Listening: The Midnight Edit
Audiție: Editarea de la miezul nopții. Asculți o conversație între doi directori care revizuiesc un plan de venituri. O audiecție ideală pentru a înțelege cum se negociază o formulare curajoasă și asumată în fața consiliului.
Аудирование: Ночная правка. Вы слушаете диалог двух директоров, обсуждающих план доходов. Это отличное аудирование помогает понять, как согласовывать смелые формулировки перед советом директоров.
The Midnight Edit
Jennifer and Peter are reviewing the revenue plan memo in her office at midnight before publishing it to the entire sales organization.
The Midnight Edit
Listen and choose the right answer
What document are Jennifer and Peter reviewing at midnight?
- A six-page narrative memo for the revenue plan
- An annual financial audit report from London
- A standard slide deck for new hires
Which phrase did they decide to include in the draft?
- We will increase quotas across all regions immediately.
- We will lose some deals on purpose to protect our margins.
- We must reduce our marketing budget in Seattle.
How does Peter feel about the bold sentence initially?
- He thinks sales reps might panic when reading it.
- He believes it is too boring and lacks impact.
- He wants to delete it entirely from the memo.
What is Jennifer's attitude towards the edit?
- She is worried about board reactions.
- She wants more corporate jargon added.
- She believes in speaking truth to power and embracing honesty.
Listen again and complete the sentences
- Jennifer: Peter, hand me that ____ draft because we need crisp prose before the morning cascade briefing.
- Peter: Here it is, but frankly, what worries me is whether this ____ is still too dense.
- Jennifer: Let's check paragraph four. Ah, look at this sentence about our ____ in Seattle.
- Jennifer: We should rewrite it so we ____ to our new direction without hiding behind jargon.
- Jennifer: That's a bold ____ from our channel economics review, but is it too blunt?
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Despre această lecție
Acest curs avansat de engleză este conceput special pentru directorii de venituri, VP de vânzări și lideri de parteneriate din Chișinău care lucrează cu piețe din SUA și Marea Britanie. Veți stăpâni redactarea memo-urilor strategice și exprimarea nuanțată la nivel C1-C2.
Об этом уроке
Этот продвинутый курс английского языка создан специально для директоров по доходам, вице-президентов по продажам и руководителей партнерских программ из Кишинева, работающих с рынками США и Великобритании. Вы научитесь уверенно составлять стратегические меморандумы и использовать точные формулировки на уровне C1-C2.