Compreensão de texto: At the office - sales

Hello everyone!

Aqui vai o texto de hoje para prática de compreensão de texto em inglês - é uma conversa breve entre duas pessoas que trabalham juntas. Depois, vem algumas expressões do inglês explicadas, e no final um quiz.

Leia o texto:

(Louis, Sales Director) Hey Claudia, can you come to the staff meeting this afternoon?

(Claudia, Sales Manager) I can’t - I have a conference call with the home office. Aren’t you going to participate in the call?
(Louis) Nope, I know what it’s about - Julian Morris wants to talk about last month’s results. He wants to hear our ideas on how to improve sales.

(Claudia) And you’re off the hook, just like that?
(Louis) Of course not… I put together a new sales plan last week, and yesterday I called him after lunch to discuss it.

(Claudia) And what did he say?
(Louis) He said there are some interesting ideas in it and we’ll put them into motion this month.

(Claudia) Can you give me a preview?
(Louis) Sorry, no can do - Julian wants to run the report by our VP first. He’ll probably talk about it in the conference call.

Vocabulário:

the home office = a matriz, o escritório principal
off the hook = liberado
put together a plan = montar (no texto, ‘montei’) um plano
put ideas into motion = colocar as idéias para funcionar na prática, implementar
no can do = expressão informal que significa “não posso” ou “não dá”
run (something) by (someone) = apresentar ou conversar sobre algo com uma pessoa, para ver o que essa pessoa acha

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