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#7. Employee of the Month


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Published: 24 Apr 2021
Level 4 (B1+)   |   Time: 2:16
Accent: British

Jen becomes the most popular employee at her company after she dies.


Directions 이용안내 Direcciones Instruções Інструкції


  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

    It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

    Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

    비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.

  2. 비디오 보기

    비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.

  3. 문제에 답하기

    먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.

  4. 비디오 보면서 대본 읽기

    대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

    É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro, tente responder todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.

  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

    Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

    Важливо прочитати словник і основну інформацію перед переглядом відео. Це покращить вашу здатність розуміти відео. Це також допоможе вам зрозуміти, як нова лексика використовується природно.

  2. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ ВІДЕО

    Коли дивитеся відео вперше, просто намагайтеся зрозуміти загальну ситуацію.

  3. ВІДПОВІДАЙТЕ НА ЗАПИТАННЯ

    Спочатку спробуйте відповісти на всі запитання з пам'яті. Потім перегляньте відео ще раз і спробуйте відповісти на запитання, які ви пропустили.

  4. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ і ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЦЕНАРІЙ

    Перегляньте відео ще раз, читаючи сценарій. Читання і слухання одночасно допоможе вам почути кожне окреме слово і покращити точність сприйняття на слух.

  5. ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

    Існує кілька різних завдань, які зосереджені на точності сприйняття на слух, вимові, лексиці, граматиці та структурі речень.

Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario Словник


Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ stunned adj. - so shocked that one is temporarily unable to react
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ flabbergasted adj. - very surprised
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ come to terms exp. - accept
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ brilliant adj. - great
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a downward turn exp. - getting worse

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression



Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст


Jen Moss
Jen Moss
  • Moss and Jen work in the IT department of a large company.
  • Moss told people at the company that Jen died.

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання


  1. The employees at the company heard that Jen died in a car accident.
    True
    False

  2. Moss asks the other employees to avoid the IT department so that they can grieve (show respect after a death).
    True
    False

  3. Jen offers to get lunch for Moss and Roy.
    True
    False

  4. Employees at the company have sent flowers to Jen because they really like her.
    True
    False

  5. Moss has told Jen that everyone at the company is very nice.
    True
    False

  6. Moss tells Jen the truth about telling everyone at the company that she died.
    True
    False

  7. Moss tells Jen that she has been made "Employee of the Month."
    True
    False

  8. Jen wants to thank everyone in the company for the flowers and card.
    True
    False

  9. Moss encourages Jen to go upstairs and thank everyone.
    True
    False

Score:



Listen & Repeat 듣고 따라하기 Ouça e repita Escuchar y repetir Слухайте і повторюйте


Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.


Clip 1
0:00 / 0:00

I hear it was some bad tapas.



Clip 2
0:00 / 0:00

You must be stunned.



Clip 3
0:00 / 0:00

Well, you know where we are if you need us.



Clip 4
0:00 / 0:00

I'm going for coffee. Anyone want anything?



Clip 5
0:00 / 0:00

You will always be in our hearts.



Clip 6
0:00 / 0:00

My God, and you said they weren't nice here?



Clip 7
0:00 / 0:00

I don't understand why they've done this.



Clip 8
0:00 / 0:00

And in fact, everyone thinks you're so brilliant, they've just made you employee of the month.



Clip 9
0:00 / 0:00

I didn't even know they had employee of the month here.



Clip 10
0:00 / 0:00

I'm going to go up and thank everybody right now.



Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones Побудова речень


Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково


Sentence 1

everyone / office / think / Jen / dead

Everyone [at/in] the office thinks (that) Jen is dead.



Sentence 2

many / people / come / office / pay / respect

Many people have come to the office (in order) to pay their respects.



Sentence 3

as / Jen / leave / office / get / coffee / she / trip / over / some / flower

As Jen is leaving the office (in order) to get coffee, she trips over some flowers.



Sentence 4

Jen / touched / because / she / get / big / load / flower / and / big / card / all / coworker

Jen is touched because she got a big load of flowers and a big card from all of her coworkers.



Sentence 5

Jen / not / understand / why / her / coworker / being / so / nice / her

Jen [can't/doesn't] understand why her coworkers are being so nice to her.



Sentence 6

Moss / tell / her / people / think / she / so / brilliant / they / made / her / employee / month

Moss tells her (that) people think (that) she is so brilliant (that) they made her employee of the month.



Sentence 7

Jen / decide / go / upstairs / thank / everyone

Jen decides to go upstairs and thank everyone.

Jen decides to go upstairs (in order) to thank everyone.



Sentence 9

Moss / worry

Moss is worried.



Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення


  1. What do you think will happen when Jen goes up to thank everyone?
  2. How would you try to fix this problem if you were Moss?
  3. In your current (or last) job, do you think your coworkers like(d) you? Do (did) you like most of your coworkers? Do (did) you hang out with them outside of work? How often? Be honest, are (were) you a popular person at your job?
  4. Have you ever been "Employee of the Month?" Did you (or would you) feel happy or embarrassed about it?
  5. What is the nicest thing that a co-worker (or boss) has done for you? What is the nicest thing you have done for one of your coworkers or boss?

Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій


Moss: Very sudden, yes.

Man: I hear it was some bad tapas.

Moss: Tay-pas. Yes.

Man: You must be stunned.

Moss: I'm flabbergasted.

Man: Well, you know where we are if you need us.

Moss: Sure. I'll be fine, thanks. Just sort of stay away from this whole area while we come to terms with the loss. Leave me now. I would be alone.

Roy: Oh, God!

Jen: I'm going for coffee. Anyone want anything? No? OK. Bye.

Jen: Look at this.

Moss: What?

Jen: How nice is this? I just got a big load of flowers and a big card, and everyone has signed it. "You will always be in our hearts." My God, and you said they weren't nice here?

Moss: Yeah.

Jen: I don't understand why they've done this.

Moss: Why? I'll tell you for why. It's because everyone thinks you're brilliant.

Jen: Really? Yeah.

Moss: And in fact, everyone thinks you're so brilliant, they've just made you employee of the month.

Jen: No!

Moss: Yes.

Jen: No!

Moss: Yes!

Jen: No!

Moss: Yuh-huh.

Jen: I don't believe it.

Moss: Please believe it.

Jen: Oh, my God! Oh! I didn't even know they had employee of the month here.

Moss: No, they brought it in just for you. Wow!

Jen: I'm going to go up and thank everybody right now.

Moss: No, don't do that.

Jen: What? Why not?

Moss: They'll be embarrassed. It's embarrassing being thanked.

Jen: Don't be silly.

Moss: Events seem to be taking a downward turn.

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