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Hello everyone and welcome to EnglishPod.
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My name is Marco.
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My name is Catherine and today we have a very special lesson for you.
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This is actually the first in a series of lessons about interview skills.
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That's right.
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For 10 lessons that you will hear once a week for the next 10 weeks, we're going to take a look at an interview,
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a job interview, and we're going to take you step by step throughout the whole interview process,
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as well as teaching you some useful words and phrases
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that you can use next time you're at a job interview in English.
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Exactly.
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So, pay attention.
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Today is the first day we're going to be entering the office
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and we're going to learn some things that are important for talking to your future employer or meeting people in an interview.
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Okay.
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Come in.
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Mr. Parsons?
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Ah, you must be Rebecca.
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Please do come in.
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Thank you for making some time to see me, Mr. Parsons.
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It's a pleasure to meet you finally.
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The pleasure's all mine, Rebecca.
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Have a seat, please.
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Now, would you like any refreshments, tea or coffee?
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A coffee would be lovely, thank you.
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Black, no sugar.
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No problem.
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Sally, can we have two coffees, please?
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One, no milk or sugar?
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Certainly, Mr. Parsons.
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So, Rebecca, I understand you had a first interview with Ms. Childs last week?
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Yes, that's correct.
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She filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
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Great.
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Well, I'm glad to say she recommended you for a second interview, and here we are.
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Perhaps we can start by discussing your background and resume details a little.
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Yes, of course.
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all right we're back so now let's take a look at language takeaway
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language takeaway so one of the first things that you're offered
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when you go to interview at a company is refreshments right would you like any refreshments this sounds complicated
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but it's actually a very simple word for beverages or drinks
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Right, so that's why he offered her tea or coffee.
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Right, so refreshments are cola, coffee, tea.
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But how do you answer this?
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If I say, would you like any refreshments, Marco?
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You can say, yes, water would be fine, thank you.
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Okay, water would be fine, or I'd like a Coke.
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Or I'd like a cup of coffee.
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Cup of coffee, great.
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Refreshments are drinks.
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And after that, the characters are talking about the details of the job.
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So what are these details?
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How are they different from the job itself?
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Well, the details of the job are the specific points about the job.
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So, for example, if she applied for a job as a receptionist, the details of the job would be answering the phones,
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taking messages, receiving people at the office.
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Those are the main details of the job.
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Also, we need someone who works from 9 a .m to 5 p .m., someone who is going to come five days a week.
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So the details are basically more information about something.
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Right.
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The specific information about a general topic.
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And it's not only related to work.
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The details can be of many, many things.
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Right.
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So if I ask you about your details, Marco, you could maybe tell me your phone number, your address.
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My full name.
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Full name or birthday.
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So these are details.
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Okay.
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And well, after they talked about the details of the job, after she explained that she received the details of the job by phone,
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Mr. Parsons says that she was recommended for a second interview.
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So, Rebecca is coming to the office for a second time.
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She already had one interview and the woman she talked to the first time recommended her for a second interview.
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So the verb here is to recommend.
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Right.
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And you can recommend a person, an object, a movie, and that's basically you are saying that this is good and that it's worth seeing,
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it's worth buying, it's worth interviewing.
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For example, I really like the movie Avatar.
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Marco, I recommend you see it.
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Okay, or I can say Catherine recommended the movie Avatar.
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Okay, so Catherine liked it, Catherine decided, Catherine suggested or told
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Marco it would be good.
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That's right.
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So, to recommend.
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And then Mr. Parsons said that they're going to start discussing her background.
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well background think of the word back
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that means behind this usually means a person's history at a job
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or at many jobs or even their educational background information about where they studied that's right
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so the background maybe a person's background is as you said
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all their history work study many many different things even maybe seminars
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or courses that they assisted or even just their personal history.
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For example, Marco, you speak English like an American.
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What's your background?
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Because I know you're not American.
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Right.
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I'm from Ecuador.
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Okay.
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Background.
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So that means someone's personal history.
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That's right.
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And hand in hand with background, we have a piece of paper that usually you send into an employer to apply for a job.
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This is the famous resume.
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Resume.
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So you're right, Marco.
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Resume is a document.
