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PARAGRAPH 1Do you know how long it takes to do something like that? Everybody here seems to think itcan be done in no time. ! we start today" we#ll be lucky to be $nished by ne%t week workinground the clock.

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'hatever ha((ened to him? )he last thing heard was that he had !ound a *ob in +outhA!rica and was (lanning to marry a girl there. ,ut that was !our years ago. +ince then haven#t heard a thing.

PARAGRAPH -Don#t get mad at me started calling him when got here this morning and his line hasbeen busy all day. 'hat else can do" send him a telegram? Either his (hone is broken or hedoesn#t want anybody calling him.

PARAGRAPH /0irst o! all" #d like to thank you !or everything you#ve done !or me these last !ew months. don#t know what would#ve done i! it hadn#t been !or your hel(. really a((reciate it. ! youever need anything" be sure to let me know.

PARAGRAPH 'here in the world have you been? 'e#ve been looking all over the (lace !or you 'hen areyou going to learn to tell your secretary where you#re going when you leave your o2ce? )he(oor girl never knows where you are.

PARAGRAPH 3! you want your (eo(le to work e4ectively" you have to make them know what you e%(ect o! them. 5nce you#ve done this" you have a basis on which to analy6e their (er!ormance as wellas concrete !acts to back you u( when the time comes to sit down with them and talk abouttheir work.

PARAGRAPH 7 8es" #ve seen him lately. n !act" had lunch with him *ust this a!ternoon. He was very(leased with your re(ort. He told me it was one o! the best he#s seen in a long time. 9ee( u(the good work.

PARAGRAPH :)here#s an old saying that goes ;Don#t leave !or tomorrow what you can do todayeave !or tomorrow what you should do todaybecause you might not have to do it at all. 'ith all these cancellations" @m starting tobelieve her.

PARAGRAPH guess we#ll *ust have to bear the bad (ublicity. )he (ress has reached the (oint where theydo *ust about whatever they (lease. And what#s worse" (eo(le tend to believe that whateverthe (a(ers say must be the truth.

PARAGRAPH 1B 8ou#d better be more care!ul the ne%t time. )here are a !ew sub*ects he#s (retty sensitiveabout" and the sooner you learn what they are" the better !or all o! us. ! there#s one thinghe can#t stand" itCs an overly con$dent subordinate. e%t time" (resent alternatives. He likesthat.

PARAGRAPH 11 8ou@re right in that our maintenance contract is e%(ensive" but donCt !orget that it coverseverything. 0or e%am(le" i! you accidentally s(ill your co4ee on the keyboard" we#ll (rovideyou with a !ree re(lacement until your machine is $%ed. And i! we can#t $% it" you can kee(the second one.

PARAGRAPH 1&'ell" what do you think about him? He seems to me to be the right man !or the *ob. ( tonow" he#s always been an honest" hardFworking !ellow" and com(letely loyal to the com(any.! anybody#s ca(able o! handling the *ob" think he is.


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PARAGRAPH 1-He#s the stubbornest man #ve ever met. s(ent seven hours with him yesterday" and stilldon#t think was able to change his mind 11 even the smallest details. )hank God don#thave to deal with him very o!ten. t would drive me cra6y.

PARAGRAPH 1/! you ever come back to ew 8ork" be sure to look me u(. Here#s my address. #m availableat anytime to show (eo(le around the town" and nobody knows the ,ig A((le better than do. 8ou can be sure o! that

PARAGRAPH 1onvincing im is like (ersuading a kangaroo to give u( *um(ing. 8ou can twist his arm allyou want" but you#ll never make him look at things your way. n a way" it#s good His (ositionreIuires a strong character and a decisive mind.

PARAGRAPH 13)eaching a language is like any other ty(e o! training. ! a teacher wants to succeed in histask" he must know how to control his students as well as entertain them. )he actualteaching as(ect o! the class is im(ortant" but it can never stand by itsel!.

PARAGRAPH 17 don#t know why they didn#t (ut your name on the list. t must have been sim(ly anoversight. 'hy don#t you call Jr. ohnson? He#s in charge o! the whole thing. @m always in!avour o! going straight to the horse#s mouth.

PARAGRAPH 1:'ell" gentlemen" we#ve got a (roblem on our hands. 'hat shall we do about Jr. +mith? He#sbeen a good" reliable em(loyee u( to now. really can#t understand what#s gotten into him.5nly a ho(eless lunatic would order &"BBB orange tu%edos

PARAGRAPH 1 know how you !eel. #m worn out too. t#s been Iuite a hectic day !or all o! us. ,y the way"are you going to that (arty tonight? really don#t !eel like it. )hey told me it would last untilone or two. And i! that#s the case" they#ll have to carry me home

PARAGRAPH &B'hat would you have done i! it had ha((ened to you? t#s always easy to second guess(eo(le a!ter the !act. ! knew be!orehand what my boss# reactions would be to my

(ro(osals" #d really have my ammunition ready.

PARAGRAPH &1#ve had a lot o! things done to my house lately. @ve had the whole interior (ainted and #vehad the ceiling lowered so that can save some money on the heating bill. #ve had a newcar(et (ut in" and #ve had new (lumbing installed.

PARAGRAPH && don#t know whether to believe him or not. 0irst he told me he was going to Rome and thenhe went and told his boss he was going to a wedding in his hometown. ! he kee(s doingthings like that" (eo(le are going to sto( trusting him.

PARAGRAPH &-,y the way" we went to that restaurant you recommended the other day. t was really good.)hey o4ered us a !ree glass o! cham(agne and we stayed there about hal! an hour longerthan we e%(ected. 'hen we got back to the car" it had been broken into and the radio wasgone.

