![Unit 7][7D Listening] Teamwork

Question 1

*В глубине души**, Masha is a nice person. I mean, if we go and have a coffee together and just talk about everyday things we get on just fine.

Answer 1

Deep down, Masha is a nice person. I mean, if we go and have a coffee together and just talk about everyday things we get on just fine.

Question 2

What annoys me is that once she _ ho_ _ an idea she won’t let it go.

Answer 2

What annoys me is that once she gets hold of an idea she won’t let it go.

Question 3

And sometimes she just won’t stop talking and I’m sitting in a meeting and _ m_ I’m saying ‘Stop talking now, please!’

= думаю, говорю про себя

Answer 3

And sometimes she just won’t stop talking and I’m sitting in a meeting and inside myself I’m saying ‘Stop talking now, please!’

Question 4

I’m sitting in a meeting and inside myself I’m saying ‘Stop talking now, please!’ A_ (= надо признать), she does have really good ideas sometimes.

Answer 4

I’m sitting in a meeting and inside myself I’m saying ‘Stop talking now, please!’ Admittedly, she does have really good ideas sometimes.

Question 5

What she needs to do is l_ up (расслабиться) –
_ a sense of humour.

Answer 5

What she needs to do is lighten up – get a sense of humour.

Question 6

And then when a project is underway, if there’s something that he thinks doesn’t make sense, he’ll c_ everything _ _ h_ until he thinks it’s sorted out.

Answer 6

And then when a project is underway, if there’s something that he thinks doesn’t make sense, he’ll call everything to a halt until he thinks it’s sorted out.

Question 7

However, I know _ _ fact that when it looks like Claudio is really concentrating on something, he’s reading a newspaper online.

= I’ve seen him do that, я абсолютно точно знаю

Answer 7

However, I know for a fact that when it looks like Claudio is really concentrating on something, he’s reading a newspaper online.However, I know for a fact that when it looks like Claudio is really concentrating on something, he’s reading a newspaper online.

Question 8

But each individual on our team is c_ u_ _ their own a_.

= занят своими собственными интересами

Answer 8

But each individual on our team is caught up in their own agenda.

Question 9

During the meeting, when we were discussing the budget, John suddenly w… …f … a t… about his vacation plans.

= отвлёкся на (рассказ о)

Answer 9

During our last meeting, when we were discussing the budget, John suddenly went off on a tangent about his vacation plans.