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Hi there. How are you today? Are you ready to study? Join on Andreia and Flavia. Let’s all study together. Ladies, you two are friends. Right? And I’m new. I’m someone new.

The first time you need to say hello and you need to tell names. Who are you? What’s your name, right? Sometimes I might know one person. I know Flavia, but I don’t know her, so you need to tell me. Who is that?

And what do you say? So you could say, Jennifer, this is Andreia. This is. Jennifer, this is Andreia. Or you can say, This is my friend Andreia.

This is my friend Andreia. And then you repeat and reverse. So: Jennifer, this is Andreia. Andreia, Jennifer. Andrea, Jennifer.

Jennifer this is Andreia. Andreia, Jennifer. Jennifer this is Andreia. Andreia, Jennifer. Okay, same thing. If I know you, Okay, I don’t know her.

You have to tell me. Jennifer, this is. Sometimes we shake hands in the U.S Sometimes not. If someone gives a hand, shake.

I try again and this time we’ll shake hands. Who’s that? Jennifer, this is Flavia. Flavia, Jennifer. Hi. Hi. Flavia this is Jennifer.

Jennifer, this is Flavia. No? You can. You can. You could say, Jennifer, this is Flavia. Flavia, this is Jennifer. Or: Flavia, Jennifer. Jennifer, Flavia.

Hey. Hi. And that’s all. Okay, so often when we’re all friends, it’s all relaxed, we just use this. This is Flavia. This is Jennifer.

That’s all. And then we use the same greetings: Hey. Hi. Hello. Right? All the same hellos. So after you do the introductions, people might say different things, like, Hi. How are you?

Good to meet you. Or nice to meet you. Try that. Good to meet you. nice to meet you. Okay, this time introduce me. Who is that? Hi Jennifer. This is Andreia. Andreia, Jennifer. Hi. Hi. Good to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Who is that? Jennifer, this is Flavia. Flavia, Jennifer. hi Jennifer. good to meet you. nice to meet you too.

Okay. Again, sometimes they shake hands. Ladies, sometimes yes. Sometimes no. Sometimes we just wave. Watch the other person. If they just wave, you wave.

They smile; you smile. If they give a hand, you give your hand and shake. Just watch. Men almost always shake. Oh, yeah. It depends. Just watch. What’s what did what do other people do?

you are in the U.S, your meeting someone new. is it ok to shake hands? yes. is it ok for women to shake hands in the U.S? yes.

you are in the U.S, your meeting someone new. is it ok to hug or kiss? maybe no.

you are in the U.S, your meeting a group of students, is it ok to wave hello to everyone? yes.

If they say, Good to meet you or How are you?

you could say, Good. Thanks. Nice to meet you. Right? Hi. How are you? Good. Thanks. Nice to meet you. So again, if I meet you for the first time, she says, Jennifer, this is Andreia. Andreia, Jennifer. Hi, how are you?

You can say, Good. Thanks. Nice to meet you. Good to meet you. Yeah. If you say, Good to meet you, nice to meet you, you could say, You too.

Right? Good to meet. You too. You too. nice to meet you. you too. you too.

Yeah. you too. Good to meet you. you too. yeah.

Often we say, Hello. How are you? Good to meet you. And then we might have more questions if there’s time. All right.

We want to know more information, for example: Do you live around here? Do you live around here? It’s just casual. Good. Good to meet you. Do you live around here? Oh. Yeah, it’s just, I’m not asking for your address.

I’m not asking where exactly you live, but just. casual, relaxed. Do you live around here? Yeah. Here in Boston. You don’t have to tell me specific information.

No, don’t give me your address. ok. So I’d say, Nice to meet you. You too. Do you live around here? Yeah. You say, Yeah, or well, Not far.

just answer. Do you live around here? Sometimes. Oh what else do we want to know? We’re in Boston. You might ask, Are you from Boston?

Are you from Massachusetts? So when you first meet a person, you can ask questions. Which questions? Nice questions. Questions that are safe. Questions that don’t need a lot of information. I can’t say, Hi. I’m Jennifer.

Where do you live? Where you work? What’s your address? No. ok? It’s like, Do you live around here? Yeah. Not far. Yeah. Are you from Boston? Yeah, yeah.

Or well, Yeah, I live in Boston. Or you can say, I’m from Brazil. But general information, general information. Okay, let’s try this. You can introduce me and we’ll go to this and this.

We’ll ask questions. Okay? Start here. Hi Jennifer. This is my friend Flavia. again, again. Jennifer, This is my friend Flavia. Flavia, Jennifer. hey, good to meet you. you too. yeah.

Do you live around here? yeah, yeah.

ok, You can say, Not far. Not far. Right?

Like not right here, but not far. Not far. Okay, introduce me.

Jennifer, this in Andria. Andria, Jennifer. good to meet you. good to meet you. yeah, you too. are you from Boston? yeah. nice. good.

Um, it’s also safe to ask: What do you do? Or oh, what do you do?

Are you a student? You can ask those questions. What do you do? Are you a student? Right? If I ask, Oh, do you live around here? I’m from Brazil. Are you a student?

Yeah. That’s safe. Those are all questions. Um, what do you do? I’m a student. Okay, what do you do? I’m a student. Are you a student?

Yes. yes. Okay, so we might ask: Do you live around here? Are you from Boston? Are you from Massachusetts? Where are you from? Where are you from? And you say, Brazil. Oh.

And the person says, Oh. Great. Nice. Interesting. Okay? You might also hear: Do you live? Do you live around here? Do you live here in Boston? Where are you from? They’re all the same. Right? So listen and repeat.

Are you from Boston? Yes. Listen and repeat the question. Are you from Boston? Are you from Boston? Are you from Boston?

Where are you from? Where are you from? Do you live around here? Do you live around here?

Good. One more time. Do you live around here? Do you live around here? Do you live around here? Do you live around here?

Do you live here in Boston? Do you live here in Boston? Mm-hmm. And other questions could be like, What do you do? Are you a student?

Try this one. What do you do? What do you do? So you can ask me. Nice to meet you. You too, and you ask me – What do you do?

I’m a teacher. You say, Oh. Oh, that’s interesting. Oh, nice. Those are typical responses. Like Oh, nice. Good. Oh, that’s interesting. Right? That’s interesting. Oh, interesting. Oh, good. Interesting.

Interesting. interesting. interesting. Oh, interesting. Oh, interesting. Oh, interesting. Oh, nice. Nice. Nice. Good. These are all polite responses. Like, Where are you from? Brazil. Oh, nice.

Now you try. This is your friend Nate. Introduce me.

Nice to meet you, Nate. Now I’ll introduce you to my friend Kate. Kate says hi. Good to meet you. What do you say? What questions can you ask? Do you remember? do you live around here? where are you from? are you from Boston? what do you do?

That’s all for now. I’ll see you again soon.