PARAGRAPH &/)his (lace used to be bustling with (eo(le. )rains came in every 1 minutes. ,ut ever sincethey built that station on --#d street" it#s never been the same. ow could walk throughthe station blindF!olded and wouldn#t am into anyone.

PARAGRAPH &'aiting is the worst (art o! the *ob. Everyday have to see about !our di4erent (ros(ectsand usually end u( waiting u( to hal! an hour !or each one. Add all that time u( and you#llsee that s(end at least two hours a day doing nothing.


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PARAGRAPH &3o wonder he#s angry ! something like that had ha((ened when ones was here" someheads would#ve rolled. owadays" nobody seems to want the res(onsibility. rememberwhen there used to be some authority around here.

PARAGRAPH &7'eCve never had a +e(tember as hot as this one. )hey say the climate is changing aroundthe world and that some o! the (olar ice ca( is starting to melt" raising the sea level. Prettysoon our coastal towns will be under water.

PARAGRAPH &:'hen you get to the main gate" show the guards this card. t should get you through with no(roblem. ,ut i! !or some reason they hold you u(" have them call the name wrote on theback o! the card. He#ll be able to handle any s(ecial (roblem that might come u(.

PARAGRAPH &t#s a good thing Eddie was here. don#t know what we would#ve done otherwise. know hecan be a (ain in the neck sometimes" but nobody knows more about $%ing things than hedoes.

PARAGRAPH -B'hen the movie gets to the (art about the (lane crash" get u( and go to the (hone locatednear the restrooms. all ohnson@s number and let the (hone ring three times. )hen hang u(and call him back immediately. He#ll answer it this time and give you your instructions.

PARAGRAPH -1Everybody was so ca(tivated by the beauty o! the (er!ormance that very !ew reali6ed thesmoke coming out o! a nearby ventilation duct. ,y the time most o! the (eo(le becameaware o! the danger" it was too late.

PARAGRAPH -&#ve met a lot o! (eo(le who s(eak English well" but very !ew who have mastered thelanguage without having lived in a country where it#s s(oken. )he only alternative to livingabroad is contact with the language on the *ob and many hours o! reading.

PARAGRAPH --Jy wi!e#s going to serve a s(ecial Je%ican dish tonight. ow (romise me that you#ll try it. tmay look aw!ul" but once you#ve tasted it" you#ll be hooked. )hough most Je%ican !ood is an

acIuired taste" think you#ll like this dish on the $rst try.

PARAGRAPH -/)rust me. #ll get it done in time. )hat#s why my !ee is a little higher than most o! mycom(etitors#= can do the *ob even under some o! the tightest deadlines. have a lot o! e%(erience doing overnight *obs.

PARAGRAPH -0igures can tell a dramatic story o! success or !ailure" and #m ha((y to say that the $gures#m going to reveal to you today re(resent good news !or all o! us. As in recent years" wehave once again sur(assed our estimated goals.

PARAGRAPH -3'hen you s(eak" i! you don#t want your listener to think ;!ailure" avoid the word" and anywords im(lying ;chance or ;risk. 8ou can always $nd (ositive words to say the samething. 8ou don#t make (eo(le en*oy a steak by reminding them that it#s a (iece o! dead cow.

PARAGRAPH -7As you get older" you#ll reali6e how !oolish you#ve been today. 8ou may think you@ve made a(oint" but you#ve done nothing more than make a !ool o! yoursel!. t takes a lot o! courage to!ace u( to the !act.

PARAGRAPH -:'hen my s(eech was over" o(ened the session to Iuestions. Jy $rst sur(rise was to see aroom !ull o! blank !aces staring back at me. Alter so much (re(aration and so many hours o! rehearsing" reali6ed that they didn#t care much about what had said.

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>isten. need to leave the room !or a minute to make a short (hone call. @ll be back in a !ewseconds. n the meantime" do these e%ercises. ! thereCs any word you don#t understand"ski( the sentence and go on to the ne%t one.

PARAGRAPH &)he only accident #ve ever had was when was driving a rented car. A!ter only about 1minutes behind the wheel" had a blowFout and was lucky to kee( the car on my side o! theroad. )he !unny thing was that all the tires were brand new according to the car rental $rm.

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,ill tried to *oin the avy but was turned down because o! his (oor eyesight. )hat was abouttwo years ago. really !elt sorry !or him" because his !ather and grand!ather had bothreached the rank o! Admiral in the .+. avy. t had always been ,ill#s dream to serve on ashi(.

PARAGRAPH /)he inMation is terrible in this country. +ince got here about eight months ago" (rices havegone u( more than -B (ercent. @m already having to do without a lot o! things. was goingto buy a car but now #m barely able to make ends meet.

PARAGRAPH 'hen a((lying !or the *ob" candidates must write a (ro(osal to the Personnel Janagersuggesting (ossible solutions to an im(ortant issue in (resentFday labour relations. )he(ro(osal should be brie! and to the (oint.

PARAGRAPH 3'hen was a teenager" always !ound some kind o! *ob to do in the summer. made a dealwith my !ather that once reached 13 and got my drivers# license" he would buy me a car i! (aid /B (ercent o! it. had to work two summers to save u( enough money to (ay him my(art.

PARAGRAPH 7Jost (eo(le think he#s coldFhearted" but what they don#t reali6e is that he#s su4ered a lot inhis li!e. His $rst two children died at birth and his only living son is (ermanentlyhandica((ed.

PARAGRAPH :! you want to im(ress him" the best thing you can do is to do your *ob e4ectively. He#s a !air

man and can guarantee you that i! you work well" he#ll reward you !or it. Every (romotionin this com(any since came here has been based on merit and nothing else.

