Unit 1   First Meet

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Ice breaker in English culture

People often use an 'icebreaker' before introducing themselves when they meet for the first time. Check ( ) the ones you think it is 'OK' to break the ice.

a. How do you do ?

b. Nice to meet you.

c. What are you doing?

d. What's the matter

e. Hi, how's it going?

f. Hi, my name's Army

g. Please to meet you !

h. Good to see you again.

i. I'm going now.

k. I don't think we've met.

l. Hello, I'm John.

m. Good morning.

Task 1

A. Listen to the popular names in the United States and number the sequence according to what you hear.

1) Michael    Matthew   Nicole   Michelle

2) Robert      Joshua     Jessica   Ashley

3) James   Jason    Katherine   Sarah

4)  Steven  David  Jennifer   Stephanie

5) Christopher   John   Kimberly   Lisa

B. How do you spell the names? Listen and check the correct answers

1)   Jon       John

2)   Sara      Sarah

3)    Steven      Stephen

4)   Katherine     Kathryn

5)  Kris       Chris

C. Listen to the conversation between Lean and John. Write the names of the people they decide to invite to their party.

- Hello? Lowe residence. John speaking.

- Hi John. It's Leane.

- Oh, hey Leane, how are things? You must be busy planning the party.

- Actually that's what I'm calling about, John. Since you hosted last year's party, I was hoping you could help me with the guests list. I'm just writing down some names right now.

- Sure, no problem. Tell me, who have you got so far?

- Well, you and your wife, of course. It's Tina, right?

- Yep.

- And Alan from the office. It's Alan Walker, isn't it? W-A-L-K-E-R.

- That's right. And what about Cathy Chan? She's the new accountant in finance.

- Mmm..... I don't think I've met her. Is that Cathy with a 'K'?

- No. it's C-A-T-H-Y. And her last name's C-H-A-N. And don't forget Mike Perez. He's dying to meet Cathy.

- Really? That's interesting! P-E-R-E-Z Perez. Oh, I'd like to invite my neighbor Yumiko.

- Yuriko? How do you spell that?

- No, it's Yumiko. Y-U-M-I-K-O. Haven't you met her?

- Her last name's Sato, S-A-T-O, I think. She lives across the hall.

- All right. Who else? Hey, how about your neighbor...

Task 2

William is having a party. Some guests are meeting for the first time. Check (*) the names you hear, and then write the jobs.

* work for

* Euro Motors

* Sales office

* the pay's good.

* Technology industry

* a computer programmer

* Can I get you something?

student      teacher     mechanic    translator

accountant       office worker       engineer

1). ______ Jenny                    _______ David

     _______ Jean                   ________ Daniel

    Job: ________                  __________

Icebreaker

____________________________________

2). ______ Rick                   _______ Sarah

     ______Ron             ________ Stephanie

Job: ________        ________

Icebreaker

_____________________________

3) _______James          ________ Soon Oh

    _______Jake            ________Hee Soon

Job: _______             _________

Icebreaker

__________________________________

Task 3

Listen to some people give their names. Write down their names and the rest of the information they give about themselves.

* Florence

* Bobby

* Sydney

* Uruguay

My name is : Carmen Da Silva

I come from: ______

My name is : _____ Kincaid

I come from: Porto Alegre

My name is : Mario

I come from: 

My name is : Sandra ____

I come from: 

Assignment

* Fujitsu has a conference each year. Listen to these guests registering for the conference. Match the guest's name to the office.

* Not too bad

* have a lot of orders

* go through to the lounge

* help yourself to coffee

* to be exact

Name:

1). Anopow

2). Brown

3). Hernandez

4). Singh

5).Narayan

6). Yin

7). Pousset

Office:

a. Brussels

b. Beijing

c. New Delhi

d. Colombia

e. Moscow

f. New Delhi

g. New York

Listen again and try your best to do the dictation: