A2-English-for-Developers-one

dialogue text

M: Hello! You’re the new graphic designer, right? I’m Maria, the team lead. T: Hi, that’s right! I’m Tom McKenzie. It’s a pleasure to meet you. M: Welcome aboard, Tom! How do you like California so far? T: I like it. It’s different from Texas, but I like it here. M: Great! Let me show you to your desk. Do you see the desk with a drawing tablet and a computer? That’s your workspace. T: Everything looks great, Thanks for showing me around the place, Maria.

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task 1 contractions

contractions are commonly used to make speech sound more natural and fluent. belike “you’re”

task 2 tag questions

to check or confirm something people sometimes use tag questions. belike “you’re a programent, right?”

task 3 mention what

we often mention our job or role in a company by saying. belike “I’m [name], the [job title]”

• occupation

task 4 team lead

a leadership role

• dialogue
• introduces

task 5 confirm someone assumption

When someone makes a correct assumption or guess about you, you can confirm it using phrases like that's right

task 7 to be

the verb to be is used to talk about identities, characteristics, and more.

task 8 [[#task 1 contractions]]

Contractions are a way to shorten common combinations of words, especially with verbs.

task 9 formally introduce

full name

task 10 polite greet

Expressions like It's a pleasure to meet you are commonly used when meeting someone for the first time as a polite way to greet someone.

• indicate

task 11 welcome aboard

The expression Welcome aboard is used to greet someone who has just joined a group, team, or organization.

• the board of directors

task 12 ask opinion

When you want to ask someone for their opinion or feelings about something, especially a place or an experience, you can use the phrase How do you like.

task 13 so far

The phrase so far is used in English to indicate the time up to the present moment or up to a certain point.

• certain
• impressions

task 14 [[#task 13 so far]]

• experience
• appropriate

task 15 talk about preferences

When talking about preferences or feelings towards something, the phrase I like it is often used.

• positive
• toward

task 16 comparing

When you want to highlight differences between two things, you can use the phrase different from.

task 17 [[#task 16 comparing]]

• describe
• the same as

task 19 It’s

When talking about places or things, especially when comparing or describing them, it's serves as a subject and verb starter for the sentence.

• especially
• subject
• serves as

task 20 positive feeling

When expressing a positive feeling about a place, one might use the phrase I like it here.

• statement
• content
• neutral

task 21 [[#task 20 positive feeling]]

The phrase I like it here is commonly used to express positive feelings about a current location or environment. When someone says this, they are often commenting on their general comfort, happiness, or satisfaction with the place they are in.

• emphasizing
• contentment
• despite

task 22 guide or direct

When someone wants to guide or direct another person somewhere, they can use let me show you to your [place], place being the destination.

• destination

task 23 [[#task 22 guide or direct]]

The phrase let me show you is an offer of assistance or guidance. It expresses the speaker’s intention to demonstrate or direct something to the listener.

• an offer of
• assistance
• guidance
• intention
• demonstrate

task 24 [[#task 22 guide or direct]]

The phrase let me show you can be used to direct attention and introduce something.

• conference
• direct

task 25 desk

A desk is often the central part of one’s workspace, especially in an office setting. People typically use it to set up their computers, write, read, and do other work-related tasks.

• organize
• tidy

task 26 drawing tablet

A drawing tablet is a tool that people use with computers to draw or design things.

task 28 describing

Describing objects or places with their characteristics or things related to them helps the listener to identify them easily.

• characteristics

task 29 workspace

The term workspace is often used to describe the area where someone works, especially in an office environment.

task 30 [[#task 20 positive feeling]]

Expressing satisfaction or contentment in English can be done using various expressions. Everything looks great is one way to show that you are pleased or satisfied with something.

• various

task 31 gratitude

Expressing gratitude is common in the workplace, especially when someone helps you.

• specific

task 32 [[#task 31 gratitude]]

When expressing gratitude, we sometimes mention the action for which we are thankful.