Joy English · Level B1 · Workjoy-english.com
Planning a team day
Name:Date:
Three colleagues discuss several ideas for a day out with their team and agree who will do what.
Audio and answer checking: https://joy-english.com/listening/planning-a-team-day
Understand the meeting
Listen to the meeting. Choose the best answer.
- What is the main purpose of the meeting?
- Why do they decide against the boat trip?
- What is the problem with the cooking class?
- How does Kofi feel about Sofia's idea?
- Why do they choose Thursday?
- What will Aiko do next?
- What will the team do after the puzzle rooms?
Numbers and details
Listen again and type the missing word or number. You can write numbers as words or digits.
- There are ___ people in the team.
- The budget is ___ pounds per person.
- The boat trip costs about ___ pounds each.
- The kitchen for the cooking class only takes ___ people.
- The puzzle rooms are in the old ___ building.
- The puzzle rooms cost ___ pounds per person.
Answer key
Understand the meeting
- c) To choose an activity and a date for the team dayAiko says they need to decide on the team day, and they discuss activities and then the date.
- b) It costs more than they can spendSofia says the price is well over their budget.
- a) The whole team could not take part at the same timeThe kitchen is too small for everyone, so they would have to split the group, and they want to do something together.
- d) He is enthusiastic because he enjoyed one beforeHe says he has done one before and it was brilliant.
- b) Many people leave work early on FridaysSofia says quite a few people leave early on Fridays.
- c) Speak to their managerAiko says she will tell their manager this afternoon. Sofia books the rooms and Kofi sends the form.
- d) Have lunch togetherAiko sums up the plan: puzzle rooms in the morning and lunch afterwards.
Numbers and details
- eighteen / 18Aiko says there are eighteen of them.
- thirty / 30The budget is thirty pounds per person.
- forty-five / forty five / 45Sofia says it is about forty-five pounds each.
- twelve / 12Aiko says the kitchen only takes twelve people.
- librarySofia suggests the puzzle rooms in the old library building.
- twenty / 20Sofia says it is twenty pounds each, so there is money left for lunch.
Transcript
Aiko: Right, we need to decide on the team day before Friday. There are eighteen of us, and the budget is thirty pounds per person. Kofi, you had an idea?
Kofi: I did. What about a boat trip on the river? There's a company near the station that does two-hour tours.
Sofia: It sounds lovely, but I checked their prices last year. It's about forty-five pounds each, so it's well over our budget.
Kofi: Oh, that's a shame. What about a cooking class instead? We could all make lunch together.
Aiko: That could work, but the kitchen only takes twelve people, so we'd have to split the group. And the whole point is to do something together.
Sofia: How about the puzzle rooms in the old library building? Teams of six have an hour to solve a series of clues. It's twenty pounds each, so there'd still be money left for lunch.
Kofi: Oh, I've done one of those! It was brilliant, and it gets people talking to colleagues they don't normally work with.
Aiko: Great. So, puzzle rooms in the morning and lunch afterwards. Which day suits people better, Thursday the twentieth or Friday the twenty-first?
Sofia: Thursday, I think. Quite a few people leave early on Fridays.
Aiko: Thursday it is, then. Sofia, could you book the rooms? Kofi, can you send round a short form asking what people would like for lunch? I'll tell our manager this afternoon.
Kofi: No problem. I'll send it out today.