Learn English with The IT Crowd

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.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ an honour n. - something considered a rare and prestigious opportunity
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Employee of the Month exp. - an award given to the top employee at a company each month
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a casual observer n. - a normal person without any background information on the topic
• ☐ ☐ ☐ see through something exp. - realise something is not real or true
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sense v. - feel, know
• ☐ ☐ ☐ expertise n. - have expert knowledge about something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a shareholders' meeting n. - a meeting of the all of the top people (shareholders) in a company
• ☐ ☐ ☐ contribute v. - give, add
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a public figure n. - a famous person
• ☐ ☐ ☐ handy adj. - useful
• ☐ ☐ ☐ snowed under exp. - very busy
• ☐ ☐ ☐ something is up exp. - something is suspicious
• ☐ ☐ ☐ brilliant adj. - very smart
• ☐ ☐ ☐ any old bollocks exp. - any silly lie (bullshit)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hilarious adj. - very funny

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

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Jen	Moss	Roy

• Moss, Roy and Jen work in the IT department of a large company.
• Jen is the manager of the department, but she knows very little about computers.

1. Jen has just won the Employee of the Month award.
   True
   False
   
   
2. This is the second time that Jen has won the award.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Roy has never been the Employee of the Month.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Roy thinks that Jen deserves to be the Employee of the Month.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Jen has a new desk.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Jen has to give a speech about computers at the shareholders' meeting.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Jen wants Moss and Roy to help her prepare her speech.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Roy is much too busy to help Jen.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Moss trusts Roy.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Moss really wants to write the speech for Jen.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Roy really wants to write the speech for Jen.
    True
    False
    
    
12. Moss tells Jen that he will help her write the speech.
    True
    False
    
    
13. Jen leaves the office to go to a meeting.
    True
    False
    
    
14. Roy and Moss plan to write a very nice speech for Jen.
    True
    False
    
    
15. Moss is angry about Roy's plan.
    True
    False
    
    

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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?

1. And yet, to [ an ordinary person ], it would appear that you do very little around here.

   [ a casual observer ]

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2. Every Employee of the Month has to give a speech in their area of [ expert knowledge ].

   [ expertise ]

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3. I think maybe it'd be a good idea if you two [ helped with ] this.

   [ contributed to ]

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4. I'm actually... I'm [ very busy ] here.

   [ snowed under ]

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5. She'll know [ it is suspicious ] if I do it.

   [ something's up ]

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6. We can put any old [ nonsense ] in that speech, and she shall repeat it.

   [ bollocks ]

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7. It's going to be [ very funny ].

   [ hilarious ]

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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

Jen / win / employee / month / award

Jen won the employee of the month award.

Roy / point / out / it / seem / she / actual / do / very / little

Roy points out (that) it seems like she actually does very little.

however / Jen / believe / company / sense / greatness / in / her

However, Jen believes (that) the company senses a greatness in her.

then / Moss / reveal / every / employee / month / have to / give / speech / shareholder / meeting

Then Moss reveals (that) every employee of the month has to give a speech at the shareholders' meeting.

Jen / ask / Roy / Moss / help / write / speech

Jen asks Roy and Moss to help her write [the/her] speech.

at / first / Roy / say / he / not / help / her / because / he / snow / under

At first, Roy says (that) he can't help her because he is snowed under.

but / then / Roy / sudden / realize / they / should / write / speech / her

Buy then Roy suddenly realizes (that) they should write the speech for her.

Roy / want / fill / speech / nonsense / so / Jen / will / embarrass / self / front / shareholder

Roy wants to fill the speech with nonsense so (that) Jen will embarrass herself in front of the shareholders.

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.

I didn't even know they had an Employee of the Month thing here.

I don't know, Jen, sometimes I think it's because I just want it so damn much!

And yet, to a casual observer, it would appear that you do very little around here.

They must have seen through that.

I think someone up there must have sensed something in me.

I thought I needed some new furniture, so I got some stuff from upstairs.

Every Employee of the Month has to give a speech in their area of expertise.

You know what, Jen? I'm actually... I'm snowed under here.

Oh, what are we doing?!

You have to. I can't do it.

She will know something is up if I do it. You have to do it.

Well, I suppose we could write the speech so that, you know, you look like you know what you're talking about.

So now you understand why we have to write that speech for Jen.

1. Why do you think Jen won the Employee of the Month award?
2. Roy thinks that Jen doesn't trust him, but that she trusts Moss. Who would you trust more - Moss or Roy? Why?
3. Roy and Moss plan to make Jen look foolish in her speech by making her say some nonsense (bollocks) about computers. What do you think her speech will be about? What do you think they will have her say?
4. Have you ever had to give a speech or presentation at work or at school? On what topic? Were you nervous? Was the speech successful?
5. Have you ever had to give a speech or presentation in English? On what topic? Is/Was it more or less scary than giving a speech in your own language?