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

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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

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Submitted by Tar Tar on Thu, 28/03/2024 - 13:51

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Well, most of business cards have their full name, their position, phone number, email and their company name.

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Submitted by Joseroberto on Mon, 18/03/2024 - 19:11

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In my country people usually put in their business cards information such as name, position, phone number, email address, the company's name, website and logo, their social media profiles, and headquarter address when it comes to a big or world companies.  

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Submitted by Alleabeth on Thu, 14/03/2024 - 00:26

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In my country is not common people use business card. Cards only are for enterprises o small stores. 

Submitted by boug on Sun, 10/03/2024 - 16:56

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because i'm not yet a worcker so i don't have any  idea about  busniss  carte 

Submitted by d.aldaye on Mon, 26/02/2024 - 19:19

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When you are working in Jordanian companies, your business card contain five basic information which are:

  • Your name and surname.
  • Your personal picture.
  • Your position ( administrator, manager, customer service agent, graphic designer..etc).
  • Your mobile phone.
  • A company's name or logo
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Submitted by davevud on Tue, 20/02/2024 - 08:57

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Which information do people have on their business cards in your country?
Normally, there will be name, job title, company where they work, phone number, email etc. and sometimes, it will include company address too.

Submitted by Min Min Ko on Fri, 16/02/2024 - 16:35

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In My Country, Business Card include Name, Position, Mobile Phone Number,
Address, Company Logo or Name, Email and Website.

Submitted by Mahmoud Elzohery on Fri, 09/02/2024 - 06:08

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In my country the business card include some necessary information Full name,company position,phone number and email

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Submitted by Ahmeddeda77 on Sun, 28/01/2024 - 12:42

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Here in my country, the business card has the full name, job position, big bold name of the company, address, and phone number.