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Lesson 1 - Introductions

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Everyday Dialogues

Making Introductions
In this lesson, you will learn useful vocabulary
and expressions for meeting new people.
Let’s start by getting into groups of three.

Pre-Reading
A. Warm-Up Questions

1. Tell your group about your family members.


o you have any brothers, sisters, cousins,
aunts, uncles, etc.

2. Tell your group about a person you met recently.

3. Tell your group about a friend or neighbor


that you ould li e your classmates to meet.

B. Vocabulary Preview

Match the words from this lesson to the correct meanings on the right.

1. nephew a) a person I study with


2. niece b) my mother’s brother
3. roommate c) a person I live beside
4. colleague d) my husband’s mother
5. neighbor e) a person I am engaged to marry
6. anc f) my uncle’s daughter
7. classmate g) my sister’s son
8. cousin h) a person I share my apartment with
9. mother-in-law i) my mother’s sister
10. father-in-law j) a person I or ith
11. uncle my brother’s daughter
12. aunt l) my husband’s father

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Making Introductions
Everyday Dialogues

Dialogue Reading
Read the dialogue ith your group members a e times. a e turns
being each character. Practice your intonation and pronunciation.
Circle any ne ords or phrases that you need to practice. ou
can change the gender o the characters to match your group.

Charlie Amy Richard

Charlie, I’d like you to meet my roommate, Richard.

Hello, Richard. It’s nice to meet you. I’m Amy’s brother, Charlie.

Hi, Charlie. I’m very pleased to meet you. Amy has told me all about you.

Amy has told me all about you, too. I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time.

Well, now that you’ve finally met, why don’t we sit down and have a coffee?

Sounds great.

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Making Introductions
Everyday Dialogues

Practice
or ith your group members. Role play the dialogue,
substituting the di erent e pressions belo . hen s itch roles.

1. Charlie, I’d like you to meet... 4. It’s nice to meet you.

• Charlie, I d li e to introduce you to... • I’m glad to meet you.


• Charlie, let me introduce you to... • I’m pleased to meet you.
• Charlie, I want you to meet... • I’m happy to meet you.
• It’s a pleasure to meet you.
2. ...my roommate, Richard.
5. Amy has told me all about you.
• my husband
• my son • Amy has told me so much about you.
• my colleague • I’ve heard so much about you.
• my friend
• my girlfriend 6. I’ve been looking forward to
• my anc meeting you for a long time.
• my uncle
• I’ve wanted to meet you for ages.
• my nephew
• I’ve been hoping to meet you for a while.
• my grandfather
• my father-in-law
7. Well, now that you’ve finally met...
• my wife
• my daughter • Now that you ve nally been introduced...
• my classmate • Since you nally no each other...
• my boyfriend
• my neighbor 8. ...why don’t we sit down and have a coffee?
• my cousin
• ...let s sit do n and have a cup o co ee.
• my aunt
• ... hy don t e sit do n and have dinner
• my niece
• ...ho about e sit do n and have a chat
• my grandmother
• my mother-in-law
9. Sounds great.

3. Hello, Richard. • Sounds good.


• That’s a good idea.
• Hi, Richard.
• I d li e that.
• o do you do, Richard

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Making Introductions
Everyday Dialogues

Review
Task 1

LISTEN & ANSWER

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.


our teacher ill tell you i you have to rite or say the ans ers.

1. hat does my do at the beginning o the conversation

2. o is Richard connected to my

3. o is Charlie related to my

4. hat do Charlie and Richard both say about my

5. hat are my, Charlie, and Richard going to do no

Task 2

MAKING INTRODUCTIONS

or ith t o other students. Imagine you are


ith a riend at the mall. ou bump into a relative.
Introduce your riend to your relative in ront o your teacher.

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