Philip Hart: Sarah! Good to meet you again! And welcome on board!
Sarah Timms: Thanks Philip, I’m very pleased to be here.
Philip Hart: I hope you enjoyed your holiday – where did you go?
Sarah Timms: I went to Thailand... it was lovely - great beaches and lovely food...
Philip Hart: Lucky you! It’s time for hard work now, though!
Sarah Timms: I’m ready for it!
Marcia Boardman: Let me show you to your office...
Sarah Timms: I didn’t know I’d have my own office! So you don’t hot desk here?
Marcia Boardman: Well, most people do – as you can see - but we thought you’d need all your own private space...
Sarah Timms: Yes, especially if you’re meeting clients directly...
Marcia Boardman: But the atmosphere is actually quite informal because it’s open plan.
Sarah Timms: That’s good – I like that – you definitely get the sense of everyone being really busy!
Philip Hart: Yes, they are – I hope!
Marcia Boardman: So – this is your space!
Sarah Timms: Wow! Great – lots of space! My last office was much smaller...
Philip Hart: How many people did you work with there?
Sarah Timms: I had a team of three.
Philip Hart: Well here you’ll have six people under you. We’ll introduce you to your sales team after lunch.
Sarah Timms: Hmmm – that sounds good. What do you usually do for lunch?
Marcia Boardman: Some people bring it in, but there’s a canteen on the ground floor – the food’s actually quite good, and pretty cheap!
Sarah Timms: Great.
Philip Hart: Now then, I’ll tell you about your schedule – there’s a sales and marketing meeting every Monday, as well as a meet-up with the various heads of department on Thursday afternoons, just so we know what we’re doing...
Marcia Boardman: Other than that, how you organise your time is up to you...
Sarah Timms: That’s fine – I’m a good time manager!
Philip Hart: Ok... we’ll leave you to it then!
Sarah Timms: I think I’m going to like working here!
Comments
O, I understand what means have to hot desk)
Hello.What does mean the word "hot" in this context?
So you don’t hot desk here?
Hello Luisine,
In many offices each desk belongs to one person, who sits at it every day. However, in some offices there is a system called 'hot desking', which means any employee can use any desk. When a person arrives at work they simply choose any free desk and work there.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Thanks for answer!
Enjoy the Video quite a lot!
I think I will review it again in the following month.
Sarah, not only got the job, she got my heart too, what a beautiful girl.
Hi there! in the video, it does seem to me Marcia says she its in the canteen...
Hello anhiRivero,
Do you mean at 1:15 in the video? I've listened to the video and checked the transcript and it is correct. If you have any specific question about it, please let us know.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Kirk,
One of the questions in TASK 1 is to decide if '' Marcia eats lunch in the canteen '' true or false.
If we click the False Option, our answer becomes wrong. In the text, Marcia just gives some information about the canteen however, she does not say she eats in the canteen.
And if the answer to the question is True Option, how can we understand by reading the text that Marcia eats lunch in the canteen?
This is what anhiRivero wants to ask.
Hello Armağan,
The question requires a certain degree of interpretation, I agree, but I think the 'True' answer is justified for two reasons.
First, while it is possible that Marcia is merely relating what she has heard from others, it would be an odd way to do this. Normally we would add something to make it clear that the opinion is not our own: 'supposedly quite good', 'quite so, so I've heard', 'apparently quite good' etc. The fact that she does not add any kind of caveat like this suggests that this is based on her own experience.
Second, note the question which Marcia is asked: What do you usually do for lunch? This is not a general question about the canteen but a question about Marcia's habits and so her answer describes her typical behaviour.
I agree, as I said, that there is room for interpretation here, but I think the answer is justified.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
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