CLASS LEVEL PRE- INTERMEDIATE

Listening
1. MORNING BRIEFING
Vocabulary
a. Position : A job
b. Replacement : a person who will take the place of another one
c. Briefing : a short meeting to giv information and updates
d. Improvements : to make something better
e. Solution : a way of dealing with difficult situation or problem
f. Introduce something : to start or begin something

Giving Information Giving Instruction

Firstly, there will be If you arrive before 8.30 a.m please use…
I have two more quick points If you arrive after that you should go directly
The other thing I want to tell you about is… You have to leave before 6 p.m.

2. Changing Meeting time

Transcript
Lucy : Hi, Anna. Do you have a minute to talk about the meeting next Tuesday?
Anna : Sure. We said 11, didn’t we?
Lucy : Yeah, we did. But I have a bit of a problem with the time. Would it be possible to move it?
Anna : Oh, I see. We could postpone it to the afternoon, to 1 p.m., for example. Or bring it forward
to earlier in the morning. What would suit you?
Lucy : Could we make it 9 o’clock? That would really help me. I have another important meeting
in the central office at 12.
Anna : No problem. It’s important you’re there.
Lucy : Thanks a lot, Anna.
Anna : Do you need help with any preparation? Did you get the agenda I sent out?
Lucy : Yes, I did. And no, that’s all fine, thanks. My report is ready and I’m looking forward to
presenting it.
Anna : Great.
Lucy : I can tell Sven about the time change. I’ll see him later.
Anna : Don’t worry about telling Sven. I’ll send an email to everyone to confirm the time has
changed and with an updated meeting invite.
Lucy : Great. Thanks, Anna.
Anna : OK. I’m happy that works for you. We really need you there and it’s good we don’t have to
cancel it.
Lucy : See you then. Have a good weekend in the meantime.
Anna : You too.

3. Changing Plans

Transcript
Francesco : Sachi? Sachi? Sachiko!
Sachi : Francesco! Is everything OK?
Francesco : Yes. Yes. Sorry, I saw you and I was across the street … I ran.
Sachi : I see. What’s up?
Francesco : Do you have the tickets … for the play?
Sachi : No, I don’t. I’m going to buy them this afternoon.
Francesco : Oh good, good. Listen, don’t buy tickets for this Friday.
 Sachi : Oh? Why not?
Francesco : I can’t go to the theatre on Friday. Something’s come up. I have a concert this Friday.
Sachi : Another concert? But you said …
Francesco : I know, I know. I’m sorry. I forgot.
Sachi : Francesco!
Francesco : How about next week? Are you free then? I can definitely go next Friday.
Sachi : Francesco. You did this two weeks ago, remember? I had cinema tickets for the new
Marvel movie and you changed the plans then too. For band practice.
Francesco : I know, and I …
Sachi : We also missed my favourite dance group. Because your band was playing at some child’s
birthday party.
Francesco : It was my nephew’s birthday …
Sachi : Ha!
Francesco : OK, why don’t we go out for dinner before my concert? Then, next Friday we can go
to the play.
Sachi : Oh …
Francesco : Come on, Sachi. Just this one more time.
Sachi : OK, but promise me next Friday. OK?
Francesco : I promise. I promise!

4. Leaving a Message

Taking a Message Leaving a Message

I’ll give her your message when she comes Would you like to leave a message
back to the office I’ll call back later
Please ask her to call me back Here’s my email adress
Thank you for calling

5. Understanding and Explanation

a. Lecture : Formal talk given to group of people, especially at university
b. Geometry : Study of lines, angles, and surfaces in mathematics
c. Sequence : A series of related numbers in a particular order
d. Common : Found in many places
e. Middle Ages : a period in European history, approximately between the years 500 and 1500
f. Mathematician : a person who studies or teaches mathematics

Transcript
Professor : OK, before we continue, does anybody have a question? Oh, lots of questions, I see.
OK, we’ll go one at a time. Yes?
Student : Thank you. You talked about Fibonacci numbers in the lecture. Sorry, I don’t understand.
Can you explain?
Professor : Of course. What do you want to know?
Student : OK … I hope this isn’t a silly question, but what does Fibonacci actually mean?
Professor : No question is ever silly – it’s always good to ask. OK, it’s the name of a person.
Fibonacci was a European mathematician in the Middle Ages.
Student : Ah, OK. Thanks. So, we know he was a person, but what are the Fibonacci numbers? I
don’t get it.
Professor : The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers. They go 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and so on.
Do you see the sequence? Do you see how it works?
Student : I’m not sure.
Professor : OK. This is how it works. The first number is 1, then 1 again, then 2. The third number
is the first number plus the second number. The fourth number is the second number
plus the third number: 1 plus 2 is 3. The fifth number is the third number, 2, plus the
fourth number, 3. So the fifth number in a Fibonacci sequence is 5.
Student : Ah! I think I understand now. But what about their importance? You said these were
very important.
Professor : Yes, let me explain. This sequence of numbers is important because we see it in many
things. Fibonacci numbers are common in geometry, they are common in nature, for
example in plants. We see the sequence everywhere.
Student : Could you give us some more examples?
Professor : OK ... well, we don’t have time right now but I can bring more examples in for next
class, OK?