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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yes, sometimes i help my co workers to do his work like make a report and also maybe make a presentation. it will helpful.

Hope will improve my English, I want to be fluent and confident when speaking English.

I am suffering from comprehension skills.I can no comprehend what I read !. Please give me some suggestions.

Hello Md. Kaysar,

It's hard to give you specific advice because I don't know you and can't say what exactly about reading causes you difficulty. My advice, therefore, can only be general.

When reading initially, focus on the task and not on 100% understanding. It's not necessary to understand every word to understand a text. The way we read changes depending on the kind of text we have and what information we need. Practise searching for specific information, reading for a general understanding and identifying the writer's point of view - these are all very useful skills.

Sometimes we do need to understand every word and to have an exact understanding, such as when we read instruction manuals or important legal documents. Then it's a good idea to read more slowly and to have a dictionary to hand to help you. Even so, remember that words need to be understood in context, not in isolation, so make sure you think about the whole sentence and not just the word.

Finally, practise! Practice makes perfect, after all. Look for texts at the right level for you (use the site's search tool) and don't give up! You will make progress.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Yes. I sometimes help my family and friends with their work. I like it. Here in my country when you help someone, they sometimes don't say thank you. Don't worry about it. If they show you a friendly smile to you, it obviously means thank you very much.

Yes, I sametime help to My family member's