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 Albert73 on Fri, 24/12/2021 - 01:30

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Help people is very important, every one need some time to the others.

Submitted by chan_official on Thu, 23/12/2021 - 09:54

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Yes! I helped them often in their college projects and also motivated them when they were in depression, anxiety.

Congratulation, help other people es very importante. Some times depression or anxiety are difficult. I help others too, I´m Psychologist.

Submitted by oriana_4869 on Wed, 22/12/2021 - 06:15

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Yes, I do. I always help my parents to make dinner and clean the house. I also help them to repair utensils. Sometimes, I help my mom who workes in the supermarket by delivering food to other neighbors.

Submitted by May Thet Mue on Tue, 21/12/2021 - 13:18

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Yes,I do.My aunt own a small business like a shop.I watched the shop and sent delivery to the customers when she wasn't free.
I wrote a note for selling products and I had to answer everyone who calls.

Submitted by Thein Htet Zaw on Tue, 21/12/2021 - 07:59

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Not always , because I don't have any job and coworkers . So that I don't need to help their jobs.

Submitted by Muhammed Nasht on Mon, 20/12/2021 - 10:54

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I always do this, it is so important to help other people, like you are helping me to improve my skills in English

Submitted by zehrizer on Thu, 16/12/2021 - 13:15

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yes ı do. Sometimes my nephew/niece asks me for help about homeworks. and my patients who have some phychological problems want me to relax them. I listen them and try to be helpful. More ı ask my husband for help. example
: can you bring me a glass water. can you come with me to bazaar. bla bla bla.

Submitted by Anwar68 on Mon, 13/12/2021 - 11:18

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This is brief what I undstood after listen .
I listen the conversation between the manager and public relation manager , she asked him to help do three tasks .
First / she need to visit client in Germany, so please send email asked him when I can visit in the next week.
Second / she need to hold meeting in the next week so please send email to everyone to attend this meeting but before please book the meeting room .
Third / she need to report about the new project, how's going the new project, because of I will be meeting in the next month with all mangers about this,and in the finally she told him , take yours time and don't huarry .

Submitted by Edu_Campos on Sat, 11/12/2021 - 11:55

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Yes, I think that is very important to have a good place to work.

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