Certificate Program for Working Adults
Certificate Program for Working Adults
Thankyouforyourint
eresti
nourcer ti
[Link] isspeci
fi
cal
l
ydesi gnedfor
peopl
ewithafull
-t
[Link] eofferedatni
[Link] ycan
ourpr
ogram off
eryoutheknowl edgey ouneedi ny ourf
iel
d,i
twill
alsogiveyoutheoppor t
uni
ty
tomeetwithpeopleworkingi
nt hesamei ndustr
yasy [Link]'
thesitat
etocontactmei fyou
haveanyquesti
ons.
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nthebox
ANS-Thanksforyouri
nter
esti
noursyst
em ofCert
if
icat
[Link]
anisforpeopl
einful
l
-ti
me
j
[Link]
lgi
venonweekendsandatnight
.Alongwit
hknowledgei
tprovi
desyouthe
oppor
tuni
tytomeetpeoplewhoworkinthesameindustr
[Link]
somequesti
on.
2.
I'
m pl
easedthatyou'
l
lbeinthecit
ynextmonth.I
twoul
dbewonder fulifwecouldf
indt het
ime
[Link]'
tthi
nkiti
snecessaryforust
ohavean"offi
cial
"businessmeetingwiththe
fi
nanci
aladvi
[Link],
Iwouldlovetot
akeyoutolunch.I
'm nottravel
i
ngatallthesedays,
soanydaywoul dworkforme.
ANS-I'
m gladyou'
llbeintownnextmont h.I
fwecanfi
ndtheti
met otal
k,itwi
l
lbegreat
.Idon'
t
thi
nkweneeda" off
ici
al"busi
nessmeetingwitht
hefi
nanci
aladvi
ser.I'
dlovet
otakeyoutothe
l
[Link] sI
'm nott
rav
eli
ngsoanydaywouldworkforme.
3.
Georgewor
ksinthefi
lmindust
[Link]
dbeabletomeet
famousact
orsandproducer
severyday
.But,
hisjobistoeditf
il
ms,soheisal
waysinsi
det
he
edi
ti
[Link]
orsinperson.
ANS-Georgeworksi
nLosAngelesfi
lmindustry
.Onceuponati
mehefel
themi
ghtmeet
famousactor
sandproducer
severy
[Link],edi
ti
ngfi
lmsishi
swor
k,sohei
sst
il
li
nsi
dethe
edi
ti
[Link]
sonalvi
ewoft heact
ors.
4.
Mynamei sAmyJonesandIam t
henewmar ket
ingmanager
.Thi
smemoi sjustt
olety
ouknow
thatIwil
lbehol
dingastaf
fmeeti
ngFri
daymorni
[Link]
ntr
oducemysel
f
properl
[Link]
ookf
or war
dtomeet
ingyouthen.
ANS-I'
m AmyJones,
newHeadofAdver
ti
[Link]
snoteisjusttol
etyouknowI'
m goi
ngto
haveastaf
fmeeti
ngat9a.
[Link]
idaymorni
ngt oint
roducedmy sel
fpr
operl
[Link] l
ooki
ng
for
wardtomeet
ingyou.
5.
Annawasor ganizingabirt
hdaypartyforhercoworker
,[Link] tt
obeasur pr
ise
part
y,soAnnawar nedeveryoneel
sei ntheof
ficenott
otellSusanabouttheparty
.Then,Anna
askedthepresidentofthecompanyt osendoutanemai li
nv i
ti
ngevery
onet oacompany
[Link] kedi
ntot heconferencer
oom expect
ingameet i
ng,butinst
ead,ever
yone
shouted,'
HappyBi rt
hday'
.
ANS-Annahadhercoworker
,Susan,
[Link]
stobeasur pri
se
par
ty,soAnnatol
dever
yoneintheof
ficenottot el
lSusanaboutthepart
[Link]
companypresi
dentt
osendoutanemai li
nvi
ti
ngev eryonetoaboardmeet i
[Link]
i
ntotheconfer
encer
oom hopi
ngforameet i
ng, butevery
oneshouted'HappyBir
thday
'inst
ead.
6.
Employeeswhowisht ot
aketi
meoffduri
ngthesummershouldcheckwiththei
rmanagersi
n
[Link]
antobeawayfrom heof
fi
ceduri
ngthesummer .Asacompany,we'd
l
iketomakesureallproj
ect
shaveenoughpeopl
eworki
ngont hem bef
oreweapproveequest
s
fort
imeoff.
ANS+Empl oyeeswhowantoffduri
ngthesummerhavetoconsultwit
htheiremployerpri
or.
Overthesummerseveral
peopleexpectt
obeawayf r
om hi
soffi
[Link] ganizati
on,t
hatall
vent
ureshaveenoughpeopl
ewor ki
ngonthem bef
oreweapproverequest
sf ortheti
meof f
.
8.