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In this case, it is a document that lists your work history, your working background.
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And it's a very important part of applying for a job.
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And usually, you send your resume before you go for the interview
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so that the employer can look and see is this person qualified?
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How old are they?
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What's their work history?
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And well, very similar to a resume, you may have heard a CV.
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That's right.
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A CV is a lot like a resume it stands for curriculum C Vitae V CV
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and it's more detailed it has more details about a person's academic
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or study history exactly
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so a resume I guess
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it's very similar to a summary a summary of your work
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background whereas a CV will have more details about your education
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maybe more details about your work background what did you do objectives etc great
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so maybe we should listen to today's dialogue one more time
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and when we come back we'll be talking about some of the interesting phrases we heard in today's dialogue
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come in mr. Parsons ah
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you must be Rebecca please do come in thank you for making some time to see me mr. Parsons
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it's a pleasure to meet you finally the The pleasure's all mine, Rebecca.
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Have a seat, please.
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Now, would you like any refreshments, tea or coffee?
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A coffee would be lovely, thank you.
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Black, no sugar.
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No problem.
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Sally, can we have two coffees, please?
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One, no milk or sugar.
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Certainly, Mr. Parsons.
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So, Rebecca, I understand you had a first interview with Ms. Childs last week?
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Yes, that's correct.
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She filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
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Great.
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Well, I'm glad to say she recommended you for a second interview, and here we are.
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Perhaps we can start by discussing your background and resume details a little.
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Yes, of course.
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Alright, we're back.
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So now we have three phrases that we're going to take a look at on Fluency Builder.
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Fluency Builder Alright, so when Rebecca arrived, Mr. Parsons said, Ah, you must be Rebecca.
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Please do come in.
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Okay, so you could say please come in.
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This means please come into my office or come on in.
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Right.
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But here, the interesting thing about this is the word do.
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Right, he's using the verb do and it may sound wrong.
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It may sound like it's unnecessary because you do have a phrasal verb there already.
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Come in.
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So you can just say please come in.
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But when he says, please do come in, he is emphasizing on her to come in.
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That's right.
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So this is a very polite way to invite someone inside.
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You can also say, please do have a seat.
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All right.
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So again, you are emphasizing in a very polite way to please sit down.
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That's right.
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Please do come in.
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So there are many other ways that you can use it.
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So for example, if you really want your friend to call you sometime next time you're in town,
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You say, please do call me next time you're in town.
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Please do.
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You could even say it afterwards, simply please do for emphasis.
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Right.
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So if I say, hey, Catherine, I'm going to call you next time I'm in Shanghai.
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Please do.
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There you go.
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So that means please do call.
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All right.
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So please do come in.
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Please do call.
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All right.
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After that, Rebecca says, thank you for making some time to see me, Mr. Parsons.
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So she is happy that Mr. Parsons is available and wants to talk to her.
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This is a very common phrase that means, thank you so much for interviewing me.
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Right.
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So I guess it's kind of a way of saying, look, I know that you're a busy person and that you don't have very much time.
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So thank you for making some time to see me.
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Right.
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So this isn't just about interviews.
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You could say this phrase for meeting with a client or meeting with even a friend.
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You could say, hey, Marco, I know you were really busy last week, but thank you so much for making some time to see me.
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Right.
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So, you're just basically saying, I understand that you're very busy, but I appreciate that you made some time to see me.
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All right.
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And, well, she said, you know what?
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
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But Mr. Parsons replied by saying, the pleasure is all mine.
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All right.
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Another very, very polite phrase that you hear a lot.
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Maybe some of you have heard the phrase, it's a pleasure to meet you before.
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But the response, the answer is very interesting.
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The pleasure is all mine.
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Right.
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So this stands for the pleasure is all mine.
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Right.
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And I guess it's the most appropriate response if somebody says it's a pleasure to meet you.
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Because if you don't say this, I think you may sound a little bit arrogant.
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Well, you could say it's a pleasure to meet you too.
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Right.
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But this is another way to answer the person because you don't always want to say it's a pleasure to meet you.
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It's a pleasure to meet you too.
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Right.
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This is a way to say something different and to say, well, the pleasure is all mine.
