OBJECTIVE 1.2 INTRODUCING YOURSELF FIRST VIDEO Welcome to twominutesenglish.com. Teaching you English in two minutes or less Welcome to twominuteenglish.com In this lesson we are going to learn how introduce yourself FIRST EXAMPLE Hi, I´m Cyndi, I’m an into designer. I create ads for an advertising company in New York SECOND EXAMPLE Hi There, I am John Smith. I am 28. I work as a Plummer. Do you have any taps to fix? THIRD EXAMPLE Hello John. I am Nicola. I work as a receptionist in a construction company. I like my job very much. I live in New Jersey and I am 26 years old. My hobby is reading. I love to read novels FOURTH EXAMPLE Hi. My name is Joe Brown. I am into software. I am a programmer I am from California. I like to swimming and going on treks FIFTH EXAMPLE I am Mary. I am a schoolteacher and I teach in kindergarden. I took this job because I love children and I love teaching. In my free time I like to watch television and movies. I`m, 24
SIXTH EXAMPLE Hi Mary! My name is Richard. I am 27 I work for a company that imports electric motors from China. I travel a lot for a business, but I like to travel, so it´s fun SEVETH EXAMPLE My name is Linda and I from Ohio. I am a student. I am 23 years old. I have no hobbies because I have to study all day LISTEN I am Cindy, My name is Joe Brown, I am from California, I am 23 years old I am a programmer. In my free time I like to watch television and movies SECOND VIDEO INTRODUCING YOURSELF Housting: Welcome to twomineenglish.com, Teaching you English through towminutes lessons Housting II: In this extra lesson, we will learn in detail about the words and phrases you use when you introduce yourself. A: Introducing yourself to someone does not mean that you are just telling your name, the introduction can include other details such as: where you are from, where you wor, the job you have, you hobbies and much more. B: Yes, that`s right. How introduce yourself depends on the situation you are in, and the amount of information is expected of you. A: Introducing yourself to someone you’ve just met. When you are introducing yourself to someone you’ve just met, you can say : “Hi, Hello, Hey”. “Hello” is more a formal way.
These are universal phrases and you can use them with anyone, be it a senior, a friend, a relative or someone younger. Theses phrases are suitable for both formal and informal situations B: Saying “Hello” or “Hi” isn’t enough. In order to introduce yourself, you have to tell the person your name; you can start with something simple like: Hi, my name is Marley or Hello, I am Marley. In formal situations you may want to give both your first and last name When you are talking with friends you can use a colloquial expression like “They call me Marley” A: After telling people you name, you can also tell them, how old you are? Or What you do for a living? If you are an engineer you can say: “I´m 26 years old and I´m an engineer” by tell them what you do, the person can know you better. B: Yes, right! You can also tell someone where you live? Or where you from? To tell people about your origin, you can say for example: “I am from Michigan or I have come from Michigan” You can also tell the person where you live right now like: “I live in Chicago”. In telling someone where you live or where you’ve been, this can be a great conversation starter as they may have something to relate to you A: you can also ask people their name or tell some more about yourself, like what you hobbies are, what you like to do in you fee time, where you hang out, and so on. It´s all part of getting to know you better. B: To ask someone´s name, you could say. My name is John. What`s yours? If you want to tell them about your hobbies you could say, “I really love playing chess” or I really enjoy running. I run everyday” A: I hope this extra learning lesson was helpful and now you are better at introducing yourself to people. Don’t forget to watch the original lesson by clicking on the link given the description. See you soon!
VOKI Mixer #17 Introductions Six people introduce themselves and say something about their country. PERSON
INTRODUCING YOURSELF Hello, my name is Anita and I'm from Taiwan and Taiwan is a very small country and I'm not sure where Taiwan can be considered a country or not. I like Taiwan very well because we have nice food, nice weather, the winter is warm and people are friendly. I like to stay in Taiwan very much. My name is Jeyong Kim. I am from Korea and I'm 19 years old. Koreans like Kim-chi, yes, and most of the Koreans like spicy food, but I for example cannot eat spicy food very well because my tongue gets really hot and, mm. Hi, my name is Martin According . I'm from Seattle, Washington in the United States. Ah, Seattle if you haven't heard of it is one the Northwest corner of the U.S. It's very famous for salmon and the space needle. I went to school there, at the University of Washington. It's a very beautiful campus. Very large campus. There's 30,000 people there, on the campus. People from all over the world, just like I'm sure you've seen.
Hello, my name is Naomi. I'm from Australia. In Australia I live on the sunshine coast. Which as you can tell from the name is a very sunny place. We have very beautiful beaches, so often. I will go to the beach with my dog and my family and we have a very outdoor lifestyle there.
Hello, my name is Marion and I'm from Ireland. One thing I love about Ireland is the green that's everywhere. We have lots of space in Ireland and lots of nature, so lots of green fields and mountains and it's great to be able to go and walk along the hills and the mountains, when you feel like taking some exercise .My name is Akane and I'm from Toronto, Canada. One thing that I like about my country is that in Canada there are lots of different kinds of apples and I really like apples. Usually you can get them for about 99 cents a pound and there are many varieties such as Granny Smith, and Macintosh, which were invented in Ontario, and Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, my favorite is Royal Gala
OBJECTIVE 1.2 INTRODUCING YOURSELF TRANSLATION Susan Houston : Hello, I'm Elizabeth Mandel Chuck
: Hi! My name is Charles Chang. But please call me Chuck
Susan Houston : Nice to meet you, Chuck. You can call me Susan Chuck
: Ok. What's your last name again?
Susan : Houston Chuck : Where are you from? Susan : I'm from Indonesia. Chuck : And what are you doing here? Susan : I'm attending an English Conference. And how about you? Where are you from? Chuck
: I'm from Singapore.
OBJECTIVE 1.2 INTRODUCING YOURSELF TRANSLATION
Introductions 1. Hello. My name's Peter. What's your name? 2. 1.
Janet. Where are you from Janet?
2. 1.
I'm from Seattle. Where are you from? I'm from Madrid.
2. 1.
Are you American? Yes, I am. Are you Spanish?
2.
Yes I am.
OBJECTIVE 1.2 INTRODUCING YOURSELF TRANSLATION Hello, My name is Robert Johnson Please call me Robert. I am from Toronto, Canada. Hello, I am Mrs. Shizuka. I’m from Tokyo, Japan. Hi! My name is Don Corleone Omar. I am from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Please call me Omar.
OBJECTIVE 1.3 SAYING HELLO AND BYE BYE TRANSLATION
Dialogue 1 Jim:
Carlos Velazquez, let me introduce you to Peter Brien. Peter, this is Mr. Carlos Velasquez of Telefonica Moviles in Argentina.
Carlos: It´s nice to meet you. Peter:
It´s nice to meet you, too.
OBJECTIVE 1.3 SAYING HELLO AND BYE BYE TRANSLATION Ms. S : Hello, My name is Susan Hopkings Mr. R : I’m Rick Mc Callinster, It´s nice to meet you. Mr. Hopkings. Mr. S. : Where are you from Mc. Callister? Mr. R. : I am from Detroit . I’m a Software engineer here. And what about you? What do you do? Ms S,: I’m a Doctor OBJECTIVE 1.3 SAYING HELLO AND BYE BYE TRANSLATION Charles: This is my friend Mary. Charles: let me introduce you to her . Mary, this is my friend Jim. Mary: Hi, Jim. Nice to meet you. Jim: You, too. Would you like a drink? Mary: Sure, let’s go get one.