Serendipity

Unit 13, Activity 5

Index Activity 6

Listening: Dear Office Guru

The Office Guru runs a website that gives advice to people with work-related problems. You will hear three letters to the Office Guru being read aloud. You will hear answers given to the first two.

Vocabulary list

cubicle
yakking away
acting cold towards someone
loudmouths
hindsight
a third party
happy to oblige
prestigious
talk the talk...walk the walk

1 The writer of the first letter works in a busy office.

2 Many people have issues with noisy coworkers.

3 It is good to approach a problem head-on.

4 The writer of the second was unsuccessful at school.

5 You need different skills to get ahead at school and at work.

6 The writer of the third letter seems lazy.