A morning briefing

A morning briefing

Listen to a morning briefing to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

Hi, everyone. I know you're all busy so I'll keep this briefing quick. I have some important information about a change in the management team. As you already know, our head of department, James Watson, is leaving his position at the end of this week. His replacement is starting at the end of the next month. In the meantime, we'll continue with our projects as usual.

I have two more quick points. Firstly, there will be some improvements made to the staff car park next month for a few weeks. It will be closed during that time.

Don't worry, we've found a solution. We can use the local church car park until our own one is ready. If you arrive before 8.30 a.m., please use our small car park on Brown Street, and if you arrive after that, you should go directly to the church car park. It's only a five-minute walk away. But they need it in the evenings, so you have to leave before 6 p.m. Sorry about that – I know how much you all love working late!

The other thing I wanted to tell you about is that the canteen has now introduced a cashless payment system. So, you can't use cash for payments any more. You can pay directly with your smartphone or you can pay using your company ID card. The total amount put on your company ID card comes off your salary at the end of each month.

OK. That's it? Are there any questions?

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Submitted by Ninh Viet Thanh on Tue, 25/03/2025 - 03:46

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I have to give information and instructions to my customers in our software project. There are about the project's requestion and deadline and how to have a clear caculating proceduce to help the code team doing it.

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Submitted by Learner00 on Mon, 24/03/2025 - 07:45

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I had to give informations and instructions to my colleagues when i lead them about what to do and how the boss want it  us to do it.

Submitted by Tomas08 on Wed, 12/03/2025 - 10:36

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Hi everyone.

I give instructions to the people who offer their services to our company. I can give instructions in two ways: by email or by talking to them

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Submitted by Davevalladares on Sat, 08/03/2025 - 02:01

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Thanks a lot, every listenig has been very important to improve my pronunciation and for learning new words and impove my vocabulary. Thanks again.

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Submitted by huakin on Sun, 09/02/2025 - 08:02

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Hello,

Management Change: James Watson is leaving at the end of this week. Our new manager will start at the end of next month.

Parking Improvements: The staff car park will be closed for a few weeks next month. You can use the church car park instead. Details are available in the email.

New Payment System in the Canteen: Cash will no longer be accepted. You can use your company ID or smartphone.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Thanks,
[Your Name]

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Submitted by Naserma100 on Fri, 17/01/2025 - 19:02

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You acknowledged everyone's busy schedules and kept the briefing brief, which is appreciated in a professional setting.
The information is presented clearly and concisely, making it easy to understand.
You were transparent about the changes, including the departure of the head of department, the car park closure, and the introduction of the cashless payment system.
You provided solutions for the challenges presented, such as the use of the church car park during the car park renovations and the alternative payment methods for the canteen.
The information is practical and relevant to the employees.

Submitted by Plusmasglo on Mon, 13/01/2025 - 22:50

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I give instruccions to staff in my work. I´m a manager of administration area and the people need briefing about the process.

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Submitted by Tamiris_col on Mon, 06/01/2025 - 13:26

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In my job, I need to give doctors informations about patients, like for example: information about altered vital signs and possible problems related in mecanic ventilation. Sometimes, I need to give instructions about health care for the patients in hospital and in my other job in homecare.

Submitted by Khaligrafias on Tue, 03/12/2024 - 15:32

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For my job I have to give information and instructions to my students... with different results

 

 

 

 

 


 

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Submitted by ASSAMOI on Tue, 03/12/2024 - 14:04

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We give information to head of department or Company's head. It is about the progross on projects or a capital information on the company. 

We give instructions to our colleague or assistants to ask them to do somethings.  

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