Academia Teach: L7U1: Language Use: Success and Failure.
Actualizado: 3 abr 2024
Read the post related to vocabulary related to work and discuss in class about it:
Preparation
Read the story and identify the vocabulary that we use to speak about success and failure at work.
I had been working at EcoTech for five years before Kamala gave me my first promotion. I was very young and I had a lot to learn. I was a junior assistant and I
always missed the mark. In a moment I thought that I wouldn’t last 5 minute working there. I used to worry a lot and I would look for strategies to manage my time and get things done. Luckily, over time, things started to flow and many of my ideas got off the ground and a few of them even have bore some fruit in the company. I’ve been an executive assistant now for 9 months and so far, so good. None of the projects I’m involved in have fallen flat.
Vocabulary at work: Success
Success and Failure
bear fruit: to succeed in a task.
to make it big: to become very successful or famous
to get off the ground: to make something succeed
to work wonders: to have a very beneficial effect on someone or something
Vocabulary at work: Failure
to draw a blank: to be unable to produce a required piece of information
to come to nothing: to fail completely; to have no result
to fall flat : to fail completely
to get off on the wrong foot: to begin badly, especially to begin a relationship badly
to miss the mark: to fail to reach the result that was intended
to not last five minutes: to fail or to be unsuccessful very soon
to fight a losing battle: to try to do something so difficult that it will probably end in failure
Vocabulary at work: Delegating
Phrases for Delegating
Introducing the Request
Could you… ?
Can I ask you to… ?
Asking About the Task
What (exactly) is it… ?
What kind of… is it?
Including Deadlines
Can you report back to me… ?
Can you get back to me by… ?
Making the Request
Would you… ?
Do you think you could… ?
I don’t suppose you could…
I wonder if you could…
I was wondering if you could…
Asking for More Details
What day… ?
How soon… ?
How much… ?
How urgent… ?
Agreeing to Do the Task
Yes, I think I could.
No problem.
Fine.
Sure.
Okay.
Sure thing!
Consider it done!
Vocabulary at work: Permission
Asking For Permission
Can I… ?
Could I… ?
Is it okay if I… ?
Do you mind if I… ?
I was wondering if I… ?
Would it be alright if I… ?
To Give Permission
Sure.
Fine.
No problem.
Well I suppose so but you’ll have to…
Well okay, but please…
To Refuse Permission
I’m sorry, the problem is that…
I’m afraid that’s not possible.
Sorry but…
I’m afraid you can’t… but what about…
I don’t think that’s possible, but
maybe you could… instead?
COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY 01
COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY 02
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