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.

Task 1

Exercise

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

Hola a todos, me salio un mensaje que captcha, creo que ingrese dos veces mis datos al sistema, por favor lo pueden revisar ya que me asusté mucho, por el mensaje que me llego al correo, dice que complete los datos de facturación, pero se supone que este es un curso gratuito, por favor revisar, muchas gracias

I always helped everyone that they need to help. like my friends, my husband and etc. I into computer and searched about it all the time.

yes.I do I help my boss everyday. because, he is old. he doesn't prepare his presentation about problems to head managers.

Yes, I do. I help my friends as much as I can. Recently my friend’s boy was born and I was cooking verity of foods for a few days to help her in her housework.

I have helped my grandmother use Skype and now she can call me and see me !!!

Lovely Start :) good team

Thanks

I help my friend to prepare presentation.Also she help me to write essay.

Since the university and now, at work, people always ask me for help, but for me is ok because I like teaching and helping other people. They ask for help with customers, projects, Microsoft Excel and even, with some issues in their smartphones. For me is good because when I don´t know something, I always start asking my colleagues or looking for it on internet. Whenever I have a problem or a question, I need to find a solution for it. Always!