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 BRENDA_HONEYVILLA on Wed, 20/03/2024 - 22:19

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Usually, when I meet people for the first time, I introduce myself and ask for their name, age, and the reason they are there. There could be different reasons, so I start by asking why and may share a story or joke during the conversation.

Submitted by cicerocoghi on Wed, 13/03/2024 - 11:15

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I start to introduce myself of course , firstly I greet and after I can ask his name. Depend on where we are I can ask about the job, the company or school... some subject which we choose to talk about depend on the moment and situation. If you feel a little bit embarrassed you can speak about the weather then another issues are getting appear for extend your conversation.... when you realise you just are in fluent speaking....but it take care no to be boring and inconvenient...

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Submitted by yukizita on Mon, 11/03/2024 - 18:38

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I usually talk about their previous experience, just to get know the person better.

Also, I like to say to them that I'm here to help and will be very glad if they ask for my help.

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Submitted by davevud on Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:30

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I think we will plan a welcome party for a new joiner. If I meet new people, I will introduce my name, where I work in which department and what my job is. I will also ask theirs. Then I might ask that person how he or she feels about joining the company and what I can help them too. We might also change our numbers perhaps.

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Submitted by bkbmtwimlat3 on Wed, 17/01/2024 - 18:48

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I usually ask them what their favorite fighter on ufc

Submitted by fajarsumirat on Tue, 16/01/2024 - 07:36

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What do you usually talk about when you meet people for the first time?
Greet her/him. Asking her/his name. Asking what she/he do at this moment. Ask where he/she lives

Submitted by LUCIE LE on Fri, 12/01/2024 - 08:34

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I usually talk about myself as my hometown, school, experience and introduce about my colleagues in the company, after that I will talk about my work in the company. If the newbie is part of my team I will training for them.

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Submitted by alessandro.it on Wed, 03/01/2024 - 17:57

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When I meet a new team member at work, firstly I introduce myself and ask what their name is. Then I like to know if they are happy with their new job and what are their professional aspiritions in life. In addition to that, I try and give some advice to do our job at best.

Submitted by Imane Al herchi on Tue, 02/01/2024 - 11:42

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Hello
When I meet people for the first time when I join a company, I like to talk about their job and what exactly they do. I would ask about their opinions about the company and how their experience was there. And maybe ask about the best food places there.

Submitted by MABCAN on Fri, 15/12/2023 - 12:05

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Great question, Nowadays Meeting new people is definitely worth a write about it.
generally, when I meet someone for the first time, we first talk about our general personal information like name, age, city where we live, educational background, professional career, etc.

We also talk about our interests, and our plans to find common points between us.

Finally, we share our contact information, like phone number, Email, Address, etc.