Listening: The Nashville Reunion
Audiție: Întâlnirea din Nashville. Ascultă dialogul dintre doi foști colegi și exersează înțelegerea detaliilor legate de parcursul lor în transporturi.
Аудирование: Встреча в Нэшвилле. Прослушайте диалог между бывшими коллегами и потренируйте восприятие на слух деталей об их карьерном пути.
The Nashville Reunion
Kayla and Tom bump into each other at a logistics conference in Nashville and catch up on their careers.
The Nashville Reunion
Listen and choose the right answer
Where did Kayla and Tom first work together?
- On night shifts in Seattle
- At a freight conference in Nashville
- In an enterprise division in Denver
What role does Tom have now at his company?
- Night dispatcher
- Leader overseeing brokers and carriers
- Independent truck driver
What surprise do they discover during their conversation?
- They both work for the exact same 3PL
- They are getting married next month
- They have been competing for the same shipper account
What do they decide to do at the end of the dialogue?
- Partner up and split the shipper's freight
- Report each other to Apex Distribution
- Never speak to each other again
Listen again and complete the sentences
- Kayla: Yeah, I left the night desk behind two years ago. I've built quite a solid ____ since those chaotic days.
- Tom: That's awesome. I remember when we both started as ____ dispatchers working with tired drivers at 3 AM.
- Kayla: Oh, don't remind me of those coffee-fueled shifts! But hey, every ____ knows that's where you truly learn the business.
- Tom: So true. Having that strong ____ has helped me tremendously now that I'm running a desk on the brokerage side.
- Kayla: Wait, are you still entirely on the ____ , or have you touched the asset side as well?
Sources: photo by Vitaly Gariev on Pexels
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