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Listening: The Way We Worked: Then and Now

Audiție: podcast despre trecut. Ascultă un podcast din Manchester despre rutina de la birou și noul mod de lucru. Fă exerciții de ascultare pentru a înțelege detaliile unei discuții radiofonice.

Аудирование: подкаст о прошлом. Прослушайте выпуск подкаста из Манчестера об офисных привычках и новых методах работы. Выполните задания по аудированию, чтобы понять детали разговора.

The Way We Worked: Then and Now

A special edition of a business podcast broadcast from Manchester, exploring the human side of workplace modernization and outdated routines.

Listening: The Way We Worked: Then and Now — How we used to do business

The Way We Worked: Then and Now

True or false?

Alex used to work with physical currency and paper ledgers.

  • True
  • False

Nicole never experienced any resistance to change in her travel agency.

  • True
  • False

Mike spent weeks on manual tax returns before automated software.

  • True
  • False

All three guests agree that they miss the old paper files most of all.

  • True
  • False

The radio feature is broadcast from a studio in Manchester.

  • True
  • False

Listen again and complete the sentences

  • Alex: That's right. ____ , I'd spend hours at the counter counting cash and checking signatures by hand.
  • Alex: We had to ____ paper ledgers for everything, and our filing system took up three entire rooms in the basement.
  • Alex: It was ____ , but it wasn't efficient. Now we've gone paperless, and digital tools do the heavy lifting instantly.
  • Alex: Does anyone ever feel any ____ for those old habits?
  • Nicole: There was a lot of resistance to change when management decided to ____ the booking systems.

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