Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
A good business person stays cool even when times are tough. But it’s hard to resist taking out your frustration on your employees.
And things aren’t going well for Devan’s company right now. Last week she found out that Marni registered the Web address she wanted and now Marni’s company is doing much better than hers.
So it looks like these days at americandreamd8.com, employees work from 8 to 8, 8 days a week. And Jason and Ella aren’t happy about it. They think Devan is a slave driver.
3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Devan: Get in here! Get in here! Come on. Come on. Don’t sit down! Get up.
Jason: Why are you standing in here writing? What are you writing, anyways?
Devan: Nothing.
Ella: Yeah, what is that?
Devan: Look at this, people! American Dream D8 is being beaten by Dream Boat, Marni’s company. What are we gonna do about this, people?
Jason: You know, I have some ideas, Devan, but as you can see, the sun is going down.
Devan: Uh-huh.
Jason: And I’d like to go home and maybe get some dinner.
Ella: This is all I’ve eaten all day! I haven’t had anything to eat for twelve hours!
Devan: Sad story. Are you tired? Do you feel sleepy?
Ella: Yeah.
Devan: Mason, make them some coffee! There, better now? Ready to get to work? Just do it!
Jason: I think you might be interested in an ad. Just check out American Dream D8, with an eight, dot com and, uh, give us a call back. Thanks so much. Man, I don’t know why I’m making sales calls. It’s eight PM.
Ella: Yeah.
Jason: Like, who’s home?
Ella: Oh my gosh.
Jason: This overtime is making me crazy. I’m getting out of here. I’m gonna sneak out. I’m make a break for it.
Ella: I’ll be right after you in a little bit. I have to finish this up.
Jason: Alright. Well, maybe I’ll see you at the bus stop.
Ella: Yeah. Totally.
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Discussion
It’s eight in the evening. The sun is down. Normal people have left work hours ago. But Devan is stressing out over a graph showing that Marni’s company is beating hers, so she calls an emergency meeting.
Jason and Ella explain that they’re tired. They need to get some rest and come back to tomorrow. But Devan tells them to drink coffee and keep working.
After working for a few more minutes, Jason decides to leave. Ella says she’ll go soon as well, but then she falls asleep at her desk.
What do you think will happen when Devan finds her? Have you ever fallen asleep on the job? How much do you think a person should work in a day?
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Some companies have a special rooms for resting where ppl can take break, relax and with a fresh minds cantiniue their business.. |
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i think there is always time enough to work and enjoy life. too much work kina slave driver bosses never yield desirable work when i feel like iam pressed to it my work is gonna be so poor so always keeeep that good balance between work an other things life requires |
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