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Making it easier
Read all the exercises before you listen to the audio.
Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know or don't understand in a dictionary.
Play the audio as many times as you need.
Play each part of the audio separately.
Answer all questions in the exercise.
Read the transcript after you have listened to the audio.
Making it harder
Listen to the audio before you read the exercises.
Only play the audio once before answering the questions.
Play the whole audio without a break.
Don't read the transcript.
Now, listen to the audio and do the exercises on the following tabs.
If you do not complete all the question, you can play the audio again.
After that, read the dialog to make sure that you understand all word in the audio.
What does the speaker say about her work schedule at the store?
She only works when there are customers.
She works there two days a week.
She works full-time at the store.
She has to work very long hours.
What part of the job does the speaker dislike?
The work is boring for her.
The job requires a lot of thinking.
The pay is very low.
The customers treat her rudely.
According to the speaker, what ability is most important in this job?
Being able to help customers
Being able to work every day
Being good at cleaning
Being very smart
What is this talk mainly about?
Describing work at a shop
Describing how to get a job selling clothes
Describing how to sell shoes
Describing current clothes fashions
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Okay, well I've got this job that I really don't like.
And it's working in a clothes shop.
Um, about two days a week.
I used to do it full-time.
But I think I went a bit crazy doing that.
Um, so, basically it's_ I work in a very upmarket women's clothes shop.
Which, um, sell very nice shoes made in Italy.
And, very well tailored clothes.
Mainly for, women of about, thirty to fifty years old.
My duties involve basic selling.
And, um, getting the shoes for the customer.
And, some cleaning duties.
You know, um, cashing and, cashing up.
And, doing very_ to what I, find, quite mundane type of activities.
But... and it's quite a sort of upmarket clothes shop.
So it does en- entail looking smart.
And being very, very polite.
And, um, customer service skills are obviously, um, of prime importance here.