{"id":892,"date":"2025-03-20T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=892"},"modified":"2026-03-15T15:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:45:24","slug":"english-pod-13-the-office-%e2%80%90-out-of-control-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=892","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 13-The Office\u00a0\u2010Out Of Control Spending"},"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\/10040269-2c7e-11e6-8e87-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: OK, so now the last point on our agenda. Jill, let\u2019s <strong>go over <\/strong>the profit and loss statement.<br>B: Great. Well, the main issue here, as you can see, is that our expenses are <strong>through the roof.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Let\u2019s see\u2026 These numbers are <strong>off the charts<\/strong>! What\u2019s going on here!<br>B: Well, um, sir, the company <strong>expenditures <\/strong>on entertainment and travel are <strong>out of control<\/strong>. Look at these bills for example. Just this month we\u2019ve paid over twenty<br>thousand dollars for hotel charges!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: OK, thank you. I\u2019ll <strong>look into<\/strong> it.<br>B: The list <strong>goes on and on<\/strong>. Here, this is a bill for five thousand dollars for spa treatments!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Thank you; that will be all. I\u2019ll take care of it.<br>B: Look at this one sir, eight thousand dollars were spent in one night at a place called \u201dWild Things\u201d?!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: OK, I get it!! Thank you for your very thorough analysis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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\/54c1bbb7-1e6f-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><strong>go over<\/strong> \u2014- phrase revise, check<br><strong>through the roof <\/strong>\u2014 phrase suddenly very high<br><strong>off the charts<\/strong> \u2014 phrase very high<br><strong>expenditures<\/strong> \/\u026ak\u02c8sp\u025bnd\u0259t\u0283\u0259rz\/\u2014 common noun, plural amount of money spent on something<br><strong>out of control <\/strong>\u2014 phrase not in control<br><strong>look into<\/strong> \u2014 principle verb, Will Future investigate, try to get information about something<br><strong>go on and on<\/strong> \u2014 phrase continues <br><strong>take care of <\/strong>principle verb, Will Future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>expenditures<br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: to president I will increase expenditures on health and education by twelve per cent (12%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: We really need to control our travel expenditures. From now on all managers will fly economy class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example three<br>C: Because of the rise in oil prices expenditures on food are higher than they have ever been.<\/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>go over \u2014look at carefully or review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example one.<br>A: I need to go over this report one last time to make sure there\u2019re no mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: Can you help me go over my presentation(\u6211\u7684\u62a5\u544a)? I want to make sure it\u2019s perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example three.<br>C: Let\u2019s go over these numbers one more time and make sure there\u2019re no mistakes.<\/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>off the charts = through the roof<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Oil prices have gone up and our costs are off the charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: Excellent job Susan! Your sales are off the charts this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example three.<br>C: Our losses are off the charts! That\u2019 s it! No bonuses for anyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: OK, so now the last point on our agenda. Jill, let\u2019s go over the profit and loss statement.B: Great. Well, the main issue here, as you can see, is that our expenses are through the roof. A: Let\u2019s see\u2026 These numbers are off the charts! What\u2019s going on here!B: Well, um, sir, the [&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-892","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\/892","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=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4767,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions\/4767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}