[Link]
hwor
katt
hesamecompanybutindif
fer
ent
depar
[Link]
l
dcar
eser
vicenextdoor
,sot
het
hreeoft
hem spend
ti
metogetheratlunchev
eryday.
Ans-JohnandLi sahadonlyonechi
[Link]
loper
ateatthesameor ganizat
ionbuti
ndi
ff
erent
[Link]
nessprovi
desanextdoorchi
ldcarefaci
l
ity,andthethr
eeoft
hem shar
e
ti
met ogetheratl
uncheachday.
9.
Johnisthesal
esmanagerofasmal lst
[Link]
omercall
edhimt ocomplai
nabouta
homesecurit
ysystem t
hatshehadrecentboughtf
rom hi
sstor
[Link]
dhi mthati
tdidnot
workproper
lybecausetheal
arm wentoffwhenshewasinthehouse.I
nit
ial
lyshedemandeda
ref
und,butwhenJohnapologi
zed,andoffer
edtorepl
acehersyst
em wit
hanewone, she
agreed.
Ans-Johni
sasmal l
-st
oresal
[Link]
ycl
ientcal
l
edhi
mt ocompl
ainaboutahome
pr
otecti
ondev
iceshehadrecent
lypur
chasedfr
om hi
[Link]
oldhi
mitdi
dn'tworkwel
l,
so
whenshewasinthehousethealar
m wentoff
.Sheini
ti
all
ydemandedar
efundbutsheagr
eed
whenJohnapol
ogizedandoff
eredtorepl
acehersy
stem wit
hanewone.
10.
Marti
nisachefworkinginanItali
anrestaurantintheUni
[Link] ni
ti
all
yhir
edto
workther
[Link] mpressedbythecreati
vit
yofhiscookingand
[Link]
edMar t
inatwoy earcontr
actandheacceptedi
t.
ThankstoMarti
n'
sfood,therestaurantisnowr atedhi
ghlyi
nalmostal l
revi
ews.
Ans-Mar t
inisachefwhowor ksinaUSItali
anrest
[Link] ni
ti
all
yemploy
edfora
yeartoworkt her
[Link]
ghtedwit
hhiscookingingenuit
yandwishedtokeep
[Link] t
inwasgivenat woyeardealbytherest
aurant
,andheaccept edi
[Link]
rest
aurantisnowhi ghl
yratedinnearl
yal
lrati
ngs,t
hankst oMart
in'
sfood.
11.
Amanhadaj [Link],af
ri
endcameintothestor
[Link] edt
obuya
neckl
acef
orhiswif
[Link]
y,hedi
dnotseeanyneckl
acesthatheli
[Link]
showedhi
m anicepairofearri
[Link]
endboughtt
heear
ringsi
nstead.
Ans-Aguywasemployedi
naj ewell
[Link] heshoponeday .Hehad
wantedhi
swif
[Link],
hedidn'
tseeanynecklaceshewant [Link]
showedasweetpai
rofear
ri
ngst [Link]
erreceivedtheearri
ngs.
12.
Mynamei sAmyJonesandIam t
henewmar ket
ingmanager
.Thi
smemoi sjustt
olety
ouknow
thatIwil
lbehol
dingastaf
fmeeti
ngFri
daymorni
[Link]
ntr
oducemysel
f
properl
[Link]
ookf
or war
dtomeet
ingyouthen.
Ans-Mynamei sAmyJonesandI '
mt henewHeadofAdv er
ti
[Link]
snotei
sjustt
oletyou
knowI '
m goi
ngt ohaveateam meeti
[Link]
[Link]
i
ntroducedproperl
[Link] l
ooki
ngf or
war
dtomeet i
ngyou.
13.
Iwasatt heInter
nati
onalTradeFairi
nRomel astweek, anditwasveryexci
ti
[Link] sa
beauti
fulci
[Link] al
loverthewor l
datthefair
.Imetasalesmanager
whosecompanysel l
ssoftwareanditsoundedliketheremightbeabusinessopport
unity
.I'
l
l
defi
nit
elystayintouchwithhim asabusinesscontact.I'
m wri
ti
ngareportofthet
ri
pr i
ghtnow
andIshouldbeabl etosenditoutbynoont oday.
Ans-Lastweek,Iwasatt hebeautiful
cityRomef oranInter
nat
ionalTradeFai
randitwasreal
l
y
exci
ti
[Link]
rincludedpeoplefrom allovert
[Link] t
ware
companywassel li
ngandi tsoundedliketherecoul
dbeanoppor tunit
yforbusi
[Link]
companypartnerIwoul dcert
ainl
ykeepi [Link] writ
ingapapernowaboutthe
tr
ipandIwill
beabl eto
14.
Annapickeduphersui
tfr
om [Link]
ershehadpaid,shenot i
cedthatthecl
eaner
s
hadnotcleanedt
hesui
tproperl
[Link]
elybroughtthi
stothei
rattenti
on,andrequest
eda
ref
[Link]
houghthecl
eanerapol
ogized,hesaidthatitwasnothi
sf ault
,andrefusedtogi
ve
Annaar ef
und.