PARAGRAPH Don#t let him make you nervous. He likes to make cynical comments during (resentations. 8ou#re not the $rst (erson he#s tried to unsettle. 8ou#ll get used to it. And besides" the bossknows he#s like that and doesn#t (ay any attention to him.

PARAGRAPH 3BHe told me he had never been here be!ore" but a((arently he lied to me. ( to now" #vealways trusted him. He#s always seemed like a very honest and trustworthy man. 0rom nowon Cll be more care!ul with what say to him.

PARAGRAPH 315ne thing #ve learned over the years is that you should never swim against the current. ! you see that your actions will not change the course o! history" you#re wasting your abilitiesby $ghting against the tide.

PARAGRAPH 3& would strongly advise you to think about it a little more be!ore making a decision. @m sureyou reali6e that the direction you take at this time will inMuence the rest o! your li!e. t#s nota matter to be taken lightly.

PARAGRAPH 3-#m really sorry to hear about the death o! your sister. #ve been away !or some time" andsince got back" no one has told me about it. ! had known" would#ve come back muchsooner to o4er you my hel( and consolation.


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PARAGRAPH 3/! everything goes as (lanned" we should receive the $rst shi(ment by ne%t week. )hen we#llbe able to send a sam(le to the lab to have it tested. 5nce we#ve com(leted this ste(" #llneed your a((roval to go ahead and start (roduction.

PARAGRAPH 3)here are a lot o! things like to do in my s(are time. 5ne thing sim(ly can#t understandare these (eo(le who die o! boredom a!ter two years o! retirement. #m a!raid that when retire" won#t have enough time in the day to do all the things like to do.

PARAGRAPH 33Hello" ohn. #m glad you were able to come. #ve been looking over your service record and itseems you#ve been doing Iuite a good *ob !or the com(any these last !ew years. How wouldyou like to head our sales o2ce in 'isconsin? know it would mean moving to a colderclimate and leaving all your !riends in 0lorida" but think the 5((ortunities the *ob o4ersmake the change worthwhile. 'hat do you think?

PARAGRAPH 375ne o! the Iuestions they asked me was what would do i! had to choose between sendinga man to (rison !or something he hadn#t done" or going to (rison mysel!. answered theIuestion the way thought they would want me to answer.

PARAGRAPH 3: wonder what the world would he like i! everyone s(oke the same language. really don#t

think it would be much di4erent than it is today. 8ou know" the Arabs all s(eak the samelanguage and" as !ar as know" they#ve never been able to get along with each other verywell.

PARAGRAPH 3>isten. 8ou#ve got to make a bigger e4ort to understand the teachers# e%(lanations in class. 8ou#ve got to try and do the homework on your own" because the more hel( you with it" theless you#ll be able to solve (roblems using your own abilities.

PARAGRAPH 7BEver since he bought that machine" he hasn#t been the same man. He must s(end u( toseven hours a day working u( new (rograms and then changing them every hour. thoughthe wanted to buy the com(uter to teach the kids how to o(erate it" but since the very day itwas delivered" think he#s !orgotten he has children.

PARAGRAPH 71)he other day he gave me the key to his a(artment to take some (ackages there that he hadin his o2ce. Alter doing this" had another errand to run and com(letely !orgot to returnhis key. As it turned out" he didn#t have either my address or (hone number and he s(entthe night on a (ark bench.

PARAGRAPH 7& 8ou@ll see as you get older that the more you try to (lease (eo(le" the less they#ll a((reciateit. #ve learned that over the years and #ve never known any real e%ce(tion. t#s something@ve never been able to understand.

PARAGRAPH 7-! had my choice" #d live on the to( Moor o! a skyscra(er. t gives me a sense o! rela%ation

and control over my environment when #m able to look out over a city and watch all theactivity down below. !eel as i! #m immune to all the constant (roblems everyone has todeal with.

PARAGRAPH 7/ don#t want you to get the wrong idea. think your re(ort is clear and very well (re(ared.t#s *ust that it#s too long. 8ou know the boss# motto= ;othing is too com(licated that itcan#t be condensed down to one ty(ewritten (age. can guarantee you that as soon as hesees your re(ortN he#ll call you into his o2ce !or you to give him an oral summary.

PARAGRAPH 7 used to know a man whose !eet were so big that he had to wear s(eciallyOmade shoes. ,utthe worst (art o! it was that he was shorter than most (eo(le" and with those huge !eet" hereally looked out o! (ro(ortion. !elt sorry !or him.


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PARAGRAPH 73A!ter he recovered !rom the illness" he seemed like a di4erent man. He began doing thingshe had never done be!ore. He started reading great works o! literature. had never seenhim o(en a news(a(er" much less a (hiloso(hical novel

PARAGRAPH 77,e!ore he began his s(eech" made mysel! com!ortable in a backFrow chair. really didn#te%(ect to hear anything new. ,ut a!ter about two minutes" reali6ed that this was going tobe a historyFmaking s(eech.

PARAGRAPH 7:)he !astest way to get there is to take a right here" go down three blocks to JadisonAvenue" turn le!t and then kee( going straight until you reach --


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PARAGRAPH : 8ou should stay away !rom dogs like that. remember when was your age" was bitten by aDoberman and had to have a series o! shots. )hey were not the most (leasant thing in theworld. +ince then" #ve always been a!raid o! big dogs.

PARAGRAPH B@ve never seen him nor have ever heard o! him. don#t know why you kee( insisting that know him. >ook" #ve never been to Jiami and #ve never (layed in an orchestra. n !act" don#t even know how to (lay a musical instrument. #m not the man youCre looking !or.

