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

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Discussion

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

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A1 Elementary

Not everyday but sometimes I often help my friends to do their homework or duty when they can't understand well, and I personally I will be happy when I can help my friends finish their homework

It is so important to help other people especially when you are at work. Most of jobs need to participate all colleagues and we should do it as a team. If we don't then we cannot succeed in these types of jobs.

Why not, I usually help my colleagues to do their work when they're busy. I'm very friendly and useful, but some people gives all of their work to other. You must very carful in life.

Everyday i help my College at work. Because it help me to be better than before and be help another be improve and grown in theri work

Oh, yes. Every time a can help someone I do this at work.

I never help people with their work. But sometimes i can give an advise.

Yes of course. I usually help other people with their work.

I help my sister to cook, and always help my husband to take care because I don't have time to do eat.

Yes I help them whenever I see there's some space in my work I use that free time to help them

I helped my team's leader do some tasks in the past. In detail, I helped him prepare a checklist for new our project also examining the drawing and fix it.