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    Business English Role Plays

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    The document describes four workplace scenarios involving interactions between employees and managers. In the first, an employee named Alan has been late to work several times and must meet with his manager. The second involves a secretary whose personal issues are affecting her work, and her boss notices. The third is about an employee trying to leave work early for a birthday dinner despite their boss wanting them to work late. The fourth depicts an employee with nothing to do relaxing at their desk while their manager questions them.

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    The document describes four workplace scenarios involving interactions between employees and managers. In the first, an employee named Alan has been late to work several times and must meet with his manager. The second involves a secretary whose personal issues are affecting her work, and her boss notices. The third is about an employee trying to leave work early for a birthday dinner despite their boss wanting them to work late. The fourth depicts an employee with nothing to do relaxing at their desk while their manager questions them.

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    The document describes four workplace scenarios involving interactions between employees and managers. In the first, an employee named Alan has been late to work several times and must meet with his manager. The second involves a secretary whose personal issues are affecting her work, and her boss notices. The third is about an employee trying to leave work early for a birthday dinner despite their boss wanting them to work late. The fourth depicts an employee with nothing to do relaxing at their desk while their manager questions them.

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    90 views5 pages

    Business English Role Plays

    Uploaded by

    jose angel martinez
    The document describes four workplace scenarios involving interactions between employees and managers. In the first, an employee named Alan has been late to work several times and must meet with his manager. The second involves a secretary whose personal issues are affecting her work, and her boss notices. The third is about an employee trying to leave work early for a birthday dinner despite their boss wanting them to work late. The fourth depicts an employee with nothing to do relaxing at their desk while their manager questions them.

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    The passages discuss various workplace scenarios and suggest appropriate phrases to use in conversations.

    The secretary has been fighting with her husband recently, putting her under a lot of stress, and this is affecting her concentration at work.

    The employee had plans to celebrate their friend's birthday after work but the boss wants them to work late on a project they think is not very urgent and can be finished the next day.

    1 Late to work

    Situation:

    Alan has just come to work late for the third time this week. His manager
    asks to see him.

    Student A: You are Alan. You need to explain to your boss why you are
    late. You may wish to apologise.

    Student B: You are Alan’s manager. Find out why Alan has been late and
    decide whether you need to discipline him.

    Suggested phrases:
    “I’m sorry I was late.”
    “It won’t happen again.”
    “This behaviour cannot continue.”
    “We expect our employees to be punctual.”

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    10 The Moody Secretary
    Situation:

    Your secretary has been very moody recently and it has been affecting her
    work. You suspect that she is having some sort of trouble at home.

    Student A: Speak to your secretary. You want to be empathetic, but you


    also want to make sure her problems do not affect her work.

    Student B: You are the secretary. Recently, you have been fighting with
    your husband a lot and this has put you under a lot of stress. However,
    this is a personal problem and you would prefer not to discuss it with your
    boss.
    Suggested phrases:
    “Is everything okay?”
    “I have noticed that you cannot concentrate on
    your work.”
    “I’m having some personal issues.”
    “I’ll find a way to get through this.”

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    21 Working Late
    Situation:

    You have organised a birthday dinner celebration for your best friend
    after work today. However, your boss wants you to work late, insisting
    the work is urgent. In your opinion, the work is not that urgent and you
    can finish it tomorrow.

    Student A: Try to convince your boss that it is okay for you to leave
    early.

    Student B: You are the boss. You are extremely worried about the
    current project, for which the deadline is the end of the week. Progress
    has been slow and you want everyone to work late until things are back Suggested phrases:
    on track.
    “I’ve been planning this dinner for weeks.”
    “I can assure you we will finish the project on
    time.”
    “I’m very concerned about the upcoming deadline.”
    “You need to show more commitment.”

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    24 Technical Help
    Situation:

    You were just about to finish an urgent piece of work when your
    computer crashed and won’t restart. You need to call the IT department
    and ask them to get your computer back online as soon as possible.

    Student A: Call the IT department. Explain the problem and explain that
    you need your computer running again before the end of the day.

    Student B: You work for IT department. From the sound of it, the
    problem with Student A’s computer is quite serious and they will need a
    new motherboard. It will take two or three days to replace.
    Suggested phrases:
    “It’s extremely urgent.”
    “All my work is on the hard drive.”
    “It sounds like the motherboard is the problem.”
    “It will take a few days to replace.”

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    32 Nothing to Do
    Situation:

    You are a manager in a company with a few dozen employees working


    under you. One day, you come across one of your employees lazing
    about and doing nothing with his feet up on his desk. Find out what is
    going on.

    Student A: You are the employee. You are relaxing because you have
    finished all of your work and there’s nothing to do. You offered to help
    others with their work, but they all said that they did not need any
    assistance.

    Student B: You are the manager. You believe that all employees should
    be hard at work at all times. There is always work to be done. Plus, if
    Suggested phrases:
    the CEO sees one of your employees slacking off, you’ll get into trouble
    “Don’t you have anything to do?”
    too.
    “Why don’t you help the others?”
    “I’ve completely finished all of my work.”
    “There’s absolutely nothing to do.”

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