Part 3 Reading—A Welcome Speech

Read the following welcome speech and then find out what parts the welcome speech should consist of?

A group arrives at Shenzhen International Airport.Miss Chu Yuanyuan meets them at the airport.After helping the group to get on the coach,she delivers a welcome speech to the tourists on behalf of China Shenzhen International Travel Service.

Hello,dear friends.Welcome to Shenzhen,a beautiful and prosperous seaside city representing the achievements of China’s opening up to the outside world.

Firstly let me introduce ourselves.Our driver is Mr.Wang.He has 16 years’ driving and working experience in the travel industry.So you will be very safe.My name is Chu Yuanyuan.You can call me Nancy.We are from China International Travel Service.On behalf of CITS,I’d like to extend a warm welcome to you all.During your stay in our city,we’ll do our best to make your visit a very pleasant one and we hope it will be the most memorable trip you’ve ever had.If you have any questions or problems,do not hesitate to let us know.

After the long fligh you must be very tired,so now we are heading to the hotel directly so that you can get settled and have a good rest.It takes us about 45 minutes to get the hotel.You are going to stay at Xinhua Hotel,a well-located four-star hotel.As you’ll stay in our city for three days,please remember the number of our bus.The number is 72686.Let me repeat:72686 is our bus number.

I hope you will enjoy your stay in our city.

Exercise

Role-play

Situation:Address a group who come to your city for a 3-day visit.Make a welcome speech to them on behalf of your company according to the following order.

1.Greet the tourists.

2.Extend a welcome to them.

3.Introduce yourself and the driver to the group.

4.Tell the tourists that you are always at their service.

5.Give a brief account of the hotel where they are going to stay during their visit.

6.Wish the guests a pleasant and enjoyable visit to your place.