PARAGRAPH 1He wants to know what the weather is like" what the (eo(le are like and what thecountryside is like. >ook" would you mind writing him? #ve really got a lot o! things to doand" besides" he considers you one o! his best !riends.

PARAGRAPH &'hoever caused this accident should be (ut behind bars. t#s one o! the worst #ve everseen. 'hat seems strange to me is how it could have ha((ened. )his is one o! the sa!estintersections in town and it seems that an accident o! this ty(e could easily have beenavoided.

PARAGRAPH -5nce" when was about your age" had the chance to work one summer on a merchantmarine shi( going to +outh America Jy (arents said it was okay and *oined the crew. A!terabout three days" though" they had to leave me in )rinidad. had been terribly seasick !or 7&straight hours.

PARAGRAPH /,y the way" would you mind telling your son not to wear his musical watch to school? t(lays a oneFminute tune every hal!Fhour and distracts the other kids. n !act" once it gotstuck and (layed ;5ld Jan River# # !or &B minutes.

PARAGRAPH >adies and gentlemen" this is your ca(tain s(eaking. 'e#ll be landing in about minutes and would like to advise you that i! you don#t already have you seat belt !astened" to (lease!asten it at this time. )hank you.

PARAGRAPH 3 treat my (eo(le according to the laws o! human nature" that is" with a carrot and a stick.

#ve always believed that the best way to get (eo(le to do what you want them to do is by asim(le a((lication o! rewards and (unishments. Do you know o! any better method?

PARAGRAPH 7'henever he has to give a s(eech or (resentation" most o! the (eo(le here try to $nd somee%cuse not to show u(. t was really embarrassing the other day. 5ut o! &: managers whowere su((osed to attend" only about eight showed u(.

PARAGRAPH :)rust me. know what #m doing. ! didn#t" wouldn#t be where am now. #m a winner and#ve always been one" because #m smarter than my counter(arts. And besides" #ve got a lotmore e%(erience than most o! these young attorneys.

PARAGRAPH 0irst we had to wait an e%tra hour because the (lane was delayed" and by the time we wereable to board" was so hungry could#ve eaten a horse. )hen" a !ew minutes a!ter takeo4"they announced that because o! certain (roblems" lunch would not be served.

PARAGRAPH 1BBEven though they knew didn#t know anything about the (ro*ect" they called me into themeeting to $nd out my o(inion. +ince wasn#t too well in!ormed on the sub*ect" gave thebest o(inion could under the circumstances. !elt (retty embarrassed des(ite the !act thatthey seemed to a((reciate my (oint o! Kiew Iuite a lot.

PARAGRAPH 1B1He#s not only (lanning to reorgani6e some o! the de(artments" but he also has some otherthings in mind" such as dividing the sales de(artment into a local and e%(ort division. ! you


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want to know my o(inion" think it#s a good idea. t#s about time somebody did somethingto im(rove sales.

PARAGRAPH 1B&! had known you were going to make a mistake like that" would never have sent you to)okyo. couldn#t believe it when they told me. Do you reali6e how much business we couldlose because o! this?

PARAGRAPH 1B-#ve never seen such an odd a((roach to a (roblem. Don#t you think it would be more

e4ective to give the (eo(le some ty(e o! (rior warning be!ore taking such drasticmeasures? All know is that i! were one o! them" #d get (retty mad.

PARAGRAPH 1B/ tried to get a hold o! you the other day" but your line was busy !or more than an hour. +ince couldn#t get through to you" decided to go ahead and test the sam(les. )he $rst batch isokay" but the other one contains too much acid to be use!ul to us.

PARAGRAPH 1B)his wasn@t e%actly what e%(ected" but think can use it. )he only (roblem is that as soonas $nish the $rst ste( in the (rocess" #ll have to wait until the battery is recharged be!ore can go on. t#ll make the *ob slower" but it@s better than nothing.

PARAGRAPH 1B3He was a great man" but like all great men" he had his !aults like all the rest o! us. Hisbiggest (roblem was drinking. 'henever things !ell short o! this e%(ectation" he becameterribly de(ressed and s(ent months drinking chea( wine. ,y the time he reached B" hisliver was already giving him (roblems.

PARAGRAPH 1B7t#s too bad you couldn#t make it to the (arty. Everyone was there" even the gardener. think Peter was the $rst one to (ass out" and by midnight" most o! us could hardly stay on our!eet. think everybody had a good time though doubt i! many o! them remember muchabout it.

PARAGRAPH 1B:'ho taught you to sing like that? #ve never heard anyone reach those high notes like youdo. Do you reali6e how much talent you have? ! you let me be your manager" can (romiseyou that in a cou(le o! years" you#ll be the most !amous o(era star in the country.

PARAGRAPH 1B#d rather work double time mysel! than hire someone to hel( me. #ve worked with a lot o! (eo(le in my li!e and still haven#t !ound anyone !eel com!ortable working with. reali6e#m not the easiest (erson in the world to work with" but that#s the way am and can#t hel(it.

PARAGRAPH 11B'e#re glad to know that everything is arranged. 'e#ll be arriving on the -@;. 'e originallyintended to stay at the Palace Hotel" but since it#s being remodeled at the (resent time"we#ve decided to leave that decision u( to you. >et us know as soon as you#ve madereservations.

PARAGRAPH 111Growing u( is not easy !or most kids these days. remember when was young" moralvalues were much more established than they are today" or at least they seemed that way. try to raise my children right" but there are much too many outside !actors that inMuencethem.

PARAGRAPH 11&Don#t let it de(ress you" you#ll get used to it. 'hen got here" it took me at least a year toget used to the !ood. ow like it. 5ne thing #ve never gotten used to though is the way theguards treat us. t#s really humiliating.

