A1People8 min
Meeting a new classmate
Listen to Aiko and Kofi talk for the first time. Find out where they are from and what they do.
Before you listen
Aiko and Kofi meet for the first time. They say hello and ask some simple questions. Listen to their conversation and find out about them.
- classmatenoun
- a person who is in the same class as youMy classmate Lena sits next to me.
- coursenoun
- a group of lessons about one subjectThe cooking course is on Mondays.
- collegenoun
- a place where people study after schoolMy sister goes to college by bike.
- Nice to meet you.phrase
- a friendly thing to say when you meet a person for the first timeHello, I'm Tomás. Nice to meet you.
Listen · 0:54
Is this seat free?
Show the transcript (try the questions first)
Kofi: Hi! Is this seat free?
Aiko: Yes, it is. Please sit down. I'm Aiko.
Kofi: Nice to meet you, Aiko. I'm Kofi.
Aiko: Nice to meet you too. Where are you from, Kofi?
Kofi: I'm from Ghana. I live here with my uncle. And you?
Aiko: I'm from Japan, from a small city near Osaka. I'm a nurse. I work at the hospital on Hill Street.
Kofi: Oh, really? I'm a student. I study computers at the college.
Aiko: Is this your first English course?
Kofi: No, it's my second. But my English isn't very good!
Aiko: That's not true. Your English is good! Oh, look, the teacher is here.
Kofi: Do you want to have coffee after class?
Aiko: Yes, good idea. There's a nice café next to the library.
Exercise 1 of 2
Understand the conversation
Listen to the conversation. Choose the correct answer.
Exercise 2 of 2
Listen for details
Listen again. Type one word in each gap, or choose the correct answer.
Kofi asks: Is this free?
Kofi lives with his .
Aiko is from a city near Osaka.
Kofi studies at the college.
This is Kofi's English course.
Source
Original script by Joy English, read by open-source text-to-speech voices (Kokoro-82M, Apache-2.0).
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