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Listening: A Sudden Outage in Seattle

Audiție: O pană neașteptată. Ascultă o conversație din birou despre o eroare de sistem și rezolvă exerciții de audiție pentru a verifica dacă ai înțeles detaliile.

Аудирование: Неожиданный сбой. Прослушайте разговор в офисе об ошибке в системе и выполните задания по аудированию, чтобы проверить понимание деталей.

A Sudden Outage in Seattle

Robert and Melissa are sitting in the Seattle office when they discover a major server error.

Listening: A Sudden Outage in Seattle — The day the server went down

A Sudden Outage in Seattle

Listen and choose the right answer

When did the servers go down?

  • At 11:00 AM
  • At 12:15 PM (five minutes ago)
  • Ten minutes ago

What was Robert doing when the alert appeared?

  • He was writing an email.
  • He was restoring the backup.
  • He was changing the database.

Why did Robert fail to restart the server?

  • The power was off.
  • The database was corrupt.
  • He used the wrong script.

When did the clean backup finish?

  • At 11:00 AM
  • At 12:15 PM
  • Five minutes ago

Listen again and complete the sentences

  • Robert: Melissa, look at this screen! We have a major database ____ right now.
  • Melissa: Oh no! When did the system ____ ?
  • Robert: It went down five minutes ago. I was writing an email when I suddenly noticed a red ____ .
  • Robert: No, I was not changing anything. I was just reading some user ____ .
  • Melissa: Did the main server ____ completely?

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Despre această lecție

În această lecție, vei învăța cum să povestești despre momentul în care serverul a picat și cum să folosești corect timpul Past Continuous. Vei descoperi vocabularul esențial pentru incidente, backup-uri și monitorizare.

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