第一天 Making
Friends
When making new
friends, there are usually three parts to the conversation you will have
with your new friend. The first is the greeting. In this part, you and your
new friend will greet each other and tell each other your names. The second
part is the conversation. Sometimes the conversation is small talk and some
times the conversation is about important matters, such as business. "Small
talk" is an American slang term. It means that the conversation is about
matters that are not very important. When conversing with your new friend,
it is customary to give information about your family, your work, or you
will talk about any matter that is important to you and your new friend. The
third part of the conversation is the leave-taking. In this part, you tell
your new friend that you are happy to meet him and that you must end the
conversation.
In this
conversation, Thinh will introduce himself and his wife to Jim, their new
neighbor.
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Thinh: Hello.
Jim:
Oh, hi there!
Thinh:
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Thinh Nguyen and this is my
wife, Lan Quong.
Jim:
Pleased to meet you. My name is Jim Peters. Did you just move in next door?
Lan:
Yes, we did. Have you lived here long?
Jim:
Me? I guess so. I've lived here for about 6 years now. Have you lived in
America very long?
Thinh:
No. Not really. When we left Vietnam and came to America we lived with a
cousin in Dallas for 2 years. Where do you work, Jim?
Jim:
I teach mathematics at Willow Springs community college. What do you do?
Thinh:
I am a mechanic at Allied Diesel. I repair truck engines.
Jim:
What about you, Lan?
Lan:
I am a nurse's assistant at Whitfield County hospital.
Jim:
Well, Thinh and Lan, it was good to meet you. I have to go now. I'm teaching
a class this evening and I need to get to the college.
Thinh:
It was good to meet you, too, Jim.
Lan:
Yes, it was good to meet you.
Jim:
See you around!
Thinh
and Lan: Good-bye, Jim!
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New words and Expressions
"Allow me to
introduce myself.
" - This phrase is
used when you want to tell your new friend that you are going to tell him
your name.
"Pleased to meet
you."
- This phrase is
used after you and your new friend have told each other your names.
"Did you just move
in next door?", "Where do you work?", "Have you lived here long?"
- These are some
phrases that people use to make "small talk." These phrases are used when
you ask your friend for basic information about himself. These phrases help
new friends to get to know about each other's lives.
"It was good to
meet you."
- This phrase is
usually used when you are ending the conversation. A person who uses this
phrase will be considered polite by his new friend.
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