Business Skills - Small talk dialogues

in this exercise, you'll first hear a short dialogue between Mark and joe then we'll give you two words or phrases and you'll hear a sentence from the dialogue again this time with a beep instead of one of the words or phrases in the pause, choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentence. Then you'll hear the correct sentence again, repeat the sentence trying to copy marks or joe's pronunciation and intonation. Okay, listen very carefully now to the dialogue. Most importantly, we all laughed about it and that's the end of my story. I hope it was short and sweet. That's amazing. Okay, here's the first pair of phrases to choose from short and sweet or short and small. I hope it was. I hope it was short and sweet. And here is your next pair to choose from appropriate or Amazing. That's that's amazing. Okay, now listen to another dialogue and then we'll do a similar exercise. The election results were terrible, weren't they? What do you think this is a little awkward. So I'd rather not talk about that. I'm sorry. You must think I'm terribly insensitive. Don't worry about it. No need to apologize. Now it's your turn again to choose the right word and then repeat the complete sentence. He is your first pair to choose between sensible or awkward. This is a little so I'd rather not talk about that. This is a little awkward. So I'd rather not talk about that. And here is your next pair to choose from insensitive or sensitive. You must think I'm terribly you must think I'm terribly insensitive. Well done. Did you get all the sentences right? If not, go back and listen to the dialogues again? Mhm.