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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

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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.

Task 1

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Task 2

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Task 3

Exercise

Discussion

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

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Submitted by johnny depp on Sun, 27/10/2019 - 11:18

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Thanks wow piece of listening

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I have completed the lesson for meeting a new team member. The level I chose is beginner A1

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Submitted by Izzati Saufie on Thu, 03/10/2019 - 15:13

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I have completed the lesson for meeting a new team member. The level I chose is beginner A1

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I have completed the lesson for "Meeting a New Team Member". The level I chose is Beginner A1

Submitted by Triony on Sat, 28/09/2019 - 06:31

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Submitted by MUHAMMAD RIZMA… on Thu, 26/09/2019 - 01:43

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I'm finish

Submitted by Nurshaera73 on Thu, 19/09/2019 - 09:53

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I have completed my lesson, topic Meeting a new team member. Now, I learnt something new that I can use in future life.

Submitted by Khairunnisa Bi… on Thu, 19/09/2019 - 09:28

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I have completed the following lessons of Ordering in a cafe , shopping for cloth and meeting a new team member. The level that I chose was Beginner A1 Listening.

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I have completed the following lessons and its fun!