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 piyasput on Wed, 25/05/2022 - 20:39

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Yes, I do when my co-worker ask for help when they are super busy and need some help.

Submitted by nour-sami. on Tue, 24/05/2022 - 23:48

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Hello
Yes I do , I used to help my family with their works , for example ; i help my mother cooking food also i help my little brother do homework .

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Submitted by DanielaVillamizarL on Mon, 23/05/2022 - 14:01

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Yes I do, when my coworkers ask me to help I like to explain or teach they anithing that they need know. So it is important for me because they can show me their viewpoint and it permit to do a feeback to the process and what is wrong and need improve or be deleted.

Submitted by wind886 on Mon, 23/05/2022 - 10:19

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Yes, but it' rare. Because I'm new.
When I get used to the job. I'll help other people more.

Submitted by farhadwahaj on Sun, 22/05/2022 - 08:51

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When I was on the job, I usually helped and cooperated with my manager and with my subordinates. I assisted the manager on field reports, monthly reports, quarterly reports, and annual reports. And always do the task based on their priorities. 

Submitted by MOSAB ABAKAR T… on Sat, 21/05/2022 - 15:28

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yeah, actually, personally enjoy helping people if they ask me, and I will give my time to help them know what they ask for

Submitted by josselyngal on Thu, 19/05/2022 - 03:48

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I enjoy help other people, when someone ask me for help i just do it, sometimes I teach them how to do the things that they ask me help with

Submitted by Richard_Lemus on Wed, 18/05/2022 - 04:34

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this lesson is easy and clearly

Submitted by pitcharat on Tue, 17/05/2022 - 11:09

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Yes, of course when sometimes their got a problem or something.

Submitted by Riadou97 on Sat, 14/05/2022 - 11:56

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I sometimes help other people with their work. In my job for example, I write E-mails to the customer and the manufacturer, I do phone calls and when it's necessary I visit the customer in his company to have maximum information about his request