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 menoneno on Sat, 29/10/2022 - 22:06

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i like to help people because it will give me satisfying in my life

Submitted by tantawyahmed on Tue, 25/10/2022 - 20:53

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As I teach at a University, I help my students and my staff members to improve their work and study because I believe that the good professor who make their students better than him

Submitted by Luis Ernesto L… on Mon, 24/10/2022 - 22:27

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The computer sciences is good for me, then I explain to my partners.

Submitted by Trang1604 on Sat, 22/10/2022 - 16:09

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Yes, I do. In the event that my teacher is ill, I assist her in setting up her teaching equipment, including her camera, projector, and speaker.

Submitted by Juanjuanvallejo on Thu, 20/10/2022 - 05:07

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Yes, I help my students explain them how to do their tasks and to give their presentations

Submitted by sri_loga on Wed, 19/10/2022 - 17:35

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Yes, I am help others sometimes if they need help. I support, motivate and give some hints to solve their problems.

Submitted by yusufs_12 on Tue, 18/10/2022 - 23:24

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helping people is a good thing and makes you happy, and always remember that the best of people who are beneficial to people

Submitted by sidik on Tue, 18/10/2022 - 21:11

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I like helping others be because it helps me put satisfaction in theirs faces and being happy for helping them

Submitted by mahasna on Mon, 17/10/2022 - 23:08

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I be glad when I help others in their work, because I like sharing knowledge and learning new skills, so I am a person who believes in teamwork very much.

Submitted by Souhaïb MGHARBI on Sat, 15/10/2022 - 21:51

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Yes of course, I always help my manager to present the sales rate service and On-time-delivery rate to their managers by following up the key performance indicators of sales everyday.

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