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Meeting people at a dinner

Meeting people at a dinner

Listen to introductions at a dinner party to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Transcript

Charles: Hello, Julian.

Julian: Hello, Charles. How are you?

Charles: I'm fine. Fine. Julian, do you remember Alyssa?

Julian: No, I don't.

Charles: She's Ben's sister. Do you remember? We were all at Ben's wedding together.

Julian: Ah, yes, I do – in that old castle. Was it in January?

Charles: Yes, it was! Alyssa was there.

Alyssa: Hello. Nice to meet you ... again.

Julian: Hello, nice to meet you too, Alison.

Alyssa: I'm not Alison.

Julian: What?

Alyssa: My name isn't Alison. It's Alyssa.

Julian: I'm sorry. Nice to meet you, Alyssa.

Charles: Good. Would you like a drink?

Julian: Good idea.

Alyssa: Yes, please.

Charles: Here you are.

Alyssa and Julian: Thanks!

Task 1

Exercise

Task 2

Exercise

Discussion

How often do you meet new people?

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Submitted by Carmenmagenta on Mon, 16/09/2019 - 18:31

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Normally when I meet new people I ask: how are you?

Submitted by raza.umar on Mon, 16/09/2019 - 18:26

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well I love to meet new people. Additionally, whenever, I meet with strangers I ask many things about his/her life experiences and personal information. Further, I also love to talk about the cultures. So, through this I will able to explore new cultures.

Submitted by sarah karrar on Thu, 22/08/2019 - 18:09

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I usually meet new people every year, rather at the airport or college or other places like that.
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Submitted by Magedelabd on Wed, 21/08/2019 - 17:47

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I meet new people once a moth
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Submitted by shahramuteng on Thu, 15/08/2019 - 22:39

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I rarely meet new people, because nowadays I am in the house and do research and development.
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Submitted by Caterina Siligardi on Wed, 14/08/2019 - 16:12

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When I was a teacher, I met à lot of people everyday. Now I'm retired, but I can meet many people when I practice my favourite sport:Taijiquan.

Submitted by Toanrt on Sat, 03/08/2019 - 08:24

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every weekend if im not busy for this *lol*

Submitted by gedi on Fri, 26/07/2019 - 04:55

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first time i say him Hi then i ask him their name after that i told him to welcome to party and we start each other to ask him some information about the party

Submitted by ayusisi on Wed, 24/07/2019 - 07:26

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I am rarely meet new people, might be meeting new people in the mall.

Submitted by fariba on Tue, 16/07/2019 - 11:49

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i usually meet new people every one months.