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Right.
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But it's very important to answer something, right?
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Because if I say it's a pleasure to meet you and you say, thank you.
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It's like, no, that is a little bit arrogant.
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So you have to say something.
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Right.
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And we recommend that you say this or you just say the same thing back.
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So it's nice to meet you.
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Oh, it's nice to meet you, too.
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Right.
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Okay.
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And our last phrase is actually when they were talking about,
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again, the details of the job and she said that Ms. Childs filled her in on the details.
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She said, she filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
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Okay, so this is an interesting verb, to fill in, or in this case, to fill someone in, to fill me in, to fill you in.
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This basically means to tell someone about something.
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Or if I know a little bit of information but not a lot of information about something,
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this way you're telling me more so I understand it better.
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Right, I'm giving you all the information.
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So maybe there is somebody is talking about a rumor in the office and you go and you say, hey, fill me in on the gossip.
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All right.
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So you want to know all about it.
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Right.
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Or, for example, Marco, we're having a party next Sunday, but I'll have to fill you in on the details around Friday.
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OK, because you don't have all the information right now.
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Yeah, I don't know yet what time or where.
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OK, so to fill someone in is to give them all the information or to give them more information.
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Fill me in.
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Fill me in.
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All right.
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Why don't we take a look at our dialogue for the last time, and we'll be back in a little bit.
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Come in.
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Mr. Parsons?
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Ah, you must be Rebecca.
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Please do come in.
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Thank you for making some time to see me, Mr. Parsons.
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It's a pleasure to meet you finally.
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The pleasure's all mine, Rebecca.
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Have a seat, please.
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Now, would you like any refreshments, tea or coffee?
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A coffee would be lovely, thank you.
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Black, no sugar.
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No problem.
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Sally, can we have two coffees, please?
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One, no milk or sugar.
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Certainly, Mr. Parsons.
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So, Rebecca, I understand you had a first interview with Ms. Childs last week?
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Yes, that's correct.
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She filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
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Great.
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Well, I'm glad to say she recommended you for a second interview, and here we are.
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Perhaps we can start by discussing your background and resume details a little.
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Yes, of course.
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Alright, so as we mentioned, this is the first part of a 10 -part series of the interview series.
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And this is going to be very, very helpful.
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As you saw in this first part,
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we're just taking a look at some basic vocab and phrases that you can use when you're just introducing yourself.
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You're just getting started in the interview.
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So what we're going to be looking at later on is talking about yourself, answering questions.
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But many people don't realize
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that one of the most important parts of the interview is the very, very beginning
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because some psychologists say that we make a decision about a person or how we like a person within the first,
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I think, what, 30 seconds of talking to them.
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Yeah.
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So it's important that you speak confidently and that you say some of these English phrases comfortably.
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You know, it's a pleasure to meet you.
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Oh, the pleasure is mine.
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These little things will really help you.
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That's right.
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And I think as talking about introductions and how this woman arrived to the office,
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I think one of the key things that we would recommend is to look
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that person in the eye and give a firm handshake.
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I don't know how many people actually realize how important this is.
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It's very, very important because as an interviewer, the person or the manager who's interviewing you, I think you can tell a lot from a person
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if somebody gives you a very flimsy handshake or doesn't look you in the eye.
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That's right.
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Well, I think in many ways people think, oh, this person is not confident or this person is uncomfortable or this person is hiding something.
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And so it's important really to be yourself, to smile, to look at a person in the eyes,
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especially in a lot of like American companies or Canadian companies.
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I know in other parts of the world smiling with a stranger is unusual
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or Or maybe unacceptable but in America it means I'm confident here.
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I am here's my name nice to meet you
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It's a very important part of an introduction.
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Yes, very true
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So we actually want to hear what you think
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How important for you is a handshake a firm a firm handshake?
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Looking someone in the eye or how do interviews work in your country?
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Let us know and we hope that this is helpful for you in the future
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if you're looking for jobs or you just want to practice your English.
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That's right.
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So if you have any other questions or doubts, we're at EnglishPod .com.
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We'll see everyone there.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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The EnglishPod audio review.
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Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
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Drinks.
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Refreshment.