PARAGRAPH 11-5ne thing can#t stand about these instruction manuals is that they take !or granted thatyou know electronics be!ore you buy the machine. 'hen bought mine" ended u( having to(ay a !ellow to show me how to o(erate it.


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PARAGRAPH 11/o" #m sorry. 8ou#ll have to $nd someone else to take that *ob. #m too coldFnatured to livein a (lace like that. Even here" where the tem(erature hardly ever dro(s below 1 degrees" have to wear a )Fshirt under my normal shirt *ust to kee( warm.

PARAGRAPH 11 wish it weren#t so easy !or (eo(le to get into the university nowadays. ollege graduatesused to be able to choose among a number o! *ob o4ers. ow they#re lucky to $nd an

em(loyer willing to read their rLsumLs

PARAGRAPH 113 8ou shouldn#t have said that with Danny in the room. 8ou know how he likes to re(eat thingsyou say. hildren are like ta(e recorders. )hey record everything you say in (rivate and then(lay it back to everyone in (ublic.

PARAGRAPH 117)hanks a lot !or the advice. t came in (retty handy. e%t time why don#t you come alongwith me? #m sure we could make a good team. would e%(lain the technical details and youwould give the moral encouragement. bet we could increase our sales by over &B (ercent.

PARAGRAPH 11:He has the most contagious laugh #ve ever heard. Cve !orbidden my (eo(le to tell *okes in

the o2ce because once he starts laughing" everyone else" including me" canCt kee( astraight !ace. n !act" it#s starting to a4ect our (er!ormance on the *ob.

PARAGRAPH 11'e#re looking !or a (erson who can handle the tele(hone with relative ease" who knows howto kee( (eo(le !rom bothering the hairman too o!ten" who s(eaks at least two !oreignlanguages" and who knows how to o(erate a word (rocessor.

PARAGRAPH 1&BHe tends to lose his tem(er at the slightest (rovocation. !eel sorry !or him" because he#sreally a nice guy" but some (eo(le like to take advantage o! this de!ect in meetings" makinghim look like a !ool.

PARAGRAPH 1&1EvanObody likes a ha((y ending and @m ha((y to announce that the $nal sales $gures !or

this year also have a ha((y ending. om(ared with last year#s $gures" our sales have risen- (ercent" raising our com(any#s gross (ro$ts by &3 (ercent. And i! everything goes ase%(ected" this year#s sales should climb even !aster.

PARAGRAPH 1&&! you asked me !or my o(inion" #d give it to you" even though don#t think you#d like it verymuch. ,ut since you never ask me" kee( Iuiet. And besides" you#re such a sensitive (ersonthat #d rather not have to disagree with you. 8ou#d get too u(set.

PARAGRAPH 1&- have no idea where he could be now. wrote him a cou(le o! letters last year" (lus ahristmas card" but got no re(ly. t#s really strange" because he always used to write back within a !ew weeks a!ter receiving my letters.

PARAGRAPH 1&/He insisted on seeing the baby because he was interested in knowing i! it was really as bigas they said it was. Alter being taken into the maternity room" where he stayed !or about$ve minutes" he went back home.

PARAGRAPH 1& wish had a *ob like his. Even though he works !or a com(any that assures him a stablesource o! income" the ty(e o! work he does gives him a lot o! inde(endence. t#s the kind o! *ob that no one else knows how to do" so he can do more o! less whatever he wants as longas he gets results.

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He#s got everything you could want in li!e. He#s got a li!etime income" he#s tall andhandsome" he#s e%tremely intelligent and he knows how to inMuence (eo(le. )he only thinghe lacks (erha(s is a true !riend.

PARAGRAPH 1&7)hings haven#t gone Iuite like we e%(ected" but #m still (retty con$dent that we can win.0irst o! all" we didn#t e%(ect to have so many in*uries. As #m sure you#re aware" o! the 1starters last +e(tember" we only have si% in good sha(e at this time.

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don#t think you should acce(t the *ob. )he (ay may be good" but there are some otherthings you should consider as well. 5ne thing know !or sure is that he#ll want you to do alot o! things that you#re not used to doing. +ince he doesn#t have a secretary" he has us do alot o! the work a secretary would normally do.

PARAGRAPH 1& see you#re making a lot o! (lans" but have you sto((ed to consider the (ossibility that your(eo(le might not want to carry them out? don@t want to discourage you. ,ut think youshould consult them be!ore making such im(ortant decisions a4ecting their working lives.

PARAGRAPH 1-B)he missile is controlled by a com(uteri6ed guidance system manu!actured by ohnsonAircra!t. ts (er!ormance during test Mights has been very encouraging and we !eelcon$dent that targets can be hit with an error margin o! less than -B !eet.

PARAGRAPH 1-1'henever we come hereN we always visit the same (laces. #m tired o! seeing the RoyalPalace and the ational Juseum. 'hy don#t we do something di4erent !or a change? 'hydon#t we rent a car and s(end a !ew days touring the countryside?

PARAGRAPH 1-&+ince the inheritance ta% is so high in my country" @ve decided to (ass my wealth on to myheirs slowly over the years in the !orm o! gi!ts. ! each year give them less than &B"BBBdollars" it#s ta%F!ree.

PARAGRAPH 1--5ne thing #ve been able to learn over the years is that you never get rich by working hard.)he key to making money is to know how to get things done through (eo(le. And anotherting. ! you really want to win in li!e" don#t work !or anybody but yoursel!.

PARAGRAPH 1-/He#s a lot taller than thought. had seen (ictures o! him" but never reali6ed he was sotall. And the strange thing about him is that he moves around like a (erson o! normalheight. He must have been a good basketball (layer when he was young.

