letters on office computer.

Niren: I’ve corrected the spellings, this time. But do be careful in future, will you Mr. Prasad?

Mr. Prasad : Yes Sir, I’ll be careful.

office computer.

Mr.Prasad leaves the Product Office room.
Prema : Duties assistant has to have a particular skill in getting work done in Product Office these days.
Ranjan: The secret is to be polite yet firm with the duties assistant Unfortunately if one is too friendly with the staff they tend to take it as a sign of weakness.
Prema : Oh, but there is no call to be pity with the duties assistant.
Niren: There is no cause to act superior if the duties assistant do their work conscientiously. Nevertheless some authority has to be maintained. Though one does not have to be a slave driver nor need one wreck the nerves of the staff members with scoldings.

Good knowledge and satisfactory conversation drill is important in English speaking. These tutorials would not only prove an asset to the reader speak English fluently in his daily life, but also on special occasions like interviews for jobs, etc. He would be able to face the interviewers with equanimity and confidence.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

English conversations / About Checking Bank

This tutorial English conversations- About checking bank has been prepared from my well known book English conversations for all occasions, which I wrote for Indian students to improve everyday conversation.

English conversations- About Checking Bank

Reena has been asked by her boss to teach the graduate trainee in the banks accounts department of Rama’s store how to deposit money current accounts with the bank checking account .

Bank Building

Reena: Right Sir, I’ll do that. Come along Hansa. I was just going to the bank hall myself and I’ll take you along with me.
They both leave the room.

Hansa: Thank you. I hope I won’t be too much of a nuisance. I really don’t know anything about banking. I new checking account want to open
Reena Don’t worry. You will learn checking banking as you get to handle the work assigned to you. This company banks with the Great National Bank at Central Street. Everyone at the bank is very helpful. Come let’s go. It isn’t too far and we can walk to the savings bank account section.
Hansa:What do we have to do at the bank duty?
Reena We deposit check and cash earned at the store with the bank between twelve and one every day. First you go to the store cashier and collect the money to be deposited from the cashier. He also gives you payslips for the Cash deposit.
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Cash deposit

Hansa: I have a savings bank account of my own. I know that one hands in the pay in slip and the bank cheque to be deposited to the clerk dealing with one’s account. He receives bank cheque and stamps one part of the pay in slip and returns it to you.
Reena That is right. The procedure is the same except that in the case of the Store, where there are so many transactions every day, we have a checking bank account into which the bank cheque and cash collection is deposited. There is another thing you have to remember. The cash and bank cheque deposited are entered on different pay in slip.The cash deposited is presented to the cashier and not to the clerk.
Hansa: What kinds of documents will be required to be deposited at the bank?
Reena You see, Rama’s Store has a large export business. We send consignments of fashion garments letter of credit in favour of Rama’s store at the Great National Bank. But the money is paid to Rama’s store only when the consignment is actually shipped to Britain. You’ll have to present the shipping documents to the bank from time to time. When shipments are make so that Rama’s store’s account may be credited with the payment for the Consignmnt of fashion garments ordered by the British firm.

letter of credit

Hansa: This sounds complicated. And where do I do all this?
Reena There is a separate department in the bank dealing with international trade. Then, there is a Foreign Exchange too.
Hansa: Yes. At times, some of our customers pay us by Traveller’s cheques or with Foreign Exchange department . The store has to deposit this Foreign Exchange earned by it, with the bank with in twenty four hours.

Reena Where do you buy Foreign Exchange for the Foreign travel of your Executives
Hansa: I do not know about Foreign travel . It is handled by the Export department

Foreign Exchange

Friday, May 21, 2010

English conversations - travel by bus

This tutorial about Travel by Bus has been prepared from my well known boo

English conversations - travel by bus

k English conversations for all occasions, which I wrote for Indian students to improve everyday conversations

English conversations - travel by bus

Reena works at Rama’s store. Reena travels by a bus to Rama'Store because there is no Rail Service there. She walks at 9AM from home to take bus from a bus stand near her house and meets another Bus Traveler, a girl called Annie.

Annie: : Hello Reena.

Reena: Hello. When did the last bus service from Bus Terminal?

Annie: Bus service from the Bus Station came along about five minutes ago, but I couldn’t get on to it. There was such a frantic rush to get in.

Bus Stop

Reena: This is really awful. I wish people Waiting at the Bus Stop would learn to stand in a queue system.
Annie: You see everyone is standing at Bus Stop in a queue just now.
Reena: Yes, but when the bus draws up, the queue system is broken and even before
the passengers come out of the bus, those waiting outside are
crowding the entrance of the bus.

Waiting at the Bus Stop

Annie: Unfortunately, in the morning everyone is in such a hurry to take Bus to travel to their Work that ,they forget all rules of fair play and politeness and keep pushing to enter the Bus, It is really terrible.

Reena: Here is the bus to local Rail Station.

Conductor: Please wait for these getting off to descend first. Now, you can come in this Double Decker Bus.

Annie: One bus ticket to Regal, please.What is the Bus fare.

Conductor: Here is your bus ticket ma’am. That will be Five Rupees.

Reena: Does this bus go to Rama’s store?

Conductor: Where is that?

Reena :That is close to the super Bazar Bus Station

Bus Station

Conductor This coach bus service will drop you about a kilometer short of the super Bazar. Shall I give you a Bus ticket for Regal as well?

Reena Yes, please. Here is Five Rupees.