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A meeting at which people talk to each other.
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Interview A short document describing your education, work history.
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Resume Suggest Recommend The experiences,
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knowledge, education of a person.
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Background
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manage to find time make some time it's happy to it's a pleasure to give me more information
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fill me in let's try that faster manage to find time make some time give me more information
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Fill me in Drinks Refreshment The experiences,
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knowledge, education of a person
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Background A meeting at which people talk to each other
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Interview Suggest Recommend It's happy to It's a pleasure to
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A short document describing your education work history.
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Resume.
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Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
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Make some time.
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Can you make some time to meet with me this afternoon?
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Make some time.
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Please make time to finish that product today.
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It's very important.
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Make some time.
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I have to make some time to finish that report tomorrow.
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It's a pleasure to.
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It's a pleasure to visit the Beijing office again.
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It's a pleasure to.
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Mr. Johnson, I've heard so much about you.
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It's a pleasure to finally meet you.
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It's a pleasure to.
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It's a pleasure to be here in New York for the opening ceremony.
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Fill me in.
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Amanda wasn't at the marketing meeting yesterday.
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Can you fill her in on what we discussed?
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Fill me in.
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Joe and Stacey are getting married.
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Come on, fill me in.
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I want details.
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Fill me in.
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I missed what Mr. Wang said about the new system.
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Would you fill me in please?
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Recommend Avatar is a great movie.
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I totally recommend it.
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Recommend There are many ways we can solve this problem,
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but I recommend taking a direct approach.
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Recommend I would like to recommend Scott for a promotion,
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but he has been late so often I don't think I can.
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Background Jill has a strong background in IT.
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She studied computer science in university and spent two years working for Microsoft.
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Background Let's take your picture against a plain white background so it will be easier to edit the photo.
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Background President Obama has a varied cultural background.
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His father is Kenyan, his mother is from Kansas, and he grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
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Come in.
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Mr. Parsons?
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Ah, you must be Rebecca.
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Please do come in.
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Thank you for making some time to see me, Mr. Parsons.
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It's a pleasure to meet you, finally.
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The pleasure's all mine, Rebecca.
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Have a seat, please.
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Now, would you like any refreshments, tea or coffee?
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A coffee would be lovely, thank you.
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Black, no sugar.
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No problem.
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Sally, can we have two coffees, please?
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One, no milk or sugar.
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Certainly, Mr. Parsons.
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So, Rebecca, I understand you had a first interview with Ms. Childs last week?
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Yes, that's correct.
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She filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
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Great.
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Well, I'm glad to say she recommended you for a second interview, and here we are.
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Perhaps we can start by discussing your background and resume details a little.
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Yes, of course.
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Alright, we're back.
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So now let's take a look at Language Takeaway.
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Language Takeaway So one of the first things that you're offered when you go to interview at a company is refreshments.
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Right.
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Would you like any refreshments?
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This sounds complicated, but it's actually a very simple word for beverages or drinks.
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Right.
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So that's why he offered her tea or coffee.
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Right.
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So refreshments are cola, coffee, tea.
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But how do you answer this?
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If I say, would you like any refreshments, Marco?
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You can say, yes, water would be fine.
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Thank you.
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Okay, water would be fine.
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Or I'd like a Coke.
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Or I'd like a cup of coffee.
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Cup of coffee.
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Great.
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Refreshments are drinks.
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And after that, the characters are talking about the details of the job.
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So what are these details?
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How are they different from the job itself?
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Well, the details of the job are the specific points about the job.
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So, for example, if she applied for a job as a receptionist, the details of the job would be answering the phones,
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taking messages, receiving people at the office.
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Those are the main details of the job.
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Also, we need someone who works from 9 a .m to 5 p .m., someone who is going to come five days a week.
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So the details are basically more information about something right the specific information about a general topic
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and it's not only related to work
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The details can be of many many things right?
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So if I ask you about your details
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Marco, you could maybe tell me your phone number your address my full name for full name or birthday
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So these are details, okay?
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And well after they talked about the details of the jump
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After she explained that she received the details of the job by phone,
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Mr. Parson said that she was recommended for a second interview.
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So Rebecca is coming to the office for a second time.
