Ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to this electronics exhibition. Here you can find almost all of the latest products of our company. Let’s go to the hardware section first. Please follow me. The products on display in this section are specially designed for old people who wish to use a computer at home. Look at the keyboard. Its big keys are particularly easy to use by those whose eyesight is not good enough. Here, please take a close look at the mouse. It can fit all sizes of hands. Besides, it has a special sound effect. Listen, not only are the sound pleasant, but the two buttons give out different sounds. Now. I’ll give you three minutes to try for yourselves. Then we’ll go to the software section.
John Wilson is the general manager of a big company. He is always very busy and travels a lot. He’ll be away for business all next week. He’ll visit several cities on this trip, have meetings with some managers from other companies, see a lot salespeople and listen to their reports. Mary is his secretary and she won’t go with him. She’ll stay in the office, answering John’s letters and telephones, keeping contact with other companies and calling John to let him know about anything important. She’ll also be in charge of all the employees in the office. She wants to do a good job, because she hopes to be promoted.
I’m a full-time white-collar worker. I should say my working conditions are really good. The working hours are reasonable. I work 38 hours a week from Monday to Friday. I get a four-week holiday with pay. I always go on a two-week vacation in the summer. And I usually take another week to travel abroad in the
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winter. That still leaves a few days if I want to take time off for something else. We are even allowed to take unpaid leave if it is really necessary. Our company introduced a flexible working time system last year. So I can start any time between 8 and 9 in the morning. And sometimes, I can leave as early as 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to the company. My name is Peter Johnson. I’m the Production manager. I will be showing you around today. It should take about 20 minutes to see the factory and another 10 minutes to take a look at the laboratory. Altogether, our tour should last about half an hour. During the tour, please feel free to ask questions. I will be happy to answer them. Now, please wear these protective hard hats and safety glasses because we must care about your safety and we want to ensure that there are no injuries. I must also tell you that smoking is not allowed during the tout. Well, if you don’t have any questions shall we get start? First I’ll take you to the factory. This way. Please.
Of all the people around me, my mother is the dearest. I love her and I enjoy spending time with her. In the future when we grows old, I will still stay with her. In my country the sons and daughters usually live with their parents. So when the parents are old, they won’t fell lonely. But in some other countries young people don’t like to live with their parents. Some of them even think their parents are a burden to them. In my opinion, old people know a lot of things that can help us and teach us. Therefore I enjoy living with my mother, especially when she is old
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and needs more of my love and care.
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