{"id":3684,"date":"2025-10-12T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=3684"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:30:46","slug":"english-pod-34-hes-not-a-good-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=3684","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 35 &#8211; He\u2019s not a Good Fit"},"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\/672f25d6-5463-4142-97ca-5bb38b1b692d?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><audio src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/1b70f09e-9f40-4e33-952c-61826249891a?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio>A: So, Lauren, I just wanted to talk to you quickly about<br>our new customer support <strong>representative<\/strong>, Jason Huntley.<br>B: Sure, what\u2019s up?<br><br>A: Basically, I\u2019ve got a few concerns about him, and the<br>bottom line is, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a good fit for our<br>company.<br>B: Okay\u2026 what makes you say that? I thought you were<br>pleased with his overall performance. Didn\u2019t you just tell<br>me last week how impressed you were with his attitude?<br><br>A: Yeah, his attitude is great, but he\u2019s really unreliable.<br>Sometimes he\u2019s really productive, but then other times\u2026<br>take last Tuesday for instance, he was forty-five minutes<br>late for our morning meeting!<br>B: Well, I\u2019m sure he had a perfectly good reason\u2026<br><br>A: But that\u2019s not the only thing\u2026 you know, he really<br>doesn\u2019t have the best work ethic, I\u2019m constantly catching<br>him on MSN and Facebook when he should be talking to<br>clients.<br>B: Yeah, but come on, Geoff, as if you don\u2019t check<br>Facebook at work. Look, you hired this guy, we\u2019ve<br>invested a lot of time and money in his training, so now<br>it\u2019s up to you to coach him. Make it work, Geoff!<br><br>A: Make it work, Geoff. You would say that, wouldn\u2019t you,<br>he is your cousin; what a jerk, make me hire your stupid,<br>useless, cousin.<\/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\/17757705-1e7b-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><audio src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/17757703-1e7b-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto%22\"><\/audio><strong>Key Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>representative.<\/strong> \u2014 \/\u02ccrepr\u026a\u02c8zent\u0259t\u026av\/n.\u4ee3\u8868<br><strong>constantly \/<\/strong>\u02c8k\u0251\u02d0nst\u0259ntli\/ adv.\u4e0d\u65ad\u5730\uff1b\u4e00\u76f4\uff1b\u59cb\u7ec8<br><strong>concern<\/strong> \u2014 common noun, plural worry<br><strong>overall <\/strong>\u2014 phrase most important point. , Adjective. general<br><strong>performance<\/strong> \u2014 common noun, singular how well someone does their job<br><strong>unreliable<\/strong> \u2014 Adjective not able to be trusted<br><strong>productive <\/strong>\u2014 Adjective doing a lot in a short amount of time<br><strong>perfectly good<\/strong> \u2014\u2014 phrase having no problems, just fine<br><strong>work ethic<\/strong> \u2014\u2014 \u804c\u4e1a\u9053\u5fb7 \/\u02c8e\u03b8\u026ak\/ common noun, nonvariable attitude to work <br><strong>coach <\/strong>\u2014 verb teach and train some\u0002 one new skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<strong>unreliable<\/strong><br><em>Voice: Example one.<\/em><br><em>A: The trains here are so unreliable; they never arrive on time.<\/em><br><em>Voice: Example two.<\/em><br><em>B: Thomas is pretty unreliable; he never finishes his projects on time.<\/em><br><em>Voice: Example three.<\/em><br><em>C: You promised you would pick me up from work today; you<\/em>&#8216;<em>e so unreliable<\/em><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: So, Lauren, I just wanted to talk to you quickly aboutour new customer support representative, Jason Huntley.B: Sure, what\u2019s up? A: Basically, I\u2019ve got a few concerns about him, and thebottom line is, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a good fit for ourcompany.B: Okay\u2026 what makes you say that? 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