Transcripts Laura This is the second.
– … but then we found that if we just adjusted the size of the packaging slightly, by that I mean 5 mm narrower on the top edge, and made it 8 mm longer from top to bottom, then it was possible to solve that problem.
– Well, I’m glad to hear you worked it out in the end. So, Tom, it was a pleasure to meet you. I need to talk to some other people, too, but I’d like to continue our conversation some other time. May I have your business card and I’ll give you a call within the next couple of days?
Laura And the third.
– … but then we found that if we just adjusted the size of the packaging slightly, by that I mean 5 mm narrower on the top edge, and made it 8 mm longer from top to bottom, then it was possible to solve that problem.
– Well, I’m glad to hear you worked it out in the end. So, it’s been a pleasure chatting to you, but I’m sure you want to meet some other people, and I need to mingle, too. I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.
2.5 So, Tom, it was a pleasure to meet you. I need to talk to some other people, too, but I’d like to continue our conversation some other time. May I have your business card and I’ll give you a call within the next couple of days?
Well, I’m glad to hear you worked it out in the end. So, it’s been a pleasure chatting to you, but I’m sure you want to meet some other people, and I need to mingle, too. I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.
2.6 a I think I’d be OK, … b So, when you enter the room … c OK, that’s understandable, … d OK, so we have identified which group … e So, it’s been a pleasure chatting to you …
2.7 Diego Hi Misaki, how did your interview for the internship go? Misaki Not very well, I think. It didn’t last very long – I was out of the interview room within 20 minutes.
Sarah That’s strange. You are so well qualified for that position, I was sure you’d do well.
Misaki There were three people interviewing me. I hadn’t expected that, and it made me feel very nervous. So maybe I didn’t make a good first impression.
Diego You know, I was reading an article online a couple of days ago about first impressions. It said you’ve only got seven seconds to make a good impression when you first meet people at interviews or networking events.
Sarah Yeah, I read something similar, but it said three seconds. That’s even worse.
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Diego Whatever. Anyway, it’s a very short time. Misaki Did they give any tips for making a good first impression?
Sarah Let me think. Well, they said you should smile and shake hands with everyone.
Misaki I did that, I think. At least I remember shaking hands with them all. I don’t know if I smiled or not, I was so nervous.
Diego The article I read said that smiling is really important, but I know it isn’t easy in that situation.
Sarah True, and another thing I read was that you should make good eye contact with the person who is speaking to you. That makes you seem self-confident.
Misaki Oh dear, I definitely didn’t do that! I tried not to look the interviewers in the eye at all, to show respect for them. In Japan, we generally avoid looking directly at people when we talk to them, especially bosses or interviewers.
Sarah Oh, no. For us Americans, not having eye contact looks like you’re unreliable or not confident. I’m sorry Misaki, we should have told you this before. I never knew that. You usually make eye contact with me, maybe not as much as my American friends, but still …
Misaki Well, you’re my friend and I’ve known you for a long time.
Diego OK, let’s not get too upset about this. Maybe you did better than you think you did, Misaki. I mean, 20 minutes is not such a short time, and maybe they had lots of candidates to interview. Come on, let’s go for a coffee before our next lecture.
Slideshow – Different class If you were asked to imagine a school, what would you see? Perhaps something like this? A fairly ordinary, unremarkable building. Inside the school there may be several classrooms, with desks in neat rows. A teacher stands at the front and controls the class. But not all schools are like this. In fact, there are schools of all different shapes and sizes around the world. Often these schools have to be different due to their economic situation or the environment they’re in. For example, look at these children playing basketball in their school playground. In 1984, due to a lack of money to build a conventional school, villagers in a remote area of China opened a school in the middle of a cave. It was popular with the local families, and at one time had 186 students. However, it was closed in 2011 by the Chinese government, which objected to the cave school and the image it projected of the country. Another example of schools adapting to their environment comes from Bangladesh. Some areas of Bangladesh regularly suffer from flooding, and the local infrastructure is badly affected. As the waters rise, vital services like hospitals, transport and schools are shut down. Or at least they were, until someone had the clever idea of starting up a school on a boat! These days, there are dozens of these floating schools, so while everything else comes to a standstill during the floods, the local children can still receive an education.
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