PARAGRAPH 1- dread the idea o! having to go back there again. 0irst o! all" it@s so con!using that you haveto ask the girl at the in!ormation window where to go. ,ut to see her" you have to stand inline !or at least an hour" because everyone else has to do the same. t would drive thesanest man cra6y

PARAGRAPH 1-3)roo(s were sent in to restore order" but it only made things worse. At least three soldiers

were killed when someone threw a Jolotov cocktail !rom a to(FMoor window. )he crowd o! demonstrators didn#t dis(erse until (ast midnight.

PARAGRAPH 1-7He gets by thanks to a small (ension he receives !rom the Army. A((arently he waswounded in action in Kietnam and is (artially disabled. +ince he got back to the .+. morethan & years ago" he#s never even tried once to $nd a *ob.

PARAGRAPH 1-:>ook" i! he#s going to be at the dinner" you can count me out. can#t stand listening to himbrag about everything under the sun. don#t see how the rest o! you can get along with him.He#s an obno%ious bore

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o one knows why he did it. He#s never done anything like that be!ore. #ve known him !orover &B years and can assure you that #m as sur(rised as the rest o! the (eo(le aroundhere. He#s always seemed like such a (eace!ul man. t only shows that you can never be sureabout (eo(le" no matter how well you think you know them.

PARAGRAPH 1/B really en*oyed the commercials on your +aturday night (rogramming. t#s too bad theywere interru(ted so much by the movie. ! had my way" #d charge com(anies double toadvertise on )K. )he result would be about hal! the commercials there are now with(robably the same amount o! revenue.

PARAGRAPH 1/1t#s incredible how much money is thrown away on gambling in this country. Ever since theylegali6ed bingo and casinos" the Administration has earned in gambling ta%es more thanthey#ve earned in &B years with the lu%ury ta%.

PARAGRAPH 1/&He has a strange way o! looking at (eo(le. 8ou don@t know i! he#s interested in what you#resaying or thinking about something else. Personally" (re!er not to talk to him. He makesme so nervous that can#t e%(ress mysel! well.

PARAGRAPH 1/-t takes !orever to dry those sheets don#t know what kind o! material they#re made o!" but can leave them out in the summer sun !or 1B hours and they#re still too dam( to use. nrainy weather" sim(ly don#t use them.

PARAGRAPH 1//#m glad you had a chance to meet harlie. He#s a (retty nice !ellow" isn#t he? 'e met in theArmy and then ran into each other again several years later at a com(any convention. As itturned out" we had been working in the same com(any !or 1 years without reali6ing it.

PARAGRAPH 1/As the title indicates" the book is about the eternal conMict between (arents and theirchildren. t#s a story about di4erent generations with di4erent (oints o! view. However" inthis novel" the sub*ect is treated in a s(ecial way that makes the story uniIue. highlyrecommend it.

PARAGRAPH 1/3o matter what you do" you#ll always run into the (roblem o! the shortage o! raw materials.)here *ust aren@t enough mines in this country to su((ly our needs. )hat#s why we#ve alwayshad to resort to im(orts. t#s the only way we can survive.

PARAGRAPH 1/7 want you to listen to me because what @m going to tell you could change the course o! your li!e. Don#t mis*udge my intentions. #m only interested in o4ering you the best (ossibleo((ortunities. 8ou can take them or leave them.

PARAGRAPH 1/:#d like to ask you a !ew more Iuestions i! you don#t mind. Cm sure it#s not a (roblem !or youto stay a !ew more minutes. )he *ob we o4er is very im(ortant and we have to be com(letely

sure be!ore choosing a candidate.

PARAGRAPH 1/ overslee( !or three reasons mainly. 5ne is when !orget to set the alarm the night be!ore.Another is when reach over and turn it o4 and then go back to slee( without reali6ing it.)he most common reason" however" is when the alarm clock sim(ly doesn#t go o4. #ve had it$%ed three times" but it still can@t be trusted.

PARAGRAPH 1B can#t believe that he#s lived in the ongo all his li!e and he#s never tried a banana )hat#slike living in Germany and never eating sausage. He must be a strange guy when it comes toeating.

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Ever since he turned 3B" he#s done less and less work and delegated more to hissubordinates. He s(ends most o! his time doing crossword (u66les or reading thenews(a(er. t makes a bad im(ression when visitors come and they see him through theglass (anel working on a crossword (u66le.

PARAGRAPH 1&>ook. had three children by the time was &3 and had to $nd whatever was available tosu((ort the !amily. Don#t think took that *ob because liked it. 5n the contrary" had nochoice. t was a matter o! eating or not.

PARAGRAPH 1-Don#t worry about it. Everything will turn out okay. #ve known him !or Iuite some time. As amatter o! !act" we#re (retty good !riends. #ll give him a ring later this a!ternoon and e%(lainthe situation to him. #m sure he#ll understand. He#s not like you think he is.

PARAGRAPH 1/He was bitten in the ankle by a (oisonous snake. tCs a good thing he was with !riends"because i! he had been alone" he would never have made it back to the cam(. 'hen they gothim to the hos(ital" his le$ leg was (araly6ed" but there was enough time to save him.

PARAGRAPH 1! you want to install a gas heating system in your house" you#ll have to remove the Moor orthe ceiling in order to install the (i(es. 11 will also mean getting a (ermit !rom the localauthorities to connect your house to the city gas line.

PARAGRAPH 13#m sorry but it#s sold out. 8ou might try that bookstore across the street. )hey usually havea (retty big stock o! re!erence books and you might $nd what you#re looking !or there. ! you (re!er to wait" we should have it here by the middle o! ne%t week.

