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Unit 4: Dialogue Writing

Pet: In that case, I think you should talk to your subject teachers. Request them to teach in notes
advance what they are going to teach the class during your absence. Ask them if they can teach
you, when both of you are free. Then talk it out with your mother. I don’t think your mother will
have any objection then.
vaishnavi: Oh! Thank you Ma’am. I feel greatly relieved. I’m sure the teachers will not say ‘no’
to my request.

Source: http://www.improvespokenenglish.org/2010/07/teacher-and-student-conversation.html
alice has taken up a summer job at curious market research Bureau. she meets the manager
of ‘Wonder looks’, a firm manufacturing mirrors:
alice: I’m Alice Caroll. I’m on a summer job at Curious Market Research Bureau.
manager: Please be seated.
alice: Dormouse is planning to introduce a unique printer. Before launching their product, they’d
like to have a feel of the field. Can I ask you a few questions in this connection, please?
manager: Yes, please proceed.
alice: How many printers do you have in your office?
manager: We have seven.
alice: How many inkjet and how many laser?
manager: Three laser and four inkjet.

alice: What make do you have right now?
manager: Three HP and four Canon.
alice: Do you have a printer cum copier cum scanner?
manager: Yes, we do have.
alice: What about a 4-in-one – printer, scanner, copier and fax?
manager: Yes, we do have one of that too.
alice: Now this product that Dormouse is launching, is a 6-in-one.
manager: What is that?
alice: It can print, copy, fax, scan, skim and skip.

manager: Skim and skip?
alice: Yes. You see, you have a Board meeting in 10 minutes. There’s a 40 page report in your
system, which has just been mailed to you. You ought to go through it before the meeting. The
skim facility, skims the entire matter, skips all unnecessary/additional details, puts together the
overview alone in bullet format and gives you the hard copy – maybe a couple of pages – all in
twenty seconds flat. This saves a lot of time, ink and paper. Doesn’t that sound interesting?
manager: Yes, it does.
alice: Would you like to buy one, when it is launched?
manager: Yes, we would. But, what would be the cost?
alice: You could skip that question. It would cost the same as your 4-in-one.
manager: How sleek would it look?

alice: Skip that too. It’s as sleek as your ‘Wonder looks’.
Source: http://www.improvespokenenglish.org/2011/03/conversation-between-manager-and.html

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