Nice to Meet You

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Nice to Meet You
Listening Exercises
Listen to the conversation again by pressing the Play Audio button and read along with the conversation. Review the Key Vocabulary and the sample sentences.
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Teacher: Oh, hi. What was your name again. I can't keep straight all the students' names this being the second day of school.
Student: It's okay. I have a hard time remembering names myself.
Teacher: How, uh, Karen, right?
Student: No, it's Nancy. My mom's name is Karen.
Teacher: Nancy. Okay. I think I heard you were from England.
Student: Well, I was born there, but my parents are American. I grew up in France.
Teacher: Oh, a world traveller!
Student: But then we moved here when I was nine.
Teacher: So, what does your father do now?
Student: Well, he's a college professor, and he is in Scotland at the moment.
Teacher: How interesting. What does he teach?
Student: Oh, I haven't a clue. Nah, just joking. He teaches chemistry.
Teacher: Oh, chemistry, and uh, what about your mother?
Student: She works full time at home.
Teacher: Oh, and what, does she have her own business or something?
Student: Nah, she takes care of me.
Teacher: Well, being a homemaker can be a real hard, but rewarding job.
Student: I think so too.

Key Vocabulary [Top]
  • keep straight (verb): remember clearly
    - You need to keep the facts straight if you want to pass the test.
  • nah: no (informal)
    Do you want to come to the party?
    Nah. I have other plans that evening.
  • homemaker (noun): housewife
    - His wife is a homemaker.





Teacher: Oh, hi. What was your name again. I can't keep straight all the students' names this being the second day of school.
Student: It's okay. I have a hard time remembering names myself.
Teacher: How, uh, Karen, right?
Student: No, it's Nancy. My mom's name is Karen.
Teacher: Nancy. Okay. I think I heard you were from England.
Student: Well, I was born there, but my parents are American. I grew up in France.
Teacher: Oh, a world traveller!
Student: But then we moved here when I was nine.
Teacher: So, what does your father do now?
Student: Well, he's a college professor, and he is in Scotland at the moment.
Teacher: How interesting. What does he teach?
Student: Oh, I haven't a clue. Nah, just joking. He teaches chemistry.
Teacher: Oh, chemistry, and uh, what about your mother?
Student: She works full time at home.
Teacher: Oh, and what, does she have her own business or something?
Student: Nah, she takes care of me.
Teacher: Well, being a homemaker can be a real hard, but rewarding job.
Student: I think so too.



Giáo viên: Ồ, xin chào. Những gì là tên của bạn một lần nữa. Tôi không thể giữ thẳng tất cả tên của học sinh, đây là ngày thứ hai của trường.

Sinh viên: Không sao đâu. Tôi có một thời gian khó nhớ tên mình.

Giáo viên: Làm thế nào, uh, Karen, phải không?

Sinh viên: Không, đó là Nancy. Mẹ tôi tên là Karen.

Giáo viên: Nancy. Đuợc. Tôi nghĩ rằng tôi nghe nói bạn đến từ Anh.

Sinh viên: Vâng, tôi sinh ra ở đó, nhưng bố mẹ tôi là người Mỹ. Tôi lớn lên ở Pháp.

Giáo viên: Ồ, một du khách thế giới!

Sinh viên: Nhưng sau đó chúng tôi chuyển đến đây khi tôi lên chín tuổi.

Giáo viên: Vậy bố của bạn làm gì bây giờ?

Sinh viên: Vâng, anh ấy là một giáo sư đại học, và anh ấy ở Scotland vào lúc này.

Giáo viên: Thú vị thế nào. Anh ấy dạy gì?

Sinh viên: Ồ, tôi không có đầu mối. Không, chỉ đùa thôi. Ông dạy hóa học.

Giáo viên: Ồ, hóa học, và uh, còn mẹ của bạn thì sao?

Sinh viên: Cô ấy làm việc toàn thời gian ở nhà.

Giáo viên: Ồ, và những gì, cô ấy có kinh doanh riêng của mình hay gì đó?

Sinh viên: Nah, cô ấy chăm sóc tôi.

Giáo viên: Vâng, là một người nội trợ có thể là một công việc khó khăn nhưng thực sự bổ ích.

Sinh viên: Tôi cũng nghĩ thế.















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