HELLO, NICE TO MEET YOU!

After this lesson, you are expected to be able to

 Practice saying expressions of greeting, self-introduction, and introducing
others
 Apply simple present tense (to be) in a conversation of introduction

Read this dialog.

John: Good afternoon. Are you new here?

Ingrid: Good afternoon. Yes, that’s right. My name is Ingrid Krause. You can call me
Ingrid. I am the new graphic designer.
John: Hello, Ingrid. It’s nice to meet you. I am John. John Martin. I am an accountant
in the finance department here. I’m sorry, but are you not from here? Your
accent is different.
Ingrid: That is true. I am German, and I come from Munich.
John: Oh, no wonder. So do you live here alone or with friends? I live in an apartment
near office with some co-workers here.
Ingrid: I move here with my family. I am married, and I have two children. They are
both high school students. My husband also works for this company. He is an
engineer.
John: Really? Well, maybe you can introduce us later.
Ingrid: Of course. Excuse me. I need to receive this call. Good to see you, John.
John: Good to see you, too, Ingrid.

Now, complete the information in the box.

Name Occupation

………………………………. graphic designer

John Martin ……………………………….

Ingrid’s husband ……………………………….

………………………………. high school students

What other information do you get from the dialog? Write them
in this table.
Ingrid John

Practice these greetings in English with correct pronunciation.

Common greeting expressions
Hey / Hello / Hi How’s your day? / How’s your day going?
How’s it going? / How are you doing? Good to see you / Nice to see you

What’s up? / What’s new? / Long time no see / It’s been a while
What’s going on?
How’s everything ? /
How are things? / How’s life?

Other greeting expressions

SLANG FORMAL & BUSINESS RESPONSES

Are you OK? / You alright? Good morning / afternoon Fine, thank you /
/ Alright mate? / evening Very well, thanks. And
you? (formal)
Howdy! How do you do? All right, thanks.

Hiya! How have you been? Just so-so.

What’s up? / ‘Sup? It’s nice to meet you / Not very well, I’m afraid.
(answer: not Pleased to meet you
much/nothing)
G’day mate! Can’t complain.

Yo! Same old same old / same

as usual.

Awesome! / Great! /
Never been better!

What kind of information do you mention when you introduce

yourself to other people at work?
Now read this dialog about introducing others.
Jim: Carlos Velazquez, come here. Please meet Peter Brien. Peter, this is Mr. Carlos
Velasquez of Telefonica Moviles in Argentina.
Carlos: Pleasure to meet you.
Peter: Good to meet you too.
Jim: Peter works for our New York Branch. He’s responsible for international
accounts.
Carlos: I can’t wait to work with you for this project.
Peter: Yes, I hope everything goes well.
Jim: Alright, let’s go to my office to have some coffee and talk about the project.
Carlos
& Peter: Sure, Jim.

Can you translate the dialog into Indonesian?

These are expressions of introducing others.

 I’d like to introduce you to ….
 Let me introduce ….
 This is ….
 I’d like you to meet ….

LANGUAGE FOCUS
to be is used for describing something or someone

For example:

 I am an accountant.
 John is angry.
 Your accent is different.
 The books are on the table.

The formula is:

SUBJECT + TO BE + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT (+)

Example: They are good students.

SUBJECT + TO BE + NOT + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT (-)

Example: They are not good students.

TO BE + SUBJECT + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT (?)

Example: Are they good students?

W/H + TO BE + (SUBJECT) + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT (?)

Example: Who are good students?

Why are they good students?

*W/H question words are WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, HOW

Now, try to create sentences with to be am, are, is.

Resources:

Cotton, David; Falvey, David; Kent, Simon. 2006. Market Leader: Elementary Business
English Course Book, 5th impression. Essex: Pearson Education Limited

Richey, Rosemary. 2011. English for Banking and Finance. Essex: Pearson Education
Limited.

https://sites.google.com/site/shceecourse/english-conversation/lesson-1

https://www.learning-english-online.net/speaking/essential-phrases/small-
talk/introducing-yourself/

https://www.grammar.com/verb-to-
be#:~:text=To%20Be%20%2D%20Functions&text=The%20verb%20to%20be%20serves,is%2
0called%20the%20predicate%20adjective.