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She already had one interview and the woman she talked to the first time recommended her for a second interview.
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So the verb here is to recommend.
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Right.
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And you can recommend a person, an object, a movie.
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And that's basically you are saying that this.. is good and
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that it's worth seeing it's worth buying it's worth interviewing for example
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i really like the movie avatar marco i recommend you see it okay or i can say catherine recommended
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the movie avatar okay so catherine liked it catherine decided catherine suggested
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or told marco it would be good that's right so to recommend
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and then mr parsons said
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that they're gonna start discussing her background well background think of the word back
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that means behind this usually means a person's history at a job
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or at many jobs or even their educational background information about where they studied that's right
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so the background maybe a person's background is as you said
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all their history work study many many different things even maybe seminars
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or courses that they assisted or even just their personal history for example
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Marco you speak English like an American what's your background
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because I know you're not American right I'm from Ecuador okay background
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so that means someone's personal history that's right
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and hand -in -hand with background we have a piece of paper
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that usually you send into an employer to apply for a job this is the famous resume resume so you're right
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Marco resume is a document in this case it is a document
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that lists your work history your working background
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and it's a very important part of applying for a job
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and usually you send your resume before you go for the interview
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so that the employer can look
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and see is this person qualified how old are they what's their work history
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and well very similar to a resume you may have heard a CV
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that's right a CV is a lot like a resume it stands for curriculum C Vitae V CV
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and it's more detailed it has more details about a person's academic
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or study history exactly
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so a resume I guess
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it's very similar to a summary a summary of your work
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background whereas a CV will have more details about your education
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maybe more details about your work background what did you do objectives etc great
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so maybe we should listen to today's dialogue one more time
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and when we come back we'll be talking about some of the interesting phrases we heard in today's dialogue.
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Come in.
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Mr. Parsons?
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Ah, you must be Rebecca.
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Please do come in.
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Thank you for making some time to see me, Mr. Parsons.
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It's a pleasure to meet you finally.
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The pleasure is all mine, Rebecca.
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Have a seat, please.
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Now, would you like any refreshments, tea or coffee?
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A coffee would be lovely, thank you.
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Black, no sugar.
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No problem.
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Sally, can we have two coffees, please?
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One, no milk or sugar.
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Certainly, Mr. Parsons.
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So, Rebecca, I understand you had a first interview with Ms. Childs last week?
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Yes, that's correct.
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She filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
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Great.
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Well, I'm glad to say she recommended you for a second interview, and here we are.
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Perhaps we can start by discussing your background and resume details a little.
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Yes, of course.
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Alright, we're back.
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So now we have three phrases that we're going to take a look at on Fluency Builder.
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Fluency Builder Alright, so when Rebecca arrived, Mr. Parsons said, Ah, you must be Rebecca.
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Please do come in.
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Okay, so you could say please come in.
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This means please come into my office or come on in.
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But here, the interesting thing about this is the word do.
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Right, he's using the verb do and it may sound wrong.
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It may sound like it's unnecessary because you do have a phrasal verb there already.
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Come in.
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So you can just say please come in.
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But when he says, please do come in, he is emphasizing on her to come in.
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That's right.
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So this is a very polite way to invite someone inside.
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You can also say, please do have a seat.
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All right.
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So again, you are emphasizing in a very polite way to please sit down.
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That's right.
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Please do come in.
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So there are many other ways that you can use it.
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So for example, if you really want your friend to call you sometime next time you're in town,
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You say, please do call me next time you're in town.
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Please do.
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You could even say it afterwards, simply please do for emphasis.
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Right.
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So if I say, hey, Catherine, I'm going to call you next time I'm in Shanghai.
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Please do.
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There you go.
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So that means please do call.
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All right.
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So please do come in.
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Please do call.
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All right.
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After that, Rebecca says, thank you for making some time to see me, Mr. Parsons.
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So she is happy that Mr. Parsons is available and wants to talk to her.
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This is a very common phrase that means thank you so much for interviewing me.
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Right.
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So I guess it's kind of a way of saying, look, I know that you're a busy person and that you don't have very much time.
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So thank you for making some time to see me.
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Right.
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So this isn't just about interviews.
