Business cards

Business cards

Listen to four people talk about their jobs to practise and improve your listening skills.

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

Preparation

Transcript

A

A: Hello, Doctor Miller. It's nice to meet you.  

B: Please call me Peter.

A: OK. Are you a medical doctor? It must be helpful when you sell medical equipment.

B: Actually, no. My doctorate was in electronic engineering, but it's still helpful for me when I sell our equipment.


B

Good morning, everyone. I'm happy to be here today to tell you about our new project. My name is Alessandro Rossi. I'm the project leader on the Starlight programming project.


C

Pleased to meet you. Here's my card. My real name is Megumi Tanaka, but people who are not from my country think it's difficult to say my name, so I use another name, Meg, when I'm working internationally.


D

Hello, everyone. My name's Andres Mulligan. I'm very happy to be joining this team for the next few months and learning more about research and development.

Reading text

1

DX Medical Equipment Ltd
Dr Peter Miller
Sales Director

2

*Space10 Designs*
Alessandro Rossi
Lead Programmer

3

Global Engineering Consults
Megumi Tanaka
Product Manager

4

MaXtin Ltd
Andres Mulligan Jr
Intern, R&D team

Task 1

Task 2

Discussion

Download
Worksheet75.63 KB

Language level

Average: 4.3 (170 votes)

Submitted by FVPrieto on Tue, 30/09/2025 - 12:43

Permalink

In my country, business cards include the names of individuals and companies, phone numbers, and job titles.

Profile picture for user Yousry Elseadawy

Submitted by Yousry Elseadawy on Sun, 14/09/2025 - 15:33

Permalink

Thank you for this lesson!

Profile picture for user selimhapeloglu

Submitted by selimhapeloglu on Thu, 11/09/2025 - 13:15

Permalink

It was a nice listening exercise, thanks.

Profile picture for user Miss_Moriarty

Submitted by Miss_Moriarty on Fri, 01/08/2025 - 23:38

Permalink

In my country, people's business cards usually have their full names, the name of their job and company and the information to get in touch with them, such as their email address, phone number, and even their LinkedIn profile.

Profile picture for user salehsaeed

Submitted by salehsaeed on Thu, 10/07/2025 - 06:24

Permalink

I think that business card should has Logo of company, company's email, company's phone numbers, and company's addresses

Profile picture for user MounirBr44

Submitted by MounirBr44 on Tue, 01/07/2025 - 15:45

Permalink

In the company where I work, the service card displays only the company logo, the employee's name, and a QR code.
To get in touch with an employee, you simply need to scan the QR code, then go to the website to contact them and explore other opportunities and options or discuss opportunities.

Profile picture for user farhan1969

Submitted by farhan1969 on Sun, 15/06/2025 - 23:27

Permalink

First of all It is a great opportunity to join this site and learning academic English. 

Second I would like to than all members of this side team.

third, in my country the people use a lot of information to create a business card, Logo and company name. person full name and job title or position, contact information like EMAIL, phone and or cell phone number

and some details about the company and person itself roles.

the last line we can read the company address and administration call number.

Profile picture for user Dalia.

Submitted by Dalia. on Wed, 30/04/2025 - 01:54

Permalink

Discussion:

In my country, business cards usually include the person’s full name, job title, and the company they work for. They also have contact information such as a phone number, email address, and sometimes the company’s website or physical address. Some business cards also include a logo or social media links, especially if the person works in marketing or technology.

Dalia Vega

Submitted by AMINA.BH on Thu, 24/04/2025 - 15:59

Permalink

in my country , the business card include ful name , speciality, name and logo of the company, adress, email, contact num .

Do you need to improve your English listening skills?
Join thousands of learners from around the world who are improving their English listening skills with our online courses.