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

Yes, I do sometimes help other people at work. It depends on what they actually need help in.

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Yes I help people with their work for the part of the ssue that is related to my speciality. I do this because is part of teamwork and I get also help from others to the part of an issue that I don't have the knowledge.

yes, sometimes I help other people with their work

I have searched the site

I'm sometimes help my collegs from my work and they help me same

If it's really in my competence, sure. Sometimes it's not and I don't want to make mistakes or be misunderstood. In this case I prefer to offer for help somebody who knows better.

Do you sometimes help other people with their work? What do you do for them? Yes I help other people because it's great to help and give. Sometimes I retouch the photos they need to use with their projects.

Yes, I frequently remind them of their tasks.