The dog ate my homework! :10واحد
False friends, loanwords and linking devices
انتخاب واحد
- 1Pop-ups
- 2Hidden talents
- 3Can't buy me love
- 4Travellers' tales
- 5The colleague from hell
- 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7Career changes
- 8Art
- 9Project management
- 10The dog ate my homework!
- 11The diary of a double agent
- 12Fashion forward
- 13Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14Extreme sports
- 15Food fads
- 16Me, my selfie and I
- 17Endangered animals
- 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19I'm really sorry...
- 20Telling stories
- 21Fakes and phrasals
- 22Looking to the future
- 23Becoming familiar with things
- 24From rags to riches
- 25Against the odds
- 26Our future on Mars?
- 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28Dodgy dating
- 29Annoying advice
- 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
جلسه 3
Learn some English for the workplace with our drama English at Work. Anna has to give her team some bad news but isn't sure how to do it. It's important to explain the background. Hear how she learns what to say and then you have a go!
Expressions to explain the background to a situation
It's over to you! You need to tell your work colleagues some bad news about your company. But before you do, you need to explain how you got into this situation. What is the best way to do it? Let's see if you can use the expressions from this session correctly.
Read the instructions and complete the activity

To do
Read the situations below and choose the correct sentence. Remember you are trying to explain the background to the problem or situation you are now in. Make sure you include every word from the expression. Good luck!
Explaining the background to a situation
5 Questions
Choose the correct response to the situation. Remember to look for accurate and polite English sentences
Help
تمرین
Choose the correct response to the situation. Remember to look for accurate and polite English sentences
Hint
How many people are in this situation?Question 1 of 5
Help
تمرین
Choose the correct response to the situation. Remember to look for accurate and polite English sentences
Hint
Check the correct expression in the grammar notes.Question 2 of 5
Help
تمرین
Choose the correct response to the situation. Remember to look for accurate and polite English sentences
Hint
Is this situation really important?Question 3 of 5
Help
تمرین
Choose the correct response to the situation. Remember to look for accurate and polite English sentences
Hint
What word refers to something in the past?Question 4 of 5
Help
تمرین
Choose the correct response to the situation. Remember to look for accurate and polite English sentences
Hint
This is your boss you're talking to. Be formal!Question 5 of 5
Excellent!آفرین! نمره شماBad luck!:
End of Session 3
That's all for Session 3. We hope you enjoyed hearing from the team at Tip Top Trading and learnt some useful expressions about preparing someone for dissapointment.
In Session 4 you'll read about some of the worst excuses people have ever made. See you there!
دستور زبان این جلسه
Expressions to explain the background to a situation
1. Let me just fill you in with the background… [then explain how you have got to the current situation]
Example:
Let me just fill you in with the background... last year head office told us we'd have to improve sales by 10 per cent or face some serious consequences.2. The reason we're in this situation in the first place is… [then explain the background to the story]
Example:
The reason we're in this situation in the first place is... we had a problem on our production line and we didn't have enough plastic fruit to sell.
3. Let's just remind ourselves how we got here in the first place… [then explain the reasons that have lead to the current situation]Example:
Let's just remind ourselves how we got here in the first place... it was an accounting error by… Tom!