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Opening a new branch
Name:Date:
Follow a formal announcement about plans and staffing.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- branch
- One office or shop that belongs to a larger company.
- demand
- How much people want or need something.
- relocate
- To move to work or live in another place.
Answer key
- I'm delighted to announce that we're opening a new branch in the north.“Delighted to announce” means very happy to say. “We’re” is “we are”.
- Demand for our services in the region has grown steadily over the past two years.Write two as a word or a digit. “Has grown” is the present perfect.
- The office will open next spring, if everything goes to plan.“Goes to plan” means happens as expected.
- We'll be recruiting around twenty new staff locally.The stress in “recruiting” is on “croo”. Write twenty as a word or digits.
- Some of you may also be offered the chance to relocate.“Be offered” is a passive.