Written By: T. Pascal Brown
Description: A conversation between a team leader and a machinist, talking about work and targets
Instructions: Read the sentences below and answer the questions or fill in the spaces
Situation: Helen is a team leader. Her job is to help her team reach the team targets. She is talking to a guy, Ahmed, who is a machinist. They work in a food-processing factory. They are talking about work and targets.
Helen: My job is to help you to reach the targets.
Ahmed: Yes, I hope you can help me to do a better job.
Helen: Sure. Is there anything I can do to help?
Ahmed: Well, my machine is not going so well.
Helen: What is wrong with it?
Ahmed: Eh? Sorry?
Helen: Do you know exactly what is wrong with your machine?
Ahmed: No, I don’t. It is just making a funny noise.
Helen: What sort of funny noise?
Ahmed: A whirring sound.
Helen: A what ………..?
Ahmed: A whirring sound. …. like something is no running smoothly.
Helen: OK thanks for telling me. I will ask the mechanic to look at it.
Ahmed: Great. Thanks.