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 ASSAMOI on Tue, 11/06/2024 - 10:13

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When I meet people for the first time, I start to introduce myself. then, I ask they some information on the name, age, work and the place where they lives.

Submitted by Anna1303 on Mon, 10/06/2024 - 10:23

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when i meet people in the first time i think I'll introduce about myself first then I'll ask they some information such as: name, age, work department and their working experience.

 

Submitted by Rudenko Natali on Fri, 07/06/2024 - 05:15

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I usually ask: what is his name, where is he from, how long has he been here.

Submitted by Angel7768 on Wed, 05/06/2024 - 02:09

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What do you usually talk about when you meet people for the first time?

I usually ask a lot of their activites that they do every day, then I prefer to feel the conection sense or interest sense
It´s difficult to talk with a person who think is inferior than me, you could think that i´m crazy but it feels when the people do it. 


 

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Submitted by Lovish on Fri, 24/05/2024 - 13:37

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When I meet with new people. I generally ask about their life journey because I want to take inspiration from their life.

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Submitted by clouds14 on Sat, 18/05/2024 - 16:16

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I usually introduce myself first and ask theirs.

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Submitted by ZarNiAung on Sun, 31/03/2024 - 04:03

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When I meet people for the first time, I usually introduce myself first and where I am from. Then I just ask them back what's your name and where are you from also? These are the most important speech in the first meeting with new people. Because if we know that information each other, we can continue our conversation properly.

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Submitted by Tar Tar on Thu, 28/03/2024 - 14:23

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When I meet new people, we usually ask what's your name, hobbies and where do you live like that.

Submitted by PANTOCORP on Wed, 27/03/2024 - 10:04

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When a new member arrives to the team, I ask him what his name is, where he lives, if he has a family and where he has worked before and what work experience he has.