What Do You Do? (Чем занимаешься?) (исполнитель: EnglishPod.com)
M: Hello English learners and [bad word] back to another great lesson with EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re bringing you a great intermediate lesson with some really useful vocabulary. E: Some vocabulary you can use to describe your job. M: Yes, this is a [bad word] situation when you… someone asks you what you do and you have to tell them. E: Exactly, so, today’s lesson is all about that. M: So, before we jump into our dialogue, let’s start with our “vocabulary preview”. Voice: Vocabulary preview. E: We have two simple phrases today that you’ll hear in our dialogue for our vocabulary preview. The first one is VP. M: VP. E: VP. M: So, the VP of [bad word] is… E: The Vice-President. M: The Vice-President, exactly. E: Yeah, simple little acronym. M: Right. E: And the next word is Fortune 500 (five [bad word] M: Fortune Five [bad word] E: Fortune Five [bad word] M: So, a Fortune [bad word] is… E: I’ll let you explain. M: Hehe. Well, Fortune Magazine ranks the five hundred [bad word] in the U.S. E: So, a Fortune [bad word] basically is… M: One of the five hundred [bad word] in the U.S. E: Okay, that’s simple. M: Yep. E: Alright, well, with those words it sounds like we’re going to be talking to some important people today. M: Yes, we are gonna be talking to some important people, so, let’s listen to our dialogue for the first time. Now, it’s gonna be a little bit fast, but you don’t have to worry about it. E: Cause [bad word] back and explain all of the important vocabulary. ------------------------------------------------- DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME A: Oh, look, there's Veronica and her boyfriend. She's always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. [bad word] this way. B: Oh, man... C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I'd like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he's the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 [bad word] A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur. B: Hey, how's it going? D: Hello. A: Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work. D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily operations of quality control for the entire East Coast. That alone means I have fifteen hundred employees under me! B: Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting. D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living? B: Oh, I'm a Top Gun pilot! --------------------------------------------------- M: Alright, great music for our dialogue again, ha? E: Chosen by… M: By moi. Hehe. E: Of course. M: Yeah, Top Gun is one of my old time favorite movies and Top Gun pilot, what a cool profession? E: An excellent profession, much cooler than being like a VP. M: VP. E: Yeah. M: How boring is it? E: Yeah, anyway, this guy was a bit of a jerk, don’t you think? M: Yeah, you can tell a little bit of, uh, the sarcastic tone he had in his voice. E: Definitely, but he did use some interesting phrases and we can talk about those now. M: Right, so, let’s take a look at “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway. E: Our first word for language takeaway is implement. M: Implement. E: Implement. M: Implement. E: Let’s listen to some examples of this word to help us understand its meaning. Voice: Example one. A: [bad word] has to implement this sales strategy. Voice: Example two. B: Sarah will be responsible for implementing the plan. Voice: Example three. C: I i