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The Office - What Do You Do? (C0021)
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.
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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 man-
agers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to
oversee daily ope
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!
Key Vocabulary
go on about phrase talk about something a
lot
Fortune 500 phrase top 500 companies,
rated by revenue
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implement principle
verb,
present
progressive
begin to do something,
put into action
responsible Adjective have the duty or job
of taking care of some-
thing
nationwide Adjective in the whole country
look after principle
verb, infini-
tive
take care of
oversee principle
verb,
present
simple
watch and direct to
make sure a job is done
correctly
quality control common
noun, non-
variable
checking goods to make
sure that they are good
enough to sell
under me phrase working for me
Supplementary Vocabulary
develop rela-
tionships
phrase make good relation-
ships
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handle com-
plaints
phrase look after or take care
of complaints
phrase / write official docu-
ments
coordinate verb make arrangements or
plans with a group of
people
monitor verb watch and check
supervise verb be in charge of some-
thing , watch and direct
ensure verb make sure
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