Uma reunião que se prolonga (A meeting that runs late)
QECR B210 intervenções
Ouve a conversa
Podes ouvi-la as vezes que quiseres. Não há limite e não conta para nota.
Perguntas
Respondem-se a ouvir. Se erras, dizemos-te em que momento está.
What do they finally agree to offer the client?
Part of the order on the fifteenth — Ela propõe entregar uma parte e ele aceita: we could send the first forty units. O dia 22 era a proposta anterior, para a encomenda toda.
She defends the fifteenth because she thinks it is realistic.
False — Neither am I, to be honest: ela também não o vê. Defende-o porque o cliente já tem essa data por escrito.
He could commit to the ___ if the materials arrive next week.
twenty-second — The twenty-second, and only if the materials arrive next week. A condição faz parte da resposta.
Why does she want to call the client today?
So they hear it from her first — Before they hear it from someone else: quer ser ela a dar a notícia primeiro.
He asks her to confirm the agreement in writing.
True — And please put it in writing afterwards. That's how we got here: a confusão começou por um email sem verificar.
They can send the first ___ units on time.
forty — We could send the first forty units, yes.
Palavras que talvez não conheças
- to commit tocomprometer-se a
- it won't go down wellnão vai cair bem
- Point takenTens razão, tomo nota
- to copy someone inpôr alguém em cópia
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Abre-a quando já tiveres tentado: lê-la antes transforma isto numa leitura.
A Before we finish, can we go back to the delivery date? I'm not comfortable promising the fifteenth.
B Neither am I, to be honest, but that's the date the client already has in writing.
A Then someone sent that email before we'd checked with the workshop.
B That's fair. What would you commit to?
A The twenty-second, and only if the materials arrive next week.
B A week late will not go down well. Could we deliver part of it on the fifteenth?
A We could send the first forty units, yes. That's realistic.
B Then I'll call them today and offer exactly that, before they hear it from someone else.
A And please put it in writing afterwards. That's how we got here.
B Point taken. I'll copy you in.