{"id":425,"date":"2025-03-07T12:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T04:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:28:58","slug":"english-pod-10-%e2%80%90-the-office-%e2%80%90-driving-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 10 \u2010 The Office \u2010 Driving Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/fd4c2311-8008-4542-a1e1-c58f35d17781?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: All right, people. We\u2019re holding this meeting today because we\u2019ve got to do something about our sales, and we need to do it NOW! I want <strong>concrete solutions.<\/strong> How do you plan to <strong>drive sales<\/strong>\u2026 Roger?<br>B: Well, in fact, we\u2019re the most expensive <strong>in the market<\/strong>, so maybe we need to lower our prices<strong>to match the competitors<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Lower our prices? Not very creative. It<strong>\u2019ll never fly <\/strong>with Swan. What kind of thinking is that? Geez. Anybody else have a better plan? Natalie?<br>C: Um, perhaps, um, a sales <strong>promotion<\/strong>. Maybe a two-for-one offer, or something like that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: What? That\u2019s the same thing. Bad idea. Really bad idea. Dammit people come on! Think! The CEO will <strong>be here any minute. <\/strong><br>D: Do we have any ideas yet? <br>C: Yes Mr. Swan, we were kind of considering a two for one offer to get more competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D: A two-for-one promotion? Hmm. I kind of like the sound of that. It sounds like something we should consider.<br> A: Yeah, exactly. That&#8217;s just what I was thinking! In fact, that\u2019s a <strong>brilliant <\/strong>idea! I\u2019m glad we thought of that. Very creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/54c1bbb1-1e6f-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>concrete solutions<\/strong> [\u02c8k\u0251\u02d0\u014bkri\u02d0t] \u2014 phrase a real or specific solution to a problem<br><strong>drive sales<\/strong> \u2014 Preposition increase sales<br><strong>in the market <\/strong>\u2014 phrase in the industry<br><strong>to match the competitors<\/strong> \u2014 principle verb, infinitive be the as good as or better than others companies in the same industry<br><strong>will never fly<\/strong> \u2014 phrase will not work, will not be approved<br><strong>promotion<\/strong> \u2014 phrase something done to make people aware of a product<br><strong>be here any minute<\/strong> \u2014 phrase will arrive very soon<br><strong>to consider <\/strong>\u2014 principle verb, infifinitive thinking about<br><strong>brilliant<\/strong> \u2014 Adjective excellent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Example\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">match the competitors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example one.<br>A: We guarantee that we can match the competitors\u2019 lowest price.<br>Voice: Example two.<br>B: It\u2018s impossible for us to match the competitors. Our costs are just too high.<br>Voice: Example three.<br>C: Do you think we can match our competitors\u2019 prices and still keep our quality high?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it\u2018ll never fly=means it won\u2018t work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example one.A: This marketing plan will never fly. It\u2019s just too expensive.<br>Voice: Example two.<br>B: What? You want to sell bikinis in Alaska? That\u2018ll never fly.<br>Voice: Example three.<br>C: Brad told me his idea for film script, but the story will never fly. It\u2019s not interesting<br>enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: All right, people. We\u2019re holding this meeting today because we\u2019ve got to do something about our sales, and we need to do it NOW! I want concrete solutions. How do you plan to drive sales\u2026 Roger?B: Well, in fact, we\u2019re the most expensive in the market, so maybe we need to lower our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,33,29],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-english","tag-english-pod","tag-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4746,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/4746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}