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.
Thx
In the audio the word "OUR" is not pronounced? When Susanne says: And finally, can you write a short report about our new project, or how do you pronounce that in spoken English?
Hello qfdaniel07,
The word 'our' is pronounced in the recording but it is not stressed. When a word is not stressed in an English sentence the sound can change. The most common change is to the weak vowel sound /ǝ/, sometimes called the schwa.
The best way to practise this is to get used to the rhythm of English sentences. After listening to the audio on a page, try using the transcript to speak with the recording, matching your speech to the model. This will help you to stress the words in the sentence appropriately.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello,
My English level is intermediate according to test I did, but I know that need to work my skeapking.
This is really a highly effective study plan for improving our listening skill. Thanks to British Council to make this available for free.
Yes, when my mother has a restaurant I was going there to be a waiter, my mom is my boss.
i'm a helpful person and i always help my friends and family. i try to solve their problems and difficulties when they share them with me. i turn a hand to my friends at my college with their homework as much as i can. i literally reduce their workload. it is tiring but that's okay :)
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Hello pag43,
We're very glad to hear this! Thanks for letting us know.
Best wishes,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team
Yes, I helped my father a lot in his work, and this included preparing presentations that he needed to present in front of his managers, writing some documents using my laptop and organizing his papers.