PARAGRAPH 17 would#ve been there i! #d known you were going to give a s(eech. Don#t !eel o4ended the!act is was (lanning to attend the banIuet" but my wi!e had a (retty high tem(eraturewhen got home !rom work and decided not to go.

PARAGRAPH 1:t#ll be a lot easier once we#ve $nished with the court case. have to s(end at least hal! mytime getting together all the s(ecial documents my attorney needs. ust to give you an

e%am(le" haven#t had time to call a single distributor since the end o! last month.

PARAGRAPH 1)he only (roblem is the language. )hey want somebody who can s(eak and write 0rench.A((arently the *ob reIuires travelling abroad. and the head o2ce is located in Paris. )heytold me that i! it hadn#t been !or the language (roblem" they wouldCve hired me.

PARAGRAPH 13B 8ou#ll never be able to succeed in this *ob i! you maintain that attitude. )he $rst thing youhave to do is acce(t the advice o! others. )hey#re only trying to hel( you. ,esides" they#vegot a lot o! e%(erience and can (robably make your transition (eriod a lot less ha6ardous.

PARAGRAPH 1310irst o! all" you shouldnCt have had it (ainted that colour. 'hen the boss $nds out" he#sgoing to kill you. Also" don#t know why you had the !ans removed. know you#re (lanningto install air conditioning" but the (ro*ect hasnCt been authori6ed yet" and the boss is in acostFcutting mood.

PARAGRAPH 13&)he $rst thing want to know is whose car was (arked here when the bomb went o4. +ome(eo(le say it was a Renault and others that it was an 5(el. ! it was an 5(el" it doesn#tbelong to anyone here. ! it was a. Renault" it could belong to a number o! em(loyees.

PARAGRAPH 13-)he courtroom was !ull o! re(orters when the *udge came in. He had them leave and thenaddressed the (eo(le who remained. He reminded us o! the seriousness o! the case at handand told us that any ty(e o! recording eIui(ment was strictly !orbidden.


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PARAGRAPH 13/He wouldCve avoided the accident i! he had noticed the truck coming *ust an instant sooner.He was a very skil!ul driver and this only (roves that no matter how well you normally drive"an accident can occur when you least e%(ect it.

PARAGRAPH 13)he Government has a((roved a reIuest !rom car insurance com(anies asking that they bee%em(ted !rom (aying medical and hos(ital costs i! a driver or (assenger wasn#t wearing aseat belt at the time o! an accident. )he (roblem is that most (eo(le won#t be able to (aythe hos(ital bills.

PARAGRAPH 133Do you mean you don#t have anyone to stay with the baby when you go sho((ing? Do youmean you leave the child alone at home? Do you reali6e what could ha((en? )he child is onlya year and hal!. )he most common cause o! in!ant accidents is negligence on the (art o! the(arents.

PARAGRAPH 137rying won#t hel(" that#s !or sure. 'hat you need to do is (re(are your arguments" (racticeyour (resentation and go back with a (ositive attitude. Jake them !eel your (resence byacting con$dently and not letting them interru(t you whenever they !eel like it.

PARAGRAPH 13:5ne thing you should never do i! you want to be success!ul in this *ob is ignore the needs o!

your (ersonnel. )hey#re the key to your success. ! they don#t !eel like they#re working in acom(any that truly a((reciates their e4orts" theyCll soon get discouraged and losee4ectiveness.

PARAGRAPH 13t took him only two days to learn something that takes most children several months tomaster. Do you reali6e how advanced your son is !or his age? He should be taken out o! thisschool and (ut in one !or gi!ted children. He#s way ahead o! his classmates.

PARAGRAPH 17B#ve already been to a number o! em(loyment o2ces" but they don#t have anything thatinterests me. )hey only want maids and (artFtime ty(ists. guess could call harlie. don#treally want to" but su((ose have no choice. don#t like asking !riends !or a *ob.

PARAGRAPH 171'e had all s(ent at least !our hours (re(aring everything !or the (arty. t was going to be asur(rise. 'e were e%(ecting him to get to the o2ce at " but he didn#t show u( until muchlater. ,y the time he got there" there were only a !ew o! us le!t to wish him a ha((y birthday.

PARAGRAPH 17&! you want to drink it like it#s su((osed to be drunk" that is" like the Russians drink it" youneed a small glass and you should (our *ust enough vodka into it so that you can drink it inone swallow.

PARAGRAPH 17-t was such an e%citing movie that !orgot when it was over to call harlie. was su((osedto call him because we had made (lans to meet at a restaurant near his house. t wasn#tuntil about an hour later that remembered to ring him.

PARAGRAPH 17/ 8ou#ll have more trouble understanding them than you think. +ince most o! them have neverbeen abroad" they don#t know how to s(eak to !oreigners. )hey#re not used to talking slowlyand choosing easy words. )hey don#t reali6e that your English is limited.

PARAGRAPH 17He works much harder than he used to. n !act" he used to be one o! the worsttroublemakers this com(any bad t#s strange how much some (eo(le change over the years.ow he takes on more res(onsibility than most o! his !ellow managers and seems muchmore serious on the *ob.


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PARAGRAPH 173)hey went on a Jediterranean cruise to Genoa" a(les" 9or!u and Athens. would#ve gone with them i! hadn#t had that accident in uly. 'hen they got back" theyshowed me the (ictures they had taken. )hey must have taken BB

PARAGRAPH 177 don#t know why you never say anything to him? Don#t you get tired o! waiting !or him daya!ter day? Ever since met him" he#s never been able to get anywhere on time. think hedoes it on (ur(ose. ! had to deal with him as much as you do" #d do something about it.

