Someone for the Café | A Chance for Maya ( Slow English )

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Maya needs a job. A notice at the café gives her the courage to ask Leo one important question: is there an opportunity for her? Leo offers a job interview tomorrow, and Maya must make sure she understands the time.

In this episode, you will hear the whole story at natural speed, then explore it slowly. You will learn I need a job, Do you need someone?, What time? and I will be here. Peter also explains interview, how to ask about a time, and how to say at nine o’clock.

First Steps English for Beginners is a story-led English course for A1-A2 learners. Each chapter follows Maya and Leo through ten short programmes, with natural listening, clear explanations, useful sentences, guided shadowing and a final real-speed listening.

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First Steps English for Beginners · Season 1 · A Chance for Maya · Episode 4

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Maya needs a job. Nora saw a notice at the café.Now Maya is ready to ask one important question.

Welcome to Episode 4 of A Chance for Maya. Today,you will practice asking about a job

and asking about a time. First, hear the wholeconversation at natural speed.

Then we will open it step by step slowly.

Hi, Leo. Hi, Maya.

Nora showed me this notice. I need a job. Do youneed someone?

Yes, we do. Can you come for an interviewtomorrow?

Yes, I can. What time?

Nine o'clock. Please write it down.

Of course. Here you are. Thank you. I will behere.

Good luck, Maya. Let's listen to the first partagain,

this time slowly. Hi, Leo.

Hi, Maya. Nora showed me this notice.

I need a job. Do you need someone?

A notice is a short message with information. Ineed a job means Maya wants work.

Do you need someone asks whether a place has work.Now the second part. Listen for the time.

Yes, we do. Can you come for an interviewtomorrow?

Yes, I can. What time?

Nine o'clock. Please write it down.

Of course. Here you are.

Thank you. I will be here.

Good luck, Maya.

An interview is a short meeting about a job. Whattime asks when the interview starts?

Please write it down asks Leo to put theinformation on paper.

Here you are is what we say when we give somethingto someone.

Useful sentences. Do you need someone?

At a shop with a job notice, you can ask. Do youneed someone?

What time? On the phone, you can ask.

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What time is the appointment? I will be here.

At work, you can say. I will be here at nine o'clock.

Pay attention. We say at nine o'clock for a time.

We say on Monday for a day. The interview is atnine o'clock tomorrow.

Listen to interview. The stress is at the start.

Interview. Listen to each sentence.

Repeat during the four-second pause. Do you needsomeone?

What time? I will be here.

Hi, Leo. Hi, Maya.

Nora showed me this notice. I need a job. Do youneed someone?

Yes, we do. Can you come for an interviewtomorrow?

Yes, I can. What time?

Nine o'clock. Please write it down.

Of course. Here you are.

Thank you. I will be here.

Good luck, Maya.

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