Listening – Section 1 No.03
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MP3 – Youtube
Answer
- (photo)copier
- ongoing
- immediately
- original broken
- more functions
- Mike Greene
- fax machines
- headphones
- mobile phones
- (new) mouses
Transcript
| Mike: | Hi, Jane. You mentioned that we might need some new equipment in the office, |
| Jane: | Absolutely. What we’ve got is too old, and much of it is faulty. |
| Mike: | Well, you know how difficult it is to replace equipment. I guess I’ll just use another requisition form. We can fill it out now. |
| Jane: | If you don’t mind. |
| Mike: | I suppose you’re going to complain about the printer again? |
| Jane: | Sure, my printer’s bad, but the copier is almost unworkable. It jams all the time, it’s too slow, and it’s already been repaired four or five times. We’ve got to do something about it. |
| Mike: | Okay, I’ll put that down on the form. So, you want a copier, not a printer, and you work in accounts, right? |
| Jane: | Yes, that’s right—the accounts department. |
| Mike: | Okay, but this is a requisition form. There’s meant to be a limit on the length of time you can have the item. |
| Jane: | We need it forever. The old machine’s almost useless. The moment it gets repaired, it breaks again. |
| Mike: | Well, I’ll just write ‘ ongoing’, okay? That basically means the item will stay with us until I say otherwise. Now, the next question is, when do you want it? In a few days? One week? It usually takes a while for these things to arrive. |
| Jane: | If it arrived today, it would be better. We need it as soon as possible. Can you write ‘today’? |
| Mike: | Well, it can’t come that quickly. I’ll just write ‘immediately’. But be warned, that means it may still take some time to get here. Perhaps a day or two. |
| Jane: | That’s annoying. We’ve got so much unexpected demand right now. |
| Mike: | Good. I’ll write that as one of the reasons. We need three reasons, you know, or they won’t grant this request. So, for the second reason, I’ll write ‘original broken’. |
| Jane: | And that’s essentially true. It is broken. |
| Mike: | The truth is always good. But can you think of one more reason? |
| Jane: | Not really. But those first two reasons are surely strong enough, aren’t they? |
| Mike: | Well, I think we still need a third reason. Maybe I’ll have to bend the truth a bit. I’ll just write, ah … ‘Require more functions’, okay? |
| Jane: | Or you could write, ‘require faster speed’. |
| Mike: | No, all these copiers operate at the same speed, so that reason won’t sound true. |
| Jane: | Okay, whatever it takes. |
| Mike: | Right! And shall I put your name, Jane Huang, spelt with a ‘u’, right? |
| Jane: | Well, actually, I would say your name would be more likely to get speedier results. |
| Mike: | Alright. I certainly don’t mind putting my name with this. ‘ Mike Greene’, G — R—E … |
| Jane: | Just like the colour ‘green’, right—but with that final ‘E’ which often tricks people. |
| Mike: | Yes, that ‘E’ at the end tricks them all the time. |
| Mike: | Actually, Jane, talking about office equipment needed, I’ve got a list before me of all the items purchased last year. There’s certainly a lot, and I can see why the owners are getting concerned. Obviously, some things are necessary in the business, like the twenty boxes of copying paper I’v just ordered. And it shows here that last year our office ordered two fax machines, which is certainly not excessive, but there’s a lot of other equipment on this form which may raise questions. |
| Jane: | Yeah, but we had special circumstances, Mike. We renovated the office and had to replace all the computers and printers. Seventeen, I think. |
| Mike: | We actually got the printers from another department, so it didn’t cost us, but sure, with 17 people all needing computers, that was a considerable expense. Along with the 15 speakers, and 16 headphones. Why did we need those? |
| Jane: | Everyone was using ‘skype’ to communicate with clients. They still do, of course. It’s a very popular way to communicate. |
| Mike: | And we have six items here, as well. |
| Jane: | Printers? But you said we got them from another department? |
| Mike: | No, mobile phones. Paid for by the company. I remember that—for our agents out in the field. They used to use landline phones, belonging to the clients. Okay … we also ordered lots of lighting equipment, but that can be expected. I’m not worried about that: 27 lamps, and over 34 fluorescent lights. |
| Jane: | And we needed 13 new mouses as well, to replace some of the old ones. All of the replacement computers had screens — very nice screens — but some of them lacked mouses. |
| Mike: | Well, at least it wasn’t 13 fans like the marketing department has just asked for. Alright, so basically, the amount of equipment ordered last year was quite considerable, but it was all necessary. |