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M: Hello English learners and welcome back to another great lesson with EnglishPod! My name is Marco.

E: And I’m Erica.

M: And today we’re bringing you a great intermediate lesson with some really useful vocabulary.

E: Some vocabulary you can use to describe your job.

M: Yes, this is a really common situation when you… someone asks you what you do and you have to tell them.

E: Exactly, so, today’s lesson is all about that.

M: So, before we jump into our dialogue, let’s start with our “vocabulary preview”.

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

E: We have two simple phrases today that you’ll hear in our dialogue for our vocabulary preview. The first one is VP.

M: VP.

E: VP.

M: So, the VP of a company is…

E: The Vice-President.

M: The Vice-President, exactly.

E: Yeah, simple little acronym.

M: Right.

E: And the next word is Fortune 500 (five hundred) company.

M: Fortune Five 500 company.

E: Fortune Five 500 company.

M: So, a Fortune 500 company is…

E: I’ll let you explain.

M: Hehe. Well, Fortune Magazine ranks the five hundred biggest companies in the U.S.

E: So, a Fortune 500 company basically is…

M: One of the five hundred biggest companies in the U.S.

E: Okay, that’s simple.

M: Yep.

E: Alright, well, with those words it sounds like we’re going to be talking to some important people today.

M: Yes, we are gonna be talking to some important people, so, let’s listen to our dialogue for the first time. Now, it’s gonna be a little bit fast, but you don’t have to worry about it.

E: Cause we’ll come back and explain all of the important vocabulary.
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DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME
A: Oh, look, there's Veronica and her boyfriend. She's always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They're coming this way.

B: Oh, man...

C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I'd like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he's the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company.

A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.

B: Hey, how's it going?

D: Hello.

A: Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work.

D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily operations of quality control for the entire East Coast. That alone means I have fifteen hundred employees under me!

B: Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting.

D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?

B: Oh, I'm a Top Gun pilot!
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M: Alright, great music for our dialogue again, ha?

E: Chosen by…

M: By moi. Hehe.

E: Of course.

M: Yeah, Top Gun is one of my old time favorite movies and Top Gun pilot, what a cool profession?

E: An excellent profession, much cooler than being like a VP.

M: A VP.

E: Yeah.

M: How boring is it?

E: Yeah, anyway, this guy was a bit of a jerk, don’t you think?

M: Yeah, you can tell a little bit of, uh, the sarcastic tone he had in his voice.

E: Definitely, but he did use some interesting phrases and we can talk about those now.

M: Right, so, let’s take a look at “language takeaway”.

Voice: Language takeaway.

E: Our first word for language takeaway is implement.

M: Implement.

E: Implement.

M: Implement.

E: Let’s listen to some examples of this word to help us understand its meaning.

Voice: Example one.

A: Our company has to implement this sales strategy.

Voice: Example two.

B: Sarah will be responsible for implementing the plan.

Voice: Example three.

C: I i

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