Editing the Midnight Memo

Jennifer and Peter are reviewing the final draft of the corporate strategy memo in a quiet Boston office at midnight.

Editing the Midnight Memo

Listen and choose the right answer

What is Jennifer's initial criticism of paragraph four?

• It is too short and lacks detail.
• It sounds like it was written by a robot.
• It contains too many financial numbers.

What specific sentence does Peter question for being too informal?

• We will be boring where it doesn't matter.
• Logistics will save our profit margins.
• Board members will love this memo.

When is the strategy memo slated to be distributed to employees?

• At midnight tonight
• At dawn tomorrow
• Next week at the town hall

What does Peter predict will happen to Jennifer's disputed sentence?

• Employees will ignore it completely.
• The board will demand its removal.
• It will end up on the cafeteria wall.

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Jennifer: Peter, look at paragraph four in this ____ because it reads like a robot wrote it.
• Peter: You're right, I'll rewrite it with some ____ before we commit publicly tomorrow morning.
• Jennifer: What worries me is whether our ____ on logistics has enough staying power.
• Peter: Frankly, from a financial standpoint, this ____ proves our non-obvious insight was spot on.
• Jennifer: That ____ about warehouse locations gave rise to our best tenet yet.

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