Scopo dell'esercizio: migliorare la comprensione dell'inglese parlato; espandere il vocabolario.
Istruzioni per l'uso: guarda i due brevi video e rispondi alle domande. Trovi le risposte a fondo pagina.
Livello: Intermediate - Advanced
In the first video, you will see Dilbert speaking to Wally, and then Dilbert speaking to his pointy haired boss. Before you listen, check you know the meaning of:
Now answer these questions:
(Find the answers at the bottom of the page)
1. According to Wally, why doesn't it pay to be a hard working and talented employee ?
2. Where did the pointy haired boss find the dead employee?
3. What 'got the employee' who the boss is carrying in the second video?
a) Boredom
b) Hard work
c) We don't know
3. Why is the dead employee 'the employee of the week?!
Video 2
5. Why is wally in Dilbert's office?
a) To ask him a questions
b) To get away from morons
c) To get a coffee
6. What does the phrase 'people bother you' mean?
7. Wally and the pointy haired man both ask Dilbert the same question. What is the question and what does it mean?
8. Who does Dilbert tell the truth to? Wally or his boss?
Answers:
1. It is better to do less work, because the more work he does, the more work he is given!
2. In the conference room.
3. c) We don't know
4. He is employee of the month because the headcount is down by one and the company has got life insurance on him!
5. b) To get away from morons
6. If someone (or something) bothers you, they annoy you; they get on your nerves!
7. They ask him: How's your project coming along? which means How are things going?
8. Wally!
Istruzioni per l'uso: guarda i due brevi video e rispondi alle domande. Trovi le risposte a fondo pagina.
Livello: Intermediate - Advanced
In the first video, you will see Dilbert speaking to Wally, and then Dilbert speaking to his pointy haired boss. Before you listen, check you know the meaning of:
- employee
- hard working
- talented
Now answer these questions:
(Find the answers at the bottom of the page)
1. According to Wally, why doesn't it pay to be a hard working and talented employee ?
2. Where did the pointy haired boss find the dead employee?
3. What 'got the employee' who the boss is carrying in the second video?
a) Boredom
b) Hard work
c) We don't know
3. Why is the dead employee 'the employee of the week?!
Video 2
5. Why is wally in Dilbert's office?
a) To ask him a questions
b) To get away from morons
c) To get a coffee
6. What does the phrase 'people bother you' mean?
7. Wally and the pointy haired man both ask Dilbert the same question. What is the question and what does it mean?
8. Who does Dilbert tell the truth to? Wally or his boss?
Answers:
1. It is better to do less work, because the more work he does, the more work he is given!
2. In the conference room.
3. c) We don't know
4. He is employee of the month because the headcount is down by one and the company has got life insurance on him!
5. b) To get away from morons
6. If someone (or something) bothers you, they annoy you; they get on your nerves!
7. They ask him: How's your project coming along? which means How are things going?
8. Wally!
