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A missing delivery
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Understand a problem and a plan in a workplace conversation.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- delivery
- Goods brought to a place.
- traffic
- Cars and other vehicles on the road.
- delay
- A situation in which something happens later than planned.
Answer key
- The new chairs were supposed to arrive this morning.“Supposed to” sounds like “s’pose-tuh”.
- Have you called the delivery company?The -ed of “called” is a d sound.
- Yes, they said the driver is stuck in traffic.“Stuck in traffic” means delayed by many cars.
- Then we'll have to use the old chairs for today's meeting.The ’s in “today’s” shows possession.
- I'll let the visitors know about the delay.“Let … know” means tell.