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Listening: What have you been working on?

Audiție: Ce ai lucrat în ultima vreme. Asculți o conversație dintr-un birou despre sarcinile suplimentare și verifici înțelegerea prin întrebări pe marginea dialogului.

Аудирование: Над чем вы работали. Вы слушаете разговор в офисе о дополнительных задачах и проверяете понимание с помощью вопросов по содержанию диалога.

What have you been working on?

Ryan and Brittany talk in a Boston office before their quarterly review meeting.

Listening: What have you been working on? — What have you been working on?

What have you been working on?

Listen and choose the right answer

What has Brittany been doing recently besides updating the dashboard?

  • Redesigning the onboarding flow and running research rounds
  • Hiring a new designer to replace Marcus
  • Planning office days for the Boston team

Why is Brittany doing so much extra work?

  • She wants a promotion in the next quarterly review
  • Marcus left in March and nobody replaced him
  • Ryan asked her to take over the mobile app

How does Ryan react when he understands the situation?

  • He tells her to work faster on the backlog
  • He suggests ignoring the user research
  • He apologizes and offers to talk to HR

What do they decide to do next?

  • Put together an achievement summary deck for the directors
  • Cancel all upcoming research rounds
  • Wait until the end of the quarter

Listen again and complete the sentences

  • Ryan: Hi Brittany, do you have a few minutes to talk about our upcoming ____ ?
  • Brittany: Well, someone has to keep our velocity up and clear the ____ .
  • Brittany: That's a good idea. They need to see the real ____ of my work.

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