Assignment 13: Listening/writing

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Video 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWDnlY5MWkc

Abi Signorelli is the director of Internal Communications at Virgin Media. She is going to give a workshop on July 24. In this interview she tells what you can expect from the workshop.

She is going to show new releases in the technology. She shows what these products are, and how you can use it. She is going to tell something about Twitter, Boo and Flock. Twitter is a small messenger chat. Boo and Flock are phone blogs.

The technology is changing very quickly. Some people are scared of the new technology. She thinks there is no need for. The new technology opens many doors. When there is a new release she knows it first. She can see what the opportunities are. Abi want to help people to show them how the new technologies works. She is also very curious what other people’s thoughts are and what they’re doing.

4.2 Role play: The magazine

F. Marketing manager

• More contact than anyone else with managers and employees around the world.
• Not enough is done to bring everyone together, feeling of belonging to a family.
• Information in the magazine is already out of date before it is published.
• What you need instead is something much simpler, less glossy, more information.
• Creating an intranet website.
• News on screens in the entrance hall or staff restaurant.
• Weekly newsletter bij e-mail; provide staff with up to date information.

Student life in Holland 4

This time I want to tell something about the public transport.

It was Friday, and I had to go to school. My first lesson started at 9 o'clock. If I have to be in school at 9 o'clock, I must take the train about 10 minutes past 8.
My alarm clock ringed and I woke up. I couldn't get out of bed immediately. About 10 minutes later I looked at my clock. It was 8 o'clock!!! I jumped out of bed. I knew that I would not make the train. I thought: 'if I have to take a train later, I have time to take a shower'. I went to the bathroom and took a shower. I didn't had time to eat breakfast or make lunch for school.
Finally I had reached the train at 25 minutes past 8. I was very fast in the morning. Most of the time I need an hour to get ready. The train from Woerden to Utrecht takes about fifteen minutes. Fortunately, I don't have to sit long in the train. In Utrecht I have to take the bus to the Uithof. My school is at the Uithof in Utrecht. The bus takes also about fifteen minutes. The only drawback is that it is so busy at the bus stop. There are many people waiting for the same bus. Sometimes I have to let 3 busses passed before I can get on. Fortunately, this Friday was not very busy. Maybe because it was a little bit later than usually. Eventually I was at school about 10 minutes after 9 o'clock. I was only 10 minutes late! I was suprised that the trip had gone so fast.