PH: You what? What do you mean? You’ve lost the DollarMart contract? Oh Brian, tell me you’re joking! That’s our biggest contract! And you’ve lost it!
OK... OK... yes, I know you’ve had some personal problems recently... yes, sure... yes, I know our competitors have improved their offer... but, really Brian, these are just excuses...
Oh Brian, come on – you failed to meet agreed targets for the entire last quarter. We talked about this at your last performance review and I told you then it had to improve and to be quite honest – it hasn’t. Losing the DollarMart contract is the last straw... No, I’m sorry Brian that’s it, that’s your last chance. I’m going to have to let you go.
Let you go. Yes. That’s what it means Brian. You’re fired.
Hi Jess, can you put me through to Marcia in HR please?
Hi Marcia. It’s Philip here. Listen, I’ve had to let Brian go. He lost us the DollarMart account. Yeah, but it had been going on for a while, he just wasn’t pulling his weight anymore. He’d been warned – his last performance review was really bad. He knew it was coming...
So - we’ll be looking for someone new and we’ll need to decide on who that is...
Who are we looking for? Good question...I was hoping you might be able to help me with that! Here’s what I’m thinking and let me know if you agree.
Well, obviously, they’ll need to have a first degree, doesn’t matter what subject, and then a masters or an MBA, I’d say.
Experience? At least five years' relevant experience, in an international company – I want somebody with a proven track record. Oh they have to be a team player – Brian never was – so strong interpersonal skills. Oh and I want someone with vision... yes, “vision” – I know it’s difficult to define, but what I mean is, someone who knows we’re in a rapidly changing market, and they can use it to our advantage.
Experience with online sales, perhaps – but yes, I’d be interested in that. Oh, language skills – I can’t emphasise that enough – not necessarily a native speaker, but they must be very good at English, and another language as well, Spanish, or Mandarin is best.
Does that sound OK to you? Great! OK, can you get an ad out on the website as soon as possible, and the trade press, as well? OK, great, thanks Marcia. I want a new sales director by the end of the month!
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Hello Alice -
As you will see if you look at the older comments, the videos aren't available in China (and Iran) at the moment. We are looking for an answer to this problem, so keep checking back, and accept our apologies in the meantime.
If you try our new Word on the Street videos, however, we're trialling a solution - see if you can see the video below the "can't see? Click here" link.
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Jeremy Bee
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Hi Alice and Jeremy
Our regular video is streamed from a site called viddler.com. Video from this site is not available in some countries. You can now click on the Can't see video? Click here! link to see video played from our cloud file server in this section of the website.
For users in China we have a local server in China to help users access the site more easily. This is available in both English and Mandarin:
English http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org.cn/en
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The video is played from our cloud file server outside China and is still very slow insid China. We are currently looking for a cloud file server in China and hope to have faster video soon.
Kevan
how can i watch the video?Please help me!
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Hello arjoe_1982,
You should be able to watch the video by clicking the 'play' icon on the screen. If you can't see it, tell me what appears instead.
Also, have you tried watching the video on another computer or internet connection? If your connection is slow, it might take a short while to appear.
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Stephen Jones
The LearnEnglish Team
Anybody can help me? I can't see the video. There's no video player or 'PLAY' button on the screen.
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Hello,
As you will see if you look at the older comments, users in China (and Iran) are prevented from seeing our videos at the moment. We want to solve this problem and are working hard on it, so please be patient.
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Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
i can't see the play button and except"episode 1" show up there is nothing else.BTW,i come from China.i hope you can solve this problem ASAP.
Thank you!
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Danio
Hello
I am also getting Error message box
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Hello Fatimah,
As I wrote to Ashu, we know about this error. Can I contact you via the email you gave when registering to ask you some questions about it?
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Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
i am a new user for this programe or site can i contact with u in order to cooperate with each other if u don't mind