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Listening: A Late Call and a Big Surprise

Audiție: O discuție târzie și o surpriză. Asculti un dialog audio realist între doi colegi din Londra și Seattle, rezolvând exerciții de ascultare care te ajută să înțelegi conversațiile profesionale.

Аудирование: Поздний звонок и большой сюрприз. Вы слушаете реалистичный аудиодиалог между двумя коллегами из Лондона и Сиэтла, выполняя упражнения по аудированию для понимания профессиональных разговоров.

A Late Call and a Big Surprise

Kayla from London has her first video call with Tom from Seattle at an awkward time for both of them.

Listening: A Late Call and a Big Surprise — Meeting the distributed team

A Late Call and a Big Surprise

Listen and choose the right answer

Where is Kayla based?

  • Seattle
  • London
  • Austin

What problem do they discover during the call?

  • They both thought the other person was leading the project
  • The internet connection stopped working
  • They missed the project deadline

What do they decide to do at the end?

  • Cancel the project completely
  • Write their own working agreement
  • Ask for a higher salary

How many overlap hours do they mention at the start?

  • Two hours
  • Four hours
  • Six hours

Listen again and complete the sentences

  • Kayla: Could you tell me how many ____ we actually have today?
  • Tom: I think we only have two hours before my ____ logs off.
  • Kayla: That's not much time to ____ on the new payment gateway.
  • Kayla: Wait, let me ____ to our engineering director on Slack right now.
  • Tom: Please do, because I was told you were my ____ counterpart.

Sources: photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels

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