An example small talk: meeting a visitor at the airport

TRANG IS WAITING FOR JOHN IN FRONT OF THE ARRIVAL HALL


A Excuse me, are you John Dreyer?

B Yes, you must be Miss Trang.

A Very pleased to meet you. How are are you?

B Good, good….but a bit tired.

A Did you get much sleep on the flight?

B I was alright for a while, then a baby started crying and its parents couldn’t calm it down all the way to Bangkok.

A That must have been annoying. So what did you do?

B I put on the headphones and watched the movie…….. Good movie actually.

A What was it?

B Alice in Wonderland……… but not in 3D.

A I saw that a few months ago.

B Because I travel so much, I’ve seen it 3 times in the last month. I wish they’d change their movies more often.

A I see what you mean. Anyway, you’re pretty tired. Would you like to take a nap in the hotel before the 2pm meeting, or would you like to join the management staff for lunch? We can postpone having a meal together until tonight if you like.

B Yeah, a short sleep would be good thanks.

A Excellent, shall we get a taxi?

B Good idea

A TAXI! TAXI!