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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Taking on coordination

The library invites Ana to coordinate communication for a neighborhood partnership, and Ana learns to describe the scope of a role before accepting and to ask who has the final say. Say the library is joining a neighborhood partnership, we'd like you to coordinate the communication, let me make sure I understand, my role would be to keep three partners talking to each other, three partners, one calendar, and the public, who would have the final say on what gets announced, each partner, for their own events, and on the shared ones, that's what you'd coordinate, that's a polite way of saying nobody, then my first job is to find out who, that's why we asked you.

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Lesson 1 · Taking on coordination

English for Brazilians · 30 minutes

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In the meeting room, Jordan invites Ana to coordinate communication for a partnership between the library, an association, and a café, and Sam says out loud what nobody wants to say.

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The library is joining a neighborhood partnership. We'd like you to coordinate the communication.tha LÁI-bre-ri iz DJÓI-ning a NÊI-bor-rud PÁRT-ner-ship. uíd láik iú tu kou-ÓR-di-neit tha ka-miu-ni-KÊI-shanThe library is joining a neighborhood partnership. We'd like you to coordinate the communication.
Let me make sure I understand. My role would be to keep three partners talking to each other?lét mi mêik shur ai ân-der-STÉND. mai rôul uud bi tu kíp thrí PÁRT-nerz TÓ-king tu ítch Â-therLet me make sure I understand. My role would be to keep three partners talking to each other?
Three partners, one calendar, and the public.thrí PÁRT-nerz, uân KÉ-len-der, end tha PÂ-blikThree partners, one calendar, and the public.
Who would have the final say on what gets announced?ru uud rév tha FÁI-nal sêi on uát guéts a-NÁUNSTWho would have the final say on what gets announced?
Each partner, for their own events.ítch PÁRT-ner, for thér ôun i-VÉNTSEach partner, for their own events.
And on the shared ones?end on tha shérd uânzAnd on the shared ones?
That's what you'd coordinate.théts uát iúd kou-ÓR-di-neitThat's what you'd coordinate.
That's a polite way of saying nobody.théts a po-LÁIT uêi ov SÊI-ing NÔU-bâ-diThat's a polite way of saying nobody.
Then my first job is to find out who.then mai fârst djób iz tu fáind áut ruThen my first job is to find out who.
That's why we asked you.théts uái uí éskt iúThat's why we asked you.