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You could say this phrase for meeting with a client or meeting with even a friend.
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You could say, hey, Marco, I know you were really busy last week, but thank you so much for making some time to see me.
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Right.
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So it's just basically saying, I understand that you're very busy, but I appreciate that you made some time to see me.
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All right.
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And well, she said, you know what?
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
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But Mr. Parsons replied by saying, the pleasure is all mine.
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All right.
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Another very, very polite phrase that you hear a lot.
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Maybe some of you have heard the phrase, it's a pleasure to meet you before, but the response, the answer is very interesting.
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The pleasure is all mine.
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So this stands for the pleasure is all mine.
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Right.
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And I guess it's the most appropriate response if somebody says it's a pleasure to meet you.
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Because if you don't say this, I think you may sound a little bit arrogant.
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Well, you could say it's a pleasure to meet you too.
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Right.
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But this is another way to answer the person because you don't always want to say it's a pleasure to meet you.
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It's a pleasure to meet you too.
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Right.
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This is a way to say something different and to say, well, the pleasure is all mine.
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Right.
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But it's very important to answer something, right?
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Because if I say it's a pleasure to meet you and you say thank you, it's like.
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No, that is a little bit arrogant.
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So you have to say something.
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Right.
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And we recommend that you say this or you just say the same thing back.
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So it's nice to meet you.
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Oh, it's nice to meet you too.
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Right.
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Okay.
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And our last phrase is actually when they were talking about, again, the details of the job.
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And she said that
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Miss Childs filled her in on the details.
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She said, she filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
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Okay.
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So this is an interesting verb, to fill in.
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Or in this case, to fill someone in, to fill me in, to fill you in.
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This basically means to tell someone about something.
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Right.
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Or if I know a little bit of information, but not a lot of information about something,
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this way you're telling me more so I understand it better.
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Right.
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I'm giving you all the information.
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So maybe there is somebody is talking about a rumor in the office and you go and you say, hey, fill me in on the gossip.
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All right.
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So you want to know all about it.
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Right.
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Or, for example, Marco, we're having a party next Sunday, but I'll have to fill you in on the details around Friday.
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OK, because you don't have all the information right now.
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Yeah, I don't know yet what time or where.
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Okay, so to fill someone in is to give them all the information or to give them more information.
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Fill me in.
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Fill me in.
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All right, why don't we take a look at our dialogue for the last time and we'll be back in a little bit.
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Come in.
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Mr. Parsons?
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Ah, you must be Rebecca.
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Please do come in.
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Thank you for making some time to see me, Mr. Parsons.
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It's a pleasure to meet you finally.
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The pleasure's all mine, Rebecca.
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Have a seat, please.
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Now, would you like any refreshments, tea, or coffee?
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A coffee would be lovely, thank you.
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Black, no sugar.
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No problem.
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Sally, can we have two coffees, please?
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One, no milk or sugar?
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Certainly, Mr. Parsons.
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So, Rebecca, I understand you had a first interview with Ms. Childs last week?
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Yes, that's correct.
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She filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
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Great.
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Well, I'm glad to say she recommended you for a second interview, and here we are.
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Perhaps we can start by discussing your background and resume details a little.
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Yes, of course.
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Alright, so as we mentioned, this is the first part of a 10 -part series of the interview series.
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And this is going to be very, very helpful.
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As you saw in this first part,
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we're just taking a look at some basic vocab and phrases that you can use when you're just introducing yourself.
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You're just getting started in the interview.
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So what we're going to be looking at later on is talking about yourself, answering questions.
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But many people don't realize
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that one of the most important parts of the interview is the very, very beginning
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because some psychologists say that we make a decision about a person or how we like a person within the first,
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I think, what, 30 seconds of talking to them?
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Yeah.
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So it's important that you speak confidently and that you say some of these English phrases.
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comfortably you know it's a pleasure to meet you oh
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it's the pleasure is mine these little things will really help you that's right
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and i think as talking about introductions
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and how this woman arrived to the office i think one of the key things
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that we would recommend is to look that person in the eye
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and give a firm handshake right i don't know how many people actually realize how important this is.
