Greeting a Neighbor English Speaking Skills Practice

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greeting a neighbor

peter and his mom just moved into a new

neighborhood and they want to properly

greet the gold family who lives next

door

watch the video and see how the

conversations go

good morning

are you mr gold’s daughter

yes i am

and you are

uh nice to meet you i’m peter

i just moved in next door with my mom

ah so you’re my new neighbor

nice to meet you too i’m lauren

my mom said that mr gold has a daughter

around my age so i thought i’d stop by

and greet you properly

oh you’re so friendly

shall we go outside to talk the weather

is very nice today

of course

so

where did you live before moving here

uh i had been living in washington ever

since i was born

it was an amazing city

agreed i visited dc once and i must

admit that i would love to go back

so why did you

move well my mom got an amazing job

offer that she couldn’t say no to

that’s amazing i’m happy for her

yes

she’s a single mom so things are quite

difficult sometimes

but we hope that this new job can give

us a more comfortable life

right

don’t worry i think what really

important is that you two are happy

wow my mom said the exact same thing

well i just hope that everything will

work out well for you and your mom

thank you you are so kind

what was her previous job anyway

you know when you were still in dc

she was a hotel staff at cecile hotel

but now a hotelier

really

that’s what i want to do in the future

cecile hotel is quite a popular chain

so i guess the salary isn’t low

yes fortunately the hotel also has a

branch here in pennsylvania

that’s good for her

i would love to meet your mom one day

she seems like a strong and independent

woman

she sure is i admire her a lot you’ll

definitely meet her considering the fact

that we live right next door

right

so you will go to the school here too

won’t you

yes i start next monday

great we’ll be seeing each other a lot

then

i bet you will love it here newbies are

always welcomed

i’m glad to hear that

i have a meeting with my club in 30

minutes so i should get going

it was nice talking to you

me too

so i guess i’ll see you at school on

monday then

you can count on it goodbye peter

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hello my name is maria gold i’m your

neighbor i came by to say hi

oh hello i’m fiora nice to meet you

nice to meet you too

i prepared this little gift basket as a

welcome present

it’s not much but i hope you like it

wow you are so thoughtful

i already know that i’ll enjoy it a lot

thank you

no problem

well come in then

we can’t stand here all day right

absolutely

oh the interior is so nice everything is

finished already

uh yes um luckily my son peter is a

strong boy

he helped me with almost all of this

would you like some tea

yes please

anyway i think that without peter’s help

everything wouldn’t be done so fast

that’s nice

my daughter lauren talked to him

yesterday he seems friendly

ah right

peter also talked to me about her it’s

nice that the kids already made friends

with each other

so i heard that you’re going to work at

the cecile hotel right

yes i’m happy that the hotel has a

branch here since i really love this job

and it’s also very stable financially

you know

what about you then what do you do

well i’m a dentist i’ve been working at

my friend’s clinic for four years

work is too busy sometimes but i tried

to make time for lauren

really

yes she’s already an only child

sometimes i have to be a mother and an

older sister at the same time

i think not many people can be able to

do that you’re an amazing mom maria

thank you

i try my best

being a single mom isn’t easy either

especially when you have a son

peter and i still live happily together

but boundaries still exist somehow

of course

mom and son can’t be as close as mom and

daughter

but don’t worry i’m sure that peter

still loves and appreciates you very

much

i know and that’s enough for me

but it seems like peter and lauren are

starting to be good friends

since we are neighbors i hope they can

become each other’s brother and sister

that would be amazing i hope so too

lauren sounds like a lovely girl

oh it’s already 4 15.

lauren’s dance class ends at 4 30 so i

need to pick her up now

alright

it’s nice to have you over thank you

again for the gift basket

oh you’re welcome

and if you and peter are free on tuesday

evening would you mind coming over to

have a dinner with my family

of course we won’t mind what time will

it start

we usually have dinner at 7.

perfect

peter and i will be on time thank you

for inviting us

alright goodbye see you later

see you later

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so are you familiar with life in this

neighborhood

i’m still trying to fit in

this place isn’t that different from

washington

but with new faces everywhere i think

it’s going to take a while

sure thing don’t worry it’s just a

matter of time

yes but the people are nice and friendly

so it’s all good

maria told me that you’re a hotelier

aren’t you

indeed i’m working at the cecile hotel

really i have a friend who works there

too his name is charles have you met him

oh he’s actually assigned to help me get

used to the way that the hotel operates

what a small world

i’ve met charles several times he’s a

very responsible man

he really is he’s been a big help to me

these past two days

is also a single father

so i hope you two can talk sometime

he would really appreciate someone who

can understand the difficulties

i will

what about you peter how’s the school

here

it’s amazing mrs gold i already made

several friends they’re all so nice

and there are lots of clubs i’m thinking

of joining one next semester

sounds like you’re fitting in well

peter is a talkative and funny so of

course

it would take no time for him to get

used to everything here

oh wow thank you for the compliment

lauren

i’m only speaking the truth

lauren since you two are the same age i

really hope you can help peter with

schoolwork and stuff

he might be outgoing but he’s not

exactly the brightest

i’ll remember that don’t worry

so peter have you thought about

university

i’ve actually been dreaming of enrolling

at uh notre dame university since i was

in 10th grade so that’s my goal

whoa you have a particular university

already

but it’s quite difficult to get into so

i will have to try a lot

i believe that nothing is impossible so

if you really want it and work hard for

it

you’ll get it

thank you

what about you lauren

well

i still haven’t got any university that

i actually want to attend

so i’m a little jealous of you you have

everything planned out already

i think it’s fine we’re only juniors you

still have a lot of time to figure it

out

i know that already but thank you for

your encouragement

you’re welcome

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