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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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.

Discussion

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

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Hi, when i meet someone new at work i usualy welcome him and make a tour with him to discover the school as i am a teacher, at the same time we speak about a lot of things such as chaleenges of life, work, and we talk about our countries or cities, cultures...etc.

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Its depends on the context in which I meet people, but in general i talk about work if is a new coworker or about a specific hobby if i am in a related place (gym, class, etc.), and if is from other country i ask about this to find out more.

The questions different belong the place where we meet it in but the popular questions are name , job, members family, but if you live in syria the people take about the difficulty life because it's same things between people

I am not person speak very much I prefer to lessening more but might I talk about what a job or ask the family and were from and where do you live and maybe when he asked me I will answer then I ask same question

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

I usually talk about hobbies, kids or pets, but they topic depends on who i am talking to, or where I meet they.

What do you usually talk about when you meet people for the first time?
When I meet someone for the first time, we usually talk about what we do in life, what food we like and where we live or where we are from

I usually talk about work, hobbies, and travel. Especially travel. I like discovering new cities and places.

Hi there, I'm study more English because in the next week I'm going to begin a new job. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. English is not my first language, so people wish me luck with my new job. I hope I can learn very quickly and can communicate in a professional way. Thanks a British Council for let me practice.