Listen again and find 5 mistakes in the transcript
(AS=Antonio Silva, JW= James Whitfield)
AS: Hi, I’m Antonio Silva, nice to meet you.
JW: Nice to meet you, too. I’m James Whifield. Call me James.
AS: Where are you from, James?
JW: I’m from Atlanta, Georgia. How about you?
AS: I’ve come a long way. I’m from Belo Horizonte in Brazil. I’m Sales Manager for an office equipment group, Techko. Maybe you know us?
JW: Yeah, I’ve certainly heard of your company. I work for New Era, in New Jersey. I’m a systems analyst.
AS: Right. How is business going for you? It is it a bit tough, like for most salesmen?
JW: No, not so far. Actually our sales were up last quarter, but it’s early days I suppose. To be honest, we’re all worried about the future, no doubt about that. How about your company?
AS: Things are not too good at all. We’ve had quite a few redundancies lately. All departments have been told to cut costs this year. It’s not going to be easy, but we’ve got to do it.
JW: Mmm, doesn’t sound too good.
AS: No, but these are difficult times for everyone. How was your journey here? I suppose you came by air, did you?
JW: Yeah, it was quite a long flight, a bit turbulent at times, but the food and service were OK, so I’m not happy. How about your journey?
AS: Pretty exhausting. But I stopped over at Los Angeles and did some business there. So I did get a rest before coming here. Are you staying at this hotel?
JW: Actually, I’m not. I’m lucky, I’m staying with my daughter. She lives downtown, not far from here, and she insisted I stay with her. It’s fine by me. She’s a fantastic cook!
AS: Woah, you’re lucky. I’m staying in a pretty cheap hotel a few blocks away to cut costs, and I’m not at all happy.
JW: How’s that?
AS: Well, the room’s very small and the hotel doesn’t have many bathrooms. It would be nice if there was a pool or gym, so I could have a workout. I couldn’t use their business centre yesterday. Apparently, there was no one to run it. It was really annoying!
JW: Maybe you should change your hotel.
AS: I don’t think I’ll bother. The main thing is the conference. If the speakers are good, I can put up with a bit of inconvenience at the hotel.
JW: Yeah, you’re right. We all want to enjoy the conference and listen to some good presenters.
Listen again and find 5 mistakes in the transcript J=James, K=Klaus, A=Antonio, L=Ludmila, N=Nancy
J: Hi, Klaus, please join us, there’s plenty of room.
K: Thanks, we’d love to … I don’t think we’ve met.
J: Let me do the introductions. I’m James Whitfield, I’m from Atlanta, Georgia, and I’m a systems analyst for New Era. This is Antonio Silva from Brazil. He’s a sales manager with an office equipment firm.
A: How do you do?
K: Pleased to meet you. I’m Klaus Liebermann, I’m a colleague of James’s. I’m the Managing Director Of New Era’s Frankfurt subsidiary. And this is Ludmila Poigina from St Petersburg. She’s a director of an engineering company.
L: How do you do.
K: And this is Nancy Chen from Beijing. She’s a senior official in the Chinese Department of Environment.
N: How do you do.
J: So ...have any of you had time to visit the town yet? I suppose you want to explore it a bit.
N: Well, I’d love to, I’ve never been to Seattle, and I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. But I just don’t have the time. I’m only here for two days, and I want to go to as many talks as possible.
K: That’s not much time, but you should try to see a few of the sights here, like the famous Space Needle. It’s a real landmark. And if you go to the market area, you can see where the first McDonalds store was located, back in the early 1970s.
N: OK, well, I might try to sneak away for a few hours if possible. What about you, Ludmila, are you going to check out the local area?
L: Actually, I’ve already done that. I came here early so I could look around a bit. I’ve seen the Space Needle and visited the civic centre. I was really impressed with the Columbia Centre--it’s a massive building, much bigger than the ones I saw in New York.
K: What about the conference? Anyone special you want to see, Antonio?
A: I’ll definitely go to Mark Carlson’s talk. He’s always worth listening to. I don’t know much about the other speakers, though. Can anyone recommend a good speaker?
L: Well, I’ve registered to go to David Broadus’s presentation. He’s written a lot of articles on information systems. I think he’ll be the star of the conference. He’s a very stimulating speaker.
K: Yes, I can confirm that. I went to one of his talks in Munich last year, and the questions afterwards went on for over half an hour. He went down really well with the audience because he was obviously so knowledgeable about his topic.
N: Yes, I want to go to his talk, too, if it’s not already booked up. Another good speaker is Jerry Chin. He’s an expert on management software. He’s another person who shouldn’t be missed.
