In the following conversation, Carol Jacobs is a senior executive from a corporate head office. She´s on a business trip to the company´s Asia Division office (joint venture in Beijing). David Li, the Vice-President in charge of Asian operations, greets her. 

David: Good morning, Carol. It´s great to see you again. 
Did you have a good trip over? 
Carol: Yes, it was a good flight. I was a little tiredyesterday, but I´m OK now. 
David: Great! If you´re ready, I´d like to introduce you to some of our key personnel. 
Carol: Let´s go. 
……
David: Carol, this is Kathy Chen, our Financial Officer. 
Kathy, I´d like you to meet Carol Jacobs. 
Carol: I´m pleased to meet you, Kathy. You´re doing a great job. The division´s finances are in top shape. 

Kathy: Thank you, Ms Jacobs. I´m happy to meet you,too. 
David: And this is Ben Guo. He´s in charge of Marketing. 
Ben, let me introduce Carol Jacobs. 
Ben: How do you do, Ms Jacobs?
Carol: It´s a pleasure to meet you, Ben. So you´re the one responsible for those outstanding sales figures I´ve seen. 
Ben: Thank you. I must say I have a great staff. 
David: I think you´ll find all of our staff is top-notch. 
Carol: I´m already convinced of that, from the reports I´ve seen. Well, I´d like to see our manufacturing operation now, if I could. 
David: Sure thing! Right this way ...