I am teacher Prix and I want to help you talk to anyone anywhere anytime in
English in this video series you are going to learn useful questions and
possible answers to help you prepare for specific situations in today's video you
are going to listen to questions about meeting someone after a long time and
possible ways and expressions to answer these questions let's get started oh my
god look who it is what are you doing these days
Hey it's so great to see you I've been busy I have been working a lot and
recently got promoted how about you look who it is! Use this expression to show
surprise after you meet someone that you did not see that you hadn't seen for a
long time what are you doing these days this is an informal way to ask what the
person is doing what the person has been doing it's so great to see you again
this is a good expression to start a conversation about meeting someone after
a long time I've been busy that basically means that you have been busy
that you are busy doing many things working studying you are busy how about
you and you after you finished talking about yourself you can return the
question by saying how about you or and you number two oh if it isn't my old
friend Jack what have you been up to hey long time no see I have just moved
back to the city I'm starting a new job on Monday how about you I have just
moved back to the city in this kind of conversation present perfect and present
perfect continuous are two very popular tenses you are going to talk about
things that you have been doing for some time I have been working in different
cities I have just finished my master's degree I have just gotten married I have been traveling all over the country think about your examples hey Peter,
long time no see how is life tell me everything
hey Jack same old same old I haven't done much how about you same old same
old this is an expression that you can use
to say that nothing has changed it's all the same I haven't done much it means
that this person has not been doing many activities his life is not different how
is life this is an informal way to ask how are you doing what are you doing
these days number four I can't believe it
it's been ages since the last time we saw each other are you still working at
Deloitte hey Jessica it's so nice to see you again I know it's been ages I just
started working at a new company I left Deloitte two months ago how about
you I can't believe it use this expression to show surprise for the fact
you are finally meeting someone after a long time it's been ages this is an
expression to say it's been a long time are you still working at Deloitte do you
continue to work at Deloitte I just started at a new company that means I
have recently started working at a new company in this kind of conversation if
you pay attention you will need present perfect and present perfect continuous
when you are meeting a friend from college a friend from your childhood a
friend that you don't see you haven't seen for a long time what do you usually
talk about well you usually talk about the things that you are
doing since the last time you saw each other to do that you will need present
perfect and present perfect continuous I hope you enjoyed this video and the
expressions and vocabulary you learned thank you so much guys and I'll see you
next time