LESSON NOTES

Beginner S1 #2
Nice Meeting You!

CONTENTS
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
3 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
4 Grammar
4 Cultural Insight

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1. VICKY: Hi, Mike!

2. MIKE: Hey, Vicky! Hows it going?

3. VICKY: Not bad. How about you?

4. MIKE: Never been better!

5. VICKY: Oh, this is my roommate, Oksana. Shes from Ukraine. Oksana, this is
Mike.

6. OKSANA: Hi, Mike. Nice to meet you.

7. MIKE: Hi, Oksana. Nice meeting you.

VOCABULARY

V oc abular y English C lass

phrase to show that your

never been better health and situation are very phrase
good

person living in the same

roommate room or apartment or house noun

the person, thing, or idea

this that is present or near pronoun

polite formula used when

Nice to meet you! introduced to someone expression

hi hello (casual) exclamation

hey hey exclamation

a question to ask about

How's it going? someone's health or situation phrase

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 a phrase to show you are
not bad fairly healthy and your phrase
situation is good

SAMPLE SENTENCES

How do you feel after you took the tablet? How's it going? > Never been better!
> Never been better!

My roommate and I always hang out on the This is my roommate, John.

weekends.

This is my car. It was nice to meet you!

Hi guys! Hi Mike!

Hey, Peter! How's it going these days? > Well, actually

I've been pretty busy.

How's it going? > Great! How about you? How are you doing? > Not bad.

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

In the previous lesson, we looked at asking about someone's health using "How are you
doing?" and "How's it going?" We also looked at a few ways to answer these questions. One
way was "not bad," which we used again in this conversation. In this lesson, we also introduce
another way to answer the questions: "never been better." "Never been better" is an
expression that means "great" or "very good." It's short for "I have never been better than
now." It's like saying, "This is the best feeling in my life!" It's a fun expression that will impress

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your English-speaking friends if you use it, so try it out! The next phrase we will look at in this
lesson is "nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you" is a polite formula, a set expression, used
when you are introduced to someone. Usually, after the introduction, the first person will say
"Nice to meet you," and the second person will usually say "Nice to meet you, too." And even
though this expression is polite, it is often used in casual situations, too. In this lesson, the
second speaker, Mike, uses a different expression, "Nice meeting you." This expression has
the same meaning as "nice to meet you," but sounds a little more casual. It is short for "It was
nice meeting you."

GRAMMAR

The Focus of This Lesson is "this" and "that"

"Oh, this is my roommate, Oksana."

"This" and "that" are called determiners and we use them to make clear which objects we are
talking about, especially when there may be more than one choice. We can use them without
the nouns they modify (similar to pronouns like "he," "she," and "it"). We use "this" to talk
about objects that are near, and "that" to talk about objects that are not so near or far away.

We use the phrase "this is" as a formula when introducing people to each other.

Examples from This Lesson

Examples from This Dialogue:

1. "This is my roommate, Oksana."

2. "Oksana, this is Mike."

In a future lesson, we will take a look at how you can use "that" to talk about someone who is
not near the speakers.

Language Tip

In English-speaking countries, the use of gestures is very important. In America, when we

introduce someone saying, "This is...," often, we will point at the person we are introducing as
we say the person's name. Usually, we perform this gesture with the palm of the hand facing
up and with all fingers touching each other.

CULTURAL INSIGHT

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English Introductions

People who are introduced will usually shake hands. As the first person says "Nice to meet
you," that person will usually put their hand out. And the other person will usually put their
hand out to shake the first person's hand as they say "Nice to meet you, too."

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