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t@s !unny" isn#t it? )hey always seemed like such a normal old cou(le. o one would haveever thought they had a million dollars in the bank. And since hardly anyone (aid anyattention to them e%ce(t the (ostman" who chatted with them !or a !ew minutes everyday"they le!t their entire !ortune to him. )hey didn#t have any natural heirs.

PARAGRAPH 17#ve tried everything" but to no avail. #ve tried talking to his !ather. @ve tried sending him tothe school (sychologist. #ve tried (unishing him in !ront o! his classmates. #ve triedworking with him alter school hours. #ve run out o! things to do. guess might as well giveu(.

PARAGRAPH 1:B don#t know why itCs so (o(ular these days to teach children how to read and write at sucha young age. Jy son#s only !our and they#re already teaching him arithmetic 'hat heshould be doing is (ainting (ictures" tying knots and learning how to get along 'ith kids hisage.

PARAGRAPH 1:1)he Might was delayed in ew 8ork because o! early morning !og. )hat#s why wasn#t able toconnect in >ondon with the Might to Rome. got to the gate 1B minutes late. )'A got meonto a later Might and (aid !or my dinner at the >ondon air(ort.

PARAGRAPH 1:&#ll go ahead with the (lan as long as you (romise to back me u(. ! not" !orget about it. #mnot going to risk my neck i! the rest o! you aren#t going to do your (art as well. haven#t!orgotten what ha((ened the last time we tried something like this.

PARAGRAPH 1:-! were you" #d (ut my money on ohnson. Even though he@s a lot older" heCs still !aster with

his hands than +mith. And he has a lot more e%(erience" too. +mith#s only won three(ro!essional $ghts. How do you e%(ect him to beat a veteran like ohnson?

PARAGAPH 1:/As soon as you (ick u( your baggage and (ass through ustoms" look !or a rather short manwho#ll be holding a sign with your name on it. )hat#s one o! our drivers and he#ll take you toyour hotel. )he same !ellow will be at the hotel at 7=-B the ne%t morning to bring you to theo2ce.

PARAGRAPH 1:n his later years" he was obsessed with the idea o! Euro(e#s decline. He started twodi4erent essays on the sub*ect" but never $nished them. He constantly attacked theindividual and collective sel$shness o! the Euro(eans.

PARAGRAPH 1:3He always kee(s a maga6ine ne%t to his bed to read when he can#t slee(. He#s gone to manydoctors about his insomnia but heCs never been able to $nd a lasting cure. 'hen he wasyounger" it didn#t hurt his (er!ormance on the *ob" but as he#s gotten older" his work hasbegun to decline.

PARAGRAPH 1:7Jost Euro(eans take their summer vacation in August. n the +tates" most o! us take two orthree weeks in une or uly. August is not a sacred vacation month here in the .+. like it isin Euro(e. n !act" #ve never had a $ll month o4 like most Euro(eans have.

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#ll never do that again. 8ou can be sure o! that. didn#t e%(ect to have so much troublegetting those (a(ers signed. .t seems that no one around here wants to acce(t cures(onsibility !or anything never had this (roblem in the other com(any where

PARAGRAPH 1: 8ou should make a bigger e4ort to save (art o! your salary each month. Do you reali6e thati! you save only oneF$!th o! your salary and (ut it in a bank at (ercent" youCd be amillionaire by the time you were 3?

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! you really want to drive him cra6y" (ut him in a *ob that reIuires $lling out a lot o! !orms!or the Administration. once had a *ob like that and can guarantee you that he#ll go cra6ywithin a year i! not sooner.

PARAGRAPH 11)he tribes o! East A!rica are Iuite di4erent item the ones you visited along the west coast.)hey#re not Iuite as black" (erha(s because o! the Arabic and ndian inMuence. Also theirtribal customs are com(letely di4erent. would say that there#s a bigger di4erence betweenthem than there is in Euro(e between +wedes and talians.

PARAGRAPH 1&'orking with him was the greatest o((ortunity #ve ever had in my working li!e. agree withyou that he#s a demanding boss" but he#s !air with everybody. And one thing that considervery im(ortant is that he doesn#t e%(ect his (eo(le to work long hours. He doesn#t let

anyone waste time on the *ob" so it#s normal !or the work to be done !aster.

PARAGRAPH 1-Don#t worry" Cll get there on time. 'hen have ever arrived late !or an im(ortant meeting?And besides" have you !orgotten that have to give the $rst (resentation? )he last thing #dwant to do is make a bad im(ression by being late.

PARAGRAPH 1/'hen we reached the to( o! the mountain" we had a sandwich and some wine. )he view wasreally im(ressive. had never reali6ed how Mat that area o! the country was. could see allthe way to the ne%t (rovince. ! there hadn#t been a slight ha6e" we could#ve seen the ca(itolbuilding.

PARAGRAPH 1)he main reason the movie made so much money was that a lot o! kids saw it two" three and

even !our times. #d guess that u( to /B (ercent o! the (eo(le who saw the $lm" went atleast twice. )here#s something about it that makes you want to see it again

PARAGRAPH 135ur neighbours u(stairs kee( their )K so loud that our walls vibrate. n !act" i! we want towatch a show" we really don#t have to turn u( the volume" because we can hear the )Ku(stairs without any (roblem

PARAGRAPH 17! had won as much money as he did" the $rst thing #d do would be to move into a biggerhouse. #d (ay !or the house in cash and then (ut the rest o! the money in the bank at thebest interest rate (ossible. )he last thing #d do would be to start a com(any. t creates toomany (roblems.

PARAGRAPH 1:)he main di4erence between Euro(eans and Americans is that the Euro(eans get dressedbe!ore having break!ast and the Americans usually get dressed a!ter having break!ast in my(y*amas. +ince came to Euro(e" #ve always had break!ast with a tie on.

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