Im Ausland unterwegs

The experiences of Bob Keller, an engineer.- On a business trip to Toronto.- At the Continental Hotel, Toronto.- Preparing for a meeting with Mr. Watson of the Toronto Post Office.- Meeting with Mr. Watson in his office.- Mr. Watson makes his decision in favour of the Suter ‘V’ engine.- Mr. Fisher of the COSC arrives at the Suter Engines Subsidiary in Toronto.- Introducing the electronic EDS system to Mr. Fisher, the shipping company’s inspector.- An erecting engineer relates his experiences in Mexico.- Shortly before Bob leaves Toronto for Aarau (via Zurich).- Meeting the experts.- Meeting a customer for the first time.- Enquiring production progress.- At the departmental meeting.- Telephone connection to America.- Sorry, but I didn’t catch your name.- Choosing the correct meeting times.- Speaking about an engineering scheme.- Customer comments on diagrams.- Repairing faulty equipment.- Common phrases as used abroad.- At the airport.- At the station.- At the customs.- At the hotel.- In a restaurant.- Public notices.- Expressing praise.- Calming down people.- Agreement.- Disagreement.- Thinking over, thinking up.- General questions concerning work.- Some useful sayings.- Polite expressions.- Hyphen, stroke and slash.- Company administration.- Some useful adverbs of place and time.- Special adverbs.- Use of preposition ‘at’.- Use of preposition ‘on’.- Plans and diagrams.- Letter openings.- Letter endings.- Role readings.- The failure of a breaker requires investigation by an expert.- The consulting engineer wants to visit a certain departement of a factory.- An inspector comments on drawings for approval.- Discussing results of a load analysis.- Attending works tests.- Preliminary work on obtaining a major order.- Background information required.- A non-standard design.- In favour of diesel engines?.- Translation exercises.