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

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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 Meyvelin on Fri, 26/07/2024 - 23:40

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when i meet people for the first time, i ask abut your personal information ( name, age, married or single) after that i ask where are they from, and where are they live, hobbies and jobs.

Submitted by sawpaing on Tue, 09/07/2024 - 20:31

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When I meet people for the first time, I introduce myslef and say 'nice to meet you' and listen to their greeting. If everything is fine, I then start a conversion about jobs, responsibilities. hobbies, favourite foods or drinks, and other topics.

Submitted by kat777 on Tue, 02/07/2024 - 17:48

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When i need new people,I ask his name and where are you from.Can you help?

Submitted by Hong Tham on Mon, 17/06/2024 - 14:34

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When I meet people for the first time, I usually ask them some information like: Their department, their hometown, How long have they worked at the company, When was they born?... etc

 

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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.