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38 Working in an office

A Office equipment noticeboard

calendar photocopier

filing calculator
cabinet diary files
keyboard

(rubbish) bin

B Office work

Josh works for a company which produces furniture. He doesn’t work in the factory where
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the furniture is produced, but in the offices across the road.
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His job involves quite a lot of paperwork . He types letters to different companies, sends
out invoices to customers and sends emails.
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He also has to arrange visits to other companies, make appointments for his boss, and
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sometimes he shows visitors round the factory. Occasionally he has to attend meetings with his
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boss, but one of Josh’s most important tasks is to organise the office party every year.
1 makes 6 plan and prepare
2 includes doing 7 arrange a time when you meet someone
3 work that uses paper, e.g. reports, forms 8 go to; fml
4 writes using a keyboard 9 plan and arrange
5 documents showing how much the customer has to pay

Language help

verb noun verb noun
arrange arrangement attend attendance

organise organisation produce production

C Office problems
Josh is having a bad day today. The photocopier has broken down , the computer isn’t
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working and the printer has run out of paper. On top of that, two of his colleagues are
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absent , just when there is loads of work to do.
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1 stopped working 4 not in the office; syn off
2 has no more 5 lots of; infml
3 people you work with

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