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. ------------------------------------------------- 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! --------------------------------------------------- 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.