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.
My name is Basma. I've worked for my company for thirteen years, as a training coordinator and supervisor.
I am happy to be there since the warm work atmosphere and my colleagues are helpful. May God give my strength and success in the coming period and always Amen.
It’s small talk
I usually talk about their selfies.
Well, I try to get the basic information about people: full name, age, city or country of origin, etc.
My is sulaiman Muhammad Ali, I'm from Nigeria, I'm 21 years old, it's good to know you
First, I introduce myself. I talk about school or work things and I asked them for their opinions about the place or environment where we are working.
Firstly I introduce myself, then we talked about our studies and the situation in the country of Morocco.
I introduce my self as name, my collage, where am i from and some time talk about my family.
I usually introduce myself, my name, and then I ask for the other person name, I like to know new people and offer my help if it´s required.
What do you usually talk about when you meet people for the first time?
I think I introduce myself, like my name, years old, and where I come from, work, study,