Meeting a new team member

Meeting a new team member

Listen to a conversation between two new colleagues to practise your listening skills.

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

Preparation

Transcript

Peter: Hi, my name's Peter. What's your name?

Carla: Hi, Peter. I'm Carla. I'm new here.

Peter: Welcome to the company, Carla.

Carla: Thanks, Peter. I'm happy to be here and it's nice to meet you.

Peter: It's nice to meet you too.

Carla: Where do you work?

Peter: I work in the design team. We sit over there.  

Carla: I'm in the marketing team. I started last week.

Peter: You work in marketing? That's very interesting.

Carla: Yes, it is. I'm enjoying it. But there are a lot of new things to learn.

Peter: I'm sure there are. I'm happy to help you if I can.

Carla: Thank you, Peter. What do you do in the design department?

Peter: I design new products.  

Carla: That sounds interesting. I plan marketing events for new products. So I think we'll work together sometimes.

Peter: That would be great. So, where are you from, Carla?

Carla: Brazil. And you?

Peter: I'm from the UK.

Carla: How long have you been here?

Peter: I've worked here for three years but I actually moved here from the UK five years ago, to study.

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Submitted by elit.sw on Wed, 27/11/2019 - 18:11

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I usually ask their name and job, I ask where they are from if they are not local Swedish or local, and I sometimes ask where they live but not always people here are too shy and it is not too easy to make contact.

Submitted by Dariusz on Sun, 24/11/2019 - 00:19

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When I meet someone for the first time I usualy ask about basics informations like: name, where he or she lives, work, hobbys. Only convenient questions not awkward.

Submitted by Laura390 on Sat, 09/11/2019 - 15:45

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When I meet people for the first time, I usually ask about of your profession, where this person born and live, what do you like to do and I offer my help.

Submitted by Nasser_mo on Mon, 04/11/2019 - 13:39

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when I meet people for the first time, I'Il start getting to know them, then offer them my help, and finally say goodbye.

Submitted by Pawani on Wed, 30/10/2019 - 12:31

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When I meet person for the first time I usually talk about the name, work place, family and nation. Asking privet information should be limited.
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Submitted by johnny depp on Sun, 27/10/2019 - 11:18

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Thanks wow piece of listening

Submitted by annjha_ on Sat, 05/10/2019 - 15:38

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I have completed the lesson for meeting a new team member. The level I chose is beginner A1

Hello annjha_,

I just wanted to explain why we have not published your other comments. Our comments section is for asking questions about or commenting on the content of the page. Sometimes we allow other comments, but if there are too many, this makes it more difficult for other users to use our site.

 

 

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The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by Izzati Saufie on Thu, 03/10/2019 - 15:13

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I have completed the lesson for meeting a new team member. The level I chose is beginner A1

Submitted by nurul ashikin on Thu, 03/10/2019 - 07:35

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I have completed the lesson for "Meeting a New Team Member". The level I chose is Beginner A1