ESLPodcast 44 - Making a Good Impression

Question 1

The center of an organization’s operations or administration.

Answer 1

My interview is today. It is with a marketing company. It is a large corporation with its headquarters in San Francisco, CA. It also has satellite offices across the U.S. and in Europe. I’m not sure if this would be the right fit for me, but I’m keeping an open mind.

As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison’s headquarters and facilities.

Question 2

филиалы

Answer 2

My interview is today. It is with a marketing company. It is a large corporation with its headquarters in San Francisco, CA. It also has …….. across the U.S. and in Europe. I’m not sure if this would be the right fit for me, but I’m keeping an open mind.

satellite office

Question 3

точно для меня

Answer 3

My interview is today. It is with a marketing company. It is a large corporation with its headquarters in San Francisco, CA. It also has satellite offices across the U.S. and in Europe. I’m not sure if this would be the …… for me, but I’m keeping an open mind.

the right fit

Question 4

готов к обсуждению, рассматривать перспективы

Answer 4

My interview is today. It is with a marketing company. It is a large corporation with its headquarters in San Francisco, CA. It also has satellite offices across the U.S. and in Europe. I’m not sure if this would be the right fit for me, but I’m ……

keeping an open mind

Question 5

дельный совет

Answer 5

I got some ….. from my aunt. She said that I should be confident but not cocky. That means I have to look for opportunities to talk about my qualifications, but don’t make the mistake of boasting or worse, making things up. I do that sometimes when I get really nervous. My brain stops working and my mouth takes over.

sound advice

Question 6

Overly confident, arrogant and boastful.

Answer 6

I got some sound advice from my aunt. She said that I should be confident but not …… That means I have to look for opportunities to talk about my qualifications, but don’t make the mistake of boasting or worse, making things up. I do that sometimes when I get really nervous. My brain stops working and my mouth takes over.

Hodges has made a great fool of himself, by getting gradually cockier and cockier.

Question 7

выдумывать

Answer 7

I got some sound advice from my aunt. She said that I should be confident but not cocky. That means I have to look for opportunities to talk about my qualifications, but don’t make the mistake of boasting or worse, ……. I do that sometimes when I get really nervous. My brain stops working and my mouth takes over.

make things up

Question 8

Humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing.

Answer 8

I need to be respectful but not …… I want to be professional with everyone, my co-workers and my bosses. But, I don’t want them to think that I would let my co-workers walk all over me.

Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman…who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else..

Question 9

To dominate a person or a group; to have a person take a submissive or inferior role.

Answer 9

I need to be respectful but not meek. I want to be professional with everyone, my co-workers and my bosses. But, I don’t want them to think that I would let my co-workers ……

They don’t lie down before their husbands and let them walk all over them.

Question 10

присваивать лавры

Answer 10

I should show them that I’m a team- player. Nobody likes a person who tries ……… all of the time, especially if they’re new, like me.

to grab the limelight