A request from your boss

Listen to requests from a manager to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Transcript

Susanne: Hi, Mario. Can you help me prepare some things for the next month?

Mario: OK, sure. What can I help you with?

Susanne: I need to visit the customer in Germany. It's important.

Mario: What can I do to help?

Susanne: Can you send an email to the customer? Ask them when I can visit them next week. Please do this first. It's a priority and very urgent.

Mario: Right. I'll do it today.

Susanne: Thanks. This next task is also important. Can you invite everyone to the next team meeting?

Mario: Yes, I will.

Susanne: But first you need to book a meeting room. After that, please send everyone an email about it.

Mario: Yes, of course.

Susanne: And finally, can you write a short report about our new project? I have to give a presentation to our managers next month. Please do it when you have time – sometime in the next two or three weeks. It's not too urgent.

Mario: Sure, no problem. I can do it this week.

Susanne: There's no hurry. Take your time.

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Task 2

Exercise

Discussion

Do you sometimes help other people with their work? What do you do for them?

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A1 Elementary

When I was in high school, I help my classmate about his English speaking. His name is Hung. Hung very frightened before standing in the class, and that’s why he alway forget some detail when he speaking English, I show him the way as speaking in front of the mirror to due the problem. He practices every single day. And the result, like you guessed He become more confident in class before many people and I really attract what he did, you’re really great dude!

My boss is very good. He help me in my new project. I like work with him.

Yes, of course. I will help in the design drawings.

Really nice for me!

Nice lesson. Thank you Learn English Team! I often help other peoples in my job and they help me too. We think that we work in team. It's very good and our day become better.