{"id":1622,"date":"2025-04-07T11:32:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T03:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2025-04-07T15:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T07:03:55","slug":"english-pod-21-the-office-%e2%80%90-what-do-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 21 &#8211; The Office \u2010 What Do You Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/958e4cd6-a4f7-4bcb-b7c3-7d04155b9faa?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Oh, look, there&#8217;s Caroline and her boyfriend. She&#8217;s always <strong>going on about<\/strong> him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They&#8217;re coming this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B: Oh, man\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I&#8217;d like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he&#8217;s the V. P. of quality and safety for a top <strong>Fortune 500<\/strong> food company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B: Hey, how&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D: Hello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Caroline talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I <strong>implement <\/strong>policies and <strong>procedures nationwide <\/strong>of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to <strong>oversee <\/strong>daily operation of<strong> quality control <\/strong>for the entire East coast, that alone means I have 1500 employees<strong> under me<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B: Wow, yeah\u2026 that sounds exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B: Oh, I&#8217;m a Top Gun pilot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/54c1bbc7-1e6f-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>go on about<\/strong> \u2014 phrase talk about something a lot<br><strong>Fortune 500<\/strong> \u2014 phrase top 500 companies, rate d by revenue<br><strong>implement <\/strong>\u2014 \/\u02c8\u026ampl\u026am\u0259nt\/ principle verb, present progressive begin to do something, put into action<br><strong>responsible<\/strong> \u2014\u2014 Adjective have the duty or job of taking care of something<br><strong>procedures<\/strong> \u2014\u2014  \/pr\u0259\u02c8sid\u0292\u0259rz\/ is a way of doing something, especially the usual or correct way.<br><strong>nationwide<\/strong> \u2014 Adjective in the whole country<br><strong>look after<\/strong> \u2014 principle verb, infinitive take care of<br><strong>oversee<\/strong> \u2014 principle verb, present simple watch and direct to make sure a job is done correctly<br><strong>quality control<\/strong> \u2014 common noun, nonvariable checking goods to make sure that they are good enough to sell<br><strong>under me<\/strong> \u2014 phrase working for me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>implement<br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Our company has to implement this sales strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: Sarah will be responsible for implementing the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example three.<br>C: I implemented several new policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>going on about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example one.<br>A: My boss is always going on about how we need to save money; it\u2019s all he talks about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: Gary is always going on about his kids; he\u2019s always talking about how smart they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example three.<br>C: My mom is always going on about how I should get married<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: Oh, look, there&#8217;s Caroline and her boyfriend. 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