Ans-
Atthedrycl
eanersAnnapickeduphersuit
.Shefoundaftershepaid,
thatthecl
eanershadnot
adequat
elycl
[Link]
it
elybr
oughtthemattertothei
ratt
enti
on,andaskedfora
ref
[Link]
eheapologisedforthecl
eaner
,hesaiditwasnothisfaul
t,anddecli
nedtogiv
e
Annaarefund.
15.
Ireceivedacoupleofgoodart
icl
esabouthowtobepr
oduct
iveever
y [Link]
hinky
ouwil
l
fi
ndt hem useful
.Thesewerefor
wardedbyourNewYor
[Link]
ickont hel
i
nkbel owt
ovi
ew
thearticl
[Link]
nsomethi
ngnew.
Ans-Ihavegotafewstr
ongpost
sonhowt obesuccessf
ulatworkever
ydayf
rom ourNewYork
br
[Link]
hey'
ll
beusef
[Link]
iewtheart
icl
escli
ckthebutt
onbel
[Link] ghtbe
l
earningsomethi
ngnew.
16.
Employeesareremindedthatthelastpersontoleavetheoff
iceshoul
dmakesur ethatall
windowsanddoor sarelockedyouzet ay
ingafterr
egularworki
nghours,pl
easewalkaroundt
o
checkifanyoneel
seisst i
l
lintheoffi
[Link]
eissesomeoneesedhehany our
self,pl
easel
et
thatpersonknowthatyouar el
[Link] ory
ourcooperat
ioninthi
smatter.
Ans-
Empl
oyeesaretol
dt hatthelastpersontoleavethebuil
dingwillensuret
hataf
ternormal
wor
kinghours,
allwindowsanddoor sareclosed,pl
easecheckar oundandseeifsomeoneelse
i
ssti
lli
[Link]
here'
ssomebodywhohasy ou,pleaselettheper
sonknowy ou'
re
l
eavi
[Link] oryoursupportinthi
smat ter
.
17.
Ourgymislocatedacrossfrom youroffi
ceandiscurr
entl
yof f
eri
ngaspeci aldi
scountt
oal
l
employ
eeswor kingi
ny ouroff
[Link]
oresear
chers,
get t
ingexer
ciseregular
lyi
sagr
eat
waytostaypositi
veandhealthy.I
fyousi gnupforamember shi
pt hi
sweek, y
oucangeta
per
sonaltr
ainertohel
py ouony ourfi
rstfivev
isi
ts.
Ans-Ourgymi slocat
edacr ossfr
om yourdesk,
andall st
affwor
kingi
ny ourdeskarenowgivi
ng
aspecialdi
[Link] cisi
ngregul
arl
yisaperfectwaytoremainopt
imisti
candhappy ,
exper
ts
[Link]
yweek, ify ousignupformembership,youcangetapersonaltr
ainert
osupport
youony ourfi
rst5v i
sits.
18.
Marywonthisy ear'
sbestt
eacherawardatheruni
ver
sity
.Shehasbeenknownf orhercr
eati
ve
anduni
quet eachingst
yleformanyyear
[Link]
udedat ri
ptoPari
sforoneweek,Mary
andherhusbandhav eneverbeentoPari
sandtheyar
ev eryexci
tedabouti
t.
Ans-
Maryrecei
vedheruniv
ersi
ty'
sBestTeacherAwardthi
sy [Link]
year
sforherunusual
,i
nnovat
ivet
eachi
ngstyl
[Link] r
iptoPari
s,
Maryandherhusbandwereneveri
nPari
ssot heyar
ev er
yhappyabouti t
.
19.
I'
m sor
ryaboutal
ltheconf
usionr
egar
dingyourpayr
[Link]
tunatel
y,ourbudgethasbeencut
andsowe'vehadtoreducetheamounthatwecanoffer
.Ihopethiscl
earsthingsupbutdo
comebackt omeifyou'
dli
kemoreinf
ormation.
Ans-
I'
m sosorr
yforal
lthemisunderstandingabouty
ourpayscal
[Link]
ort
unat
elyourbudget
wascutandsowehadt oincreasedtheamountwecoul dgi
[Link]
hat
'scl
eari
ngthi
ngsup
buti
fyou'
dli
kemor edetai
l
s,comebackt ome.
21.
Markyourcal
endar
sf ortheof
ficeparThi
syear
,wear
ehavingabar
becue,
Sat
urdaynightat
Gum Dressi
[Link]
gnupandt el
lushowmanypeopl
eyouwil
lbebr
ingi
[Link] ou
t
here
Ans-Mar
kyouroff
icecal
endarsparThi
syearwehav
eabarbecue,
Gum Dr
essisasunton
Satur
dayni
[Link]
gnuppleasetel
lushowmanypeopley
ouaregoingt
obri
[Link]
t