Answers:
(AS=Antonio Silva, JW= James Whitfield)
AS: Hi, I’m Antonio Silva, nice to meet you.
JW: Nice to meet you, too. I’m James Whifield. Call me James.
AS: Where are you from, James?
JW: I’m from Atlanta, Georgia. How about you?
AS: I’ve come a long way. I’m from Belo Horizonte in Brazil. I’m Sales Manager for an office equipment group, Techko. Maybe you know us?
JW: Yeah, I’ve certainly heard of your company. I work for New Era, in New (1)York. I’m a systems analyst.
AS: Right. How is business going for you? It is it a bit tough, like for most (2)people?
JW: No, not so far. Actually our sales were up last quarter, but it’s early days I suppose. To be honest, we’re all worried about the future, no doubt about that. How about your company?
AS: Things are not too good at all. We’ve had quite a few redundancies lately. All departments have been told to cut costs this year. It’s not going to be easy, but we’ve got to do it.
JW: Mmm, doesn’t sound too good.
AS: No, but these are difficult times for everyone. How was your journey here? I suppose you came by air, did you?
JW: Yeah, it was quite a long flight, a bit turbulent at times, but the food and service were OK, so I’m not (3)complaining. How about your journey?
AS: Pretty exhausting. But I stopped over at Los Angeles and did some business there. So I did get a rest before coming here. Are you staying at this hotel?
JW: Actually, I’m not. I’m lucky, I’m staying with my daughter. She lives downtown, not far from here, and she insisted I stay with her. It’s fine by me. She’s a fantastic cook!
AS: Woah, you’re lucky. I’m staying in a pretty cheap hotel a few blocks away to cut costs, and I’m not at all happy.
JW: How’s that?
AS: Well, the room’s very small and the hotel doesn’t have many (4)facilities. It would be nice if there was a pool or gym, so I could have a workout. I couldn’t use their business centre yesterday. Apparently, there was no one to run it. It was really annoying!
JW: Maybe you should change your hotel.
AS: I don’t think I’ll bother. The main thing is the conference. If the speakers are good, I can put up with a bit of inconvenience at the hotel.
JW: Yeah, you’re right. We all want to enjoy the conference and listen to some good (5)speakers.
Answers:
J: Hi, Klaus, please join us, there’s plenty of room.
K: Thanks, we’d love to … I don’t think we’ve met.
J: Let me do the introductions. I’m James Whitfield, I’m from Atlanta, Georgia, and I’m a systems analyst for New Era. This is Antonio Silva from Brazil. He’s a sales manager with an office equipment firm.
A: How do you do?
K: Pleased to meet you. I’m Klaus Liebermann, I’m a colleague of James’s. I’m the Managing Director Of New Era’s Frankfurt subsidiary. And this is Ludmila Poigina from St Petersburg. She’s a director of an engineering company.
L: How do you do.
K: And this is Nancy Chen from Beijing. She’s a senior official in the Chinese Department of Environment.
N: How do you do.
J: So ...have any of you had time to visit the (1)city yet? I suppose you want to explore it a bit.
N: Well, I’d love to, I’ve never been to Seattle, and I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. But I just don’t have the time. I’m only here for two days, and I want to go to as many talks as possible.
K: That’s not much time, but you should try to see a few of the sights here, like the famous Space Needle. It’s a real landmark. And if you go to the market area, you can see where the first (2)Starbucks store was located, back in the early 1970s.
N: OK, well, I might try to sneak away for a few hours if possible. What about you, Ludmila, are you going to check out the local area?
L: Actually, I’ve already done that. I came here early so I could look around a bit. I’ve seen the Space Needle and visited the civic centre. I was really impressed with the Columbia Centre--it’s a massive (3)skyscraper, much bigger than the ones I saw in New York.
K: What about the conference? Anyone special you want to see, Antonio?
A: I’ll definitely go to Mark Carlson’s talk. He’s always worth listening to. I don’t know much about the other speakers, though. Can anyone recommend a good speaker?
L: Well, I’ve registered to go to David Broadus’s presentation. He’s written a lot of (4)books on information systems. I think he’ll be the star of the conference. He’s a very stimulating speaker.
K: Yes, I can confirm that. I went to one of his talks in Munich last year, and the questions afterwards went on for over half an hour. He went down really well with the audience because he was obviously so knowledgeable about his topic.
N: Yes, I want to go to his talk, too, if it’s not already booked up. Another good speaker is Jerry Chin. He’s an expert on management software. He’s another (5)speaker who shouldn’t be missed.
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