You're listening to ESLPod.com's “Using English at Work.” I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, from the Center for Educational Development.
In our seventh lesson, we learned vocabulary that is related to scheduling a meeting. In this eighth lesson, we're going to have a meeting with the boss.
Let's begin by listening to the story read at a slow speed.
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Before leaving work for the day, I want to stop by my boss's office to give him an update on my progress. I know he's expecting the report on Monday and I want to let him know that it will be finished on schedule.
Before I can do that, he calls me into his office and tells me to sit down. He tells me that the regional manager is impressed with my work and is considering me for a promotion ...