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 Eskafeca on Sun, 01/06/2025 - 13:06

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I usually ask where the person is from, what they studied, where they live, and what they do for a living.

Submitted by kosarjamtir on Sun, 01/06/2025 - 09:40

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That was great for me .. I got confidence.🐱‍🚀✨

Submitted by Danillo2707 on Wed, 28/05/2025 - 21:27

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Well, when I meet somebody for the first time, I say my name and ask for theirs. Then, maybe we can talk about our daily routines, family, hobbies, and so on. There are many things to talk about the first time.

Submitted by yamixx on Mon, 26/05/2025 - 14:38

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the first step i hope learn english 

Submitted by Marito_Cossi on Thu, 15/05/2025 - 08:14

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I work in a mine and first step when I meet new people , we do one introduccion about how work Safety in the mine.This meeting take 8 hours aproximatly and help them they can to work with tallest standars of safety.

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Submitted by pop.kaloudi- on Thu, 08/05/2025 - 15:42

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First, I welcome him with a big smile and a polite handshake, telling him my name and the department I belong to. I am willing to show him parts of the company that would be necessary for him and I tell him not to hesitate to ask me for any help he needs, since he is new.
If he wants to open a conversation about topics that are comfortable for both of us, such as hobbies, studies, our country of origin, local cuisine, etc., I will be happy to follow this conversation.

Submitted by AMINA.BH on Tue, 06/05/2025 - 17:35

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when i meet people for the first time, i start to introduce my self and talking about something like work , studies or maybe hobbies ,sometime about the news or something like that. 

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Submitted by vuongtran123 on Mon, 07/04/2025 - 05:53

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I really love this website, there are a lot of helpful resource to learn english. Thanks so much to the team.

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