# Speaking Patterns — Introducing Yourself

# === Name & origin ===
1|name|{Hi|Hello|Hey}, I'm {John|Maria|Tom|Alex}. {Nice to meet you|Pleased to meet you|Great to finally meet you}.
2|name|My name's {John|Maria|Alex} and I'm from {Tokyo|Vietnam|the US|Brazil|England}.
3|name|I'm {John|Maria|Alex}. I'm {originally from|based in|currently living in} {Hanoi|San Francisco|London|Tokyo}.

# === Work / role ===
4|work|I {work as|am} {a software engineer|a teacher|a designer|a doctor|a student}.
5|work|I work at {Google|a hospital|a marketing agency|a small startup|the university}.
6|work|I'm {a freelancer|self-employed|in the IT industry|in finance|between jobs right now}.

# === Reason for being there ===
7|reason|I'm here for {the conference|business|vacation|the meeting|the wedding|a job interview}.
8|reason|I joined {this group|the team|the company|the class} {last week|a month ago|recently|just yesterday}.

# === Asking back ===
9|asking|How about you? {What do you do|Where are you from|What brings you here|How long have you been here}?
10|asking|And you? {What's your name|Where do you work|How did you hear about this|What's your story}?

# === Introducing someone else ===
11|other|This is {John|my coworker|my friend|my partner|my colleague}, {he's a teacher|she works with me|we go way back|he just moved here}.