Sudesh Haven’t you been on this bus route before?

Reena No, I’ve only recently taken up this job. For the last week I’ve been
traveling by a bus service which drops me near the plaza cinema.

Conductor Come along please, everybody up in front. Make room at the back of Bus coach..

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Double decker bus

Conductor Come along please, everybody up in front. Make room at the back of Bus coach..
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Reena: What is the Bus Timetable. How long does it take to get to the Regal? Do you have Bus map

Annie:No,I Do not have a Bus Map. At this time of the day, there is a lot of traffic on the roads and I expect it’ll take about forty-five minutes.

Reena: Where do you work?

Annie: I work as a business marketing manager at Bookghar.com , That is not far from where the bus Stop will drop us. What about you? How will you get to your Rama’s store?

Reena: Oh, I’ll manage somehow. There are many buses to my place of work.I’ll either walk or I’ll hitch a ride. I don’t suppose that a scooter man would go such a short distance.

Annie:There is one thing that one must do when travelling by bus service and that
is, keep change handy with you.Every one carries change in metro Rail Service.

Reena: Well, the conductor ought to have change, but I suppose one can’t
expect him keep changing hundred rupee notes every now and then.

Annie:Look, there is an old lady who hasn’t found a seat. I wish these
young healthy boys would get up and offer her a reserved bus seat.

Reena: You keep sitting; I’ll let the old lady have my seat. (To the old lady).
Madam, would you care to sit here?

OLD lady Thank you every much, child. I was falling over every time the bus
moved off or came to a stop. Thank you, thank you.

Annie:Reena come, may be all three of us can squeeze in.

Reena: No, don’t bother. I can stand. It is only a short way off now.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

English conversations - Doctors 24 hour Clinic

This tutorial English conversation - Doctors 24 hour Clinic has been prepared from my well known bookEnglish conversation for all occasions, which I wrote for Indian students to improve everyday conversation..

English conversation / Doctors 24 hour Clinic

Vikram has had a bad fall. Mrs.Verma takes him to emergency ward of Doctors 24 hour Clinic

24 hour Clinic Receptionist : Good morning, Madam

Mrs.Verma : Can I see Dr.Raman? My son his hurt his knee.

24 hour Clinic Receptionist: Did you make medical appointment, Madam?

Mrs.Verma : No. But then I hadn’t expected my son to have a fall and hurt himself. I couldn’t make medical appointment for child accident, could I have? But I must have the child’s knee treatment and dressing done urgently.

24 hour Clinic Receptionist: Don’t get excited, Madam. The doctor does attend to emergencies, though normally the doctor is so busy that he can only see patients who have made prior medical appointment,

.Mrs.Verma: Then what shall I do? Shall I go to urgent care hospital?

24 hour Clinic Receptionist: Please wait here, Madam. I’ll fit you in between the appointments. In the mean while, please fill in this form. Is the child’s knee painful bleeding ?

Mrs.Verma No. The bleeding has stopped.

24 hour Clinic Receptionist: Please wait in the waiting room and I’ll

Call you the moment the doctor is free.

Mrs.Verma: and Vikram join the group of people sitting in the waiting room.Dr.Raman comes to the door.

Dr.Raman : Mrs.Verma?

Mrs.Verma Yes. That’s me. Good morning,

Dr. Raman: I understand your son has had a fall and has knee ligament injury. Come along young man. I’ll have a look at your knee..

An elderly woman gets up and hurries forward towards the doctor.

Elderly woman: Oh Dr.Raman, you can’t see him first. It is my turn. I’ve made medical appointment.

Dr.Raman: Hello, Mrs.Sonia , I know it is your turn, but this child needs immediate attention.He needs knee treatment. I’ll see you right after child’s knee wound dressing.

Dr.Raman: It won’t be long, Mrs.Sonu. Please excuse me for a few minutes. Mrs, Verma, please bring your son into the treatment rooms

All three of them go into the treatment rooms of 24 hour Doctors clinic.

Dr.Raman: (Examining the wounds). This is a nasty wound. You have knee swelling. Do you have pain behind knee. You have Knee ligament Injury which causes knee pain

Cut, but not too serious. There is nothing to worry about.I will start Knee Treatment. I’ll clean it, put some tincture iodine on it and do bandage dressing lightly. Vikram Oh! That hurts.

Dr.Raman: You are a young child. I’ll give you an Tetanus injections to ward off any infection. There you are. That is a good boy.

Mrs.Verma:Will he be all right doctor? Aren’t you going to give any prescription medicines?

Dr.Raman: There is no need for any prescription medicines. He’ll, be all right. The knee will be all right. The knee will be a bit stiff for a few days. In case gets fever or the pain is too severe, give him one of these tablets?

Mrs.Verma: After how many hours do I give him one of these tablets?

Dr.Raman: Don’t give him a tablets unless he feels very uncomfortable with pain. Give the tablet, if he gets fever. Then come and see me again at 24 hour Doctors clinic, in the morning. These tablets are only a precaution.

Mrs.Verma: Do you think he’ll get fever, doctor?

Dr.Raman:No. Don’t worry. I think he’ll be all right. But in case he does get a temperature, then come back to me again. Well, young man, be careful the next time you get off a bus.

Goodknowledge and satisfactory conversation drill is important in English speaking. These tutorials would not only prove an asset to the reader speak English fluently in his daily life, but also on special occasions like interviews for jobs, etc. He would be able to face the interviewers with equanimity and confidence.