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A2 · Meeting New People

Meeting Through a Friend

CEFR level:
A2
Sentences:
10
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Emma & Tom

"Meeting Through a Friend" is an A2-level English conversation about meeting new people, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.

Dialogue script

Each entry shows the English sentence first, with the translation on the line below it. To practise speaking, cover the translation and repeat after the audio.

  1. Emma 0:00

    Hi, Tom. Lisa said we should meet.

    Line 1
  2. Tom 0:03

    Yes, she said you're also new to the city.

    Line 2
  3. Emma 0:06

    I moved here two months ago for work.

    Line 3
  4. Tom 0:09

    How are you finding it so far?

    Line 4
  5. Emma 0:11

    I like it, but I haven't met many people yet.

    Line 5
  6. Tom 0:14

    It took me a while too. What do you enjoy doing?

    Line 6
  7. Emma 0:18

    I enjoy cooking and going to small concerts.

    Line 7
  8. Tom 0:21

    Really? I often go to live music nights downtown.

    Line 8
  9. Emma 0:25

    That sounds great. Could I join you sometime?

    Line 9
  10. Tom 0:29

    Of course. I'll message you about the next one.

    Line 10

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Key vocabulary

Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.

  • said /sɛd/ verb

    past tense of say

  • months /mʌnθs/ plural noun

    periods of about four weeks

  • work /wɝk/ noun

    a job, task, or effort

  • people /ˈpipəl/ noun

    human beings; persons

  • yet /jɛt/ adverb

    up to the present time or by a specified time

  • took /tʊk/ verb

    past tense of take

  • doing /ˈduɪŋ/ verb (present participle)

    performing an action or task

  • often /ˈɔfən/ adverb

    many times; frequently.

  • nights /naɪts/ noun

    periods of darkness in a day

  • join /dʒɔɪn/ verb

    to become a member of a group or take part in an activity

  • message /ˈmɛsɪdʒ/ noun/verb

    a written or spoken communication

  • next /nɛkst/ adjective

    coming immediately after the present one

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