English Listening Comprehension - A English Business Presentation

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Hi everyone, I’m Gabriella, how are your English listening skills?In this video
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you’ll have a chance to test them out with a quiz.First you’ll see an image and hear
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a question.Next comes a short dialogue.Listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly.
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We’ll show you the answer at the end.
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Are you ready?
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A man is reporting about his company's sales performance at a meeting.
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Which TWO charts is he using for his presentation?
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Please look at the handout.
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The left chart shows our company's sales over the past three years and the sales forecast
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for the current year.
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And the right chart shows the monthly breakdown in sales up to October of this year.
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Now, please have a look at the left chart.
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It shows that sales have been steadily increasing over the past three years.
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And if we can keep increasing our sales, the total sales for this year will show an increase
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over last year.
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Next, please look at the right chart.
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The right chart shows that the campaigns we ran in April and August were fairly effective.
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I see, but the sales decreased in May and September following the campaigns.
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Yes, but this kind of decrease is unavoidable.
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I expect the annual sales for this year will show an increase over last year if we can
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keep increasing our sales.
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Which TWO charts is he using for his presentation?
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A man is reporting about his company's sales performance at a meeting.
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Which TWO charts is he using for his presentation?
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Please look at the handout.
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The left chart shows our company's sales over the past three years and the sales forecast
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for the current year.
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And the right chart shows the monthly breakdown in sales up to October of this year.
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Now, please have a look at the left chart.
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It shows that sales have been steadily increasing over the past three years.
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And if we can keep increasing our sales, the total sales for this year will show an increase
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over last year.
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Next, please look at the right chart.
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The right chart shows that the campaigns we ran in April and August were fairly effective.
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I see, but the sales decreased in May and September following the campaigns.
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Yes, but this kind of decrease is unavoidable.
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I expect the annual sales for this year will show an increase over last year if we can
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keep increasing our sales.
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Did you get it right?
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I hope you learned something from this quiz.
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Let us know if you have any questions.
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See you next time!
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