Welcoming
　　On behalf of …, I’m very glad to welcome you…
　　It’s a pleasure to see you here.
　　Welcome to…
　　Thank you for coming all this way.

　　Self Introduction
　　Please let me introduce myself. I’m…
　　How do you do? My name is…
　　May I introduce myself? I’m…
　　It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is…

　　Third-party Introduction
　　It’s my pleasure to introduce you to …
　　I’d like to introduce you to …
　　A, let me introduce you to …
　　A, I’d like you to meet …
　　A, I don’t believe you’ve ever met …
　　This is … He’s in charge of…
　　He looks after…
　　He’s our … Director/Manager.

　　Offering
　　Let me get you a coffee.
　　Would you like a coffee?
　　Let me take your coat.

　　Small talk topics
　　Travel
　　How’s your flight?
　　How do you like our city?
　　Is this your first visit to…?
　　Did you have a good trip?
　　Was it easy to find here?

　　Weather
　　It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?
　　I heard it’s going to rain this afternoon.
　　My flight was cancelled because of the heavy snow.
　　There will be a storm tomorrow.
　　Finally we’ve gotten a beautiful day.
　　I hate the summers here. There’s too much rain and it’s usually very hot.
　　I’m a spring/summer/autumn/winter person.
　　Cold, isn’t it? I’m freezing.
　　It’s lovely/sunny/warm.
　　It was dismal/cloudy/cold/damp/wet/stormy/windy.

　　Accommodation
　　How’s your hotel?
　　It’s very comfortable/convenient/luxurious.
　　The service is excellent.
　　It’s rather noisy/dirty.
　　The service is rather slow.
　　The rooms are a bit cramped.

　　Sample Dialogue
　　A: Welcome to ABC. I’m John Smith. I look after the accounting department here.
　　B: Nice to meet you. My name is Susan Wong.
　　A: Nice to meet you, Susan. How was your trip?
　　B: Slow. It was caught in awful traffic.
　　A: Sorry to hear that. Anyway, have you checked in?
　　B: Yes.
　　A: Everything OK?
　　B: Fine.
　　A: So how do you find our weather?
　　B: It’s hot. When I left home, it was only ten degrees.