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It's very, very important because as an interviewer, the person or the manager who's interviewing you, I think you can tell a lot from a person
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if somebody gives you a very flimsy handshake or doesn't look you in the eye.
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That's right.
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Well, I think in many ways people think, oh, this person is not confident or this person is uncomfortable or this person is hiding something.
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And so it's important really to be yourself, to smile, to look at a person in the eyes,
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especially in a lot of like American companies or Canadian companies.
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I know in other parts of the world, smiling with a stranger is unusual or maybe unacceptable.
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But in America, it means I'm confident.
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Here I am.
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Here's my name.
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Nice to meet you.
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It's a very important part of an introduction.
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Yes, very true.
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So we actually want to hear what you think.
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How important for you is a handshake, a firm handshake like looking someone in the eye, or how do interviews work in your country?
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Let us know, and we hope that this is helpful for you in the future
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if you're looking for jobs or you just want to practice your English.
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That's right.
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So, if you have any other questions or doubts, we're at EnglishPod .com.
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We'll see everyone there.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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The EnglishPod Audio Review Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
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Recommend The experiences, knowledge, education of a person
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Background Manage to find time
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Make some time
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It's happy to It's a pleasure to Give me more information
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Fill me in Let's try that faster.
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Manage to find time.
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Make some time.
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Give me more information.
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Fill me in.
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Drinks.
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Refreshment.
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The experiences, knowledge, education of a person.
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Background.
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Background.
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A meeting at which people talk to each other.
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interview suggest recommend it's happy to it's a pleasure
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to a short document describing your education work history resume now say the word
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and hear it in a sentence make some time
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Can you make some time to meet with me this afternoon?
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Make some time.
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Please make time to finish that product today.
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It's very important.
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Make some time.
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I have to make some time to finish that report tomorrow.
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It's a pleasure to.
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It's a pleasure to visit the Beijing office again.
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It's a pleasure to.
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Mr. Johnson, I've heard so much about you.
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It's a pleasure to finally meet you.
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It's a pleasure to.
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It's a pleasure to be here in New York for the opening ceremony.
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Fill me in.
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Amanda wasn't at the marketing meeting yesterday.
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Can you fill her in on what we discussed?
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Fill me in.
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Joe and Stacy are getting married.
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Come on, fill me in.
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I want details.
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Fill me in.
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I missed what Mr. Wang said about the new system.
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Would you fill me in please?
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Recommend.
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Avatar is a great movie.
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I totally recommend it.
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Recommend There are many ways we can solve this problem,
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but I recommend taking a direct approach.
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Recommend I would like to recommend Scott for a promotion,
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but he has been late so often, I don't think I can.
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Background Jill has a strong background in IT.
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She studied computer science in university and spent two years working for Microsoft.
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Background Let's take your picture against a plain white background so it will be easier to edit the photo.
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Background President Obama has a varied cultural background.
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His father is Kenyan, his mother is from Kansas, and he grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Interview Skills Part 1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: details, pleasure, background, interview, fill. This video has 686 sentences and 5921 words to shadow. The speech runs for 41:34. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| resume verb | /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/ | To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| telephone noun | /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ | A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to… |
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| dialogue noun | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. |
| sally noun | /ˈsæli/ | A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy. |
| polite adjective | /pəˈlaɪt/ | Well-mannered, civilized. |
| avatar noun | /ˌæv.əˈtɑː(ɹ)/ | An incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu. |
| employer noun | /ɪmˈplɔɪə/ | A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person. |
| helpful adjective | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| summary noun | /ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/ | An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material. |
| arrogant adjective | /ˈæɹəɡənt/ | Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others. |
| emphasize verb | /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/ | To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something). |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| come on in verb | Synonym of come in (“to enter”). |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- It's a pleasure to meet you finally.
- Sally, can we have two coffees, please?
- Can you fill her in on what we discussed?
- Would you fill me in please?
- Would you like any refreshments?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If I say, would you |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have heard · I've heard · has been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was recommended |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | someone who works |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 99 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, refreshment /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/, handshake /ˈhæn(d)ˌʃeɪk/, receptionist /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/
- Long words — get the stress right: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, ceremony /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, unnecessary /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like resume, phrase, telephone.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.