A request from your boss

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

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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Submitted by MarcusBrotto on Wed, 10/11/2021 - 02:44

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Yes, I do. I usually share my materials (I am a portuguese teacher). It is not good when I discover that they don't deserve it.

Submitted by 06412SAN on Fri, 05/11/2021 - 00:24

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I do, actually , sometimes I like to help them with their work. For instance, how to use some excel functions in order to do some activities quickly

Submitted by abo3eloa2 on Tue, 02/11/2021 - 17:24

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Very useful site
Thank you British counsel very much

Submitted by LamVanPhuong on Sat, 30/10/2021 - 09:36

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i will if someone needs a help and it must be within my means. it could be a date or something

Submitted by metacaro90 on Fri, 29/10/2021 - 22:25

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I usually help my coworkers when they ask for a support. Everyone has problems, so, I think that when you have a good work team it creates great results.

Submitted by Haider_H_Z on Tue, 26/10/2021 - 16:55

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I am new here, I will try to improve my English until I reach my Goal with this wonderful team.
if someone can help me I will be thankful for him.

Submitted by MarlonCV on Tue, 26/10/2021 - 00:21

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Once when I worked as customer service agent from home I helped a newbie girl. We were in a team meeting when It was the time our supervisor see and evaluate our performance talking with clients, when was the turn of a newbie girl she was really nervous and just froze up. So I helped her telling what to do on her computer and what to say. But the client was calm and easy to treat, so It was not that bad.

Submitted by ANOUAR on Mon, 25/10/2021 - 10:12

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Yes sometimes I help my collegues at work, there's no problem with helping others...