VOCABULARY office manager - kierownik biura medium-sized - średniej wielkości finance company - instytucja finansowa staff - pracownicy, personel to lay off - zwalniać job - praca, stanowisko to be under threat - być zagrożonym, w obliczu zagrożenia what the future will hold - co przyszłość przyniesie to move up career ladder - wspinać się po szczeblach kariery zawodowej responsibility - odpowiedzialność state - stan to convince - przekonać time to move on - pora iść dalej; pora na zmianę

LESSON 1
Why do you want to work here?

Mary: John, tell me, you're already an office manager in a medium-sized finance company, why do you want to come and work here?

John: Well, I don’t know how much, you know, but the company have been having some problems. Quite a few staff have been laid off, actually…

Mary: …right…

John: … and although my job isn't immediately under threat, you just can’t tell… I’m not sure what the future will hold.

John: And, in any case, I felt that it was time to start moving up the career ladder. I feel I want a little bit more responsibility. And that, combined with the state of the company, convinced me that it’s time to move on, really.

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	Lesson 1

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OBJAŚNIENIA

Staff (pracownicy, personel) to rzeczownik zbiorowy, dlatego mówimy:

Quite a few staff have been laid off (a nie: has)

Company (przedsiębiorstwo), tak jak family czy government to albo rzeczownik zwykły albo zbiorowy, np:

The company has been having some problems (zwykły)

The company have been having some problems (zbiorowy)

Na ogół w angielskim company to zwykły rzeczownik, tu jednak John postrzega go jako zbiorowy.

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