Joy English · Level C1 · Workjoy-english.com
A rescheduled quarterly review
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Follow a workplace announcement with a reason, instructions and a deadline.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- quarterly
- Happening every three months.
- brought forward
- Moved to an earlier time.
- outstanding
- Not yet dealt with.
- coordinator
- A person who organises the parts of a project.
Answer key
- Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining at such short notice despite your busy schedules.'Schedules' is said SKED-jools in the US and SHED-jools in the UK; both are heard. 'Despite' is followed by a noun.
- The quarterly review originally planned for Thursday has been brought forward, because the client has requested an earlier presentation.'Brought forward' means moved earlier. 'Planned for' is a reduced clause. 'Requested an' links smoothly.
- Each team leader should prepare a brief summary of progress, outstanding risks and anything that might delay delivery.'Outstanding' here means not yet solved. 'Anything that might' links as 'anything-that-might'.
- Please submit your summaries to the project coordinator by noon tomorrow so that she can combine them into one document.'So that' shows purpose. 'Coordinator' is stressed on the second syllable: co-OR-di-na-tor.
- If you foresee any difficulty meeting that deadline, let me know today rather than waiting until the last moment.'Foresee' is stressed on the second syllable. 'Let me know' is said 'lemme-know'.