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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The meeting needs a destination

An alignment meeting starts to jumble the banner, budget, and chairs, and Ana learns to say what needs to be decided by the end and to order the topics while ensuring that each one comes back up. Say before we start, the budget for the banner is too low, and who's bringing the chairs, one second, by the end of this meeting, we need to agree on the date and the place, the banner matters, it does, let's come back to the banner after we have a date, because the banner needs one, fair, and the chairs, after the place, chairs need a room, you've done this before, once, with a napkin.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

At the café, the partnership's second meeting starts with three topics at once, and Ana chooses the meeting's destination and the order for the rest.

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Before we start, the budget for the banner is too low.bi-FÓR uí start, tha BÂ-djet for tha BÉ-ner iz tú lôuBefore we start, the budget for the banner is too low.
And who's bringing the chairs?end ruz BRÍN-guing tha tchérzAnd who's bringing the chairs?
One second. By the end of this meeting, we need to agree on the date and the place.uân SÉ-kond. bai thi énd ov this MÍ-ting, uí níd tu a-GRÍ on tha dêit end tha plêisOne second. By the end of this meeting, we need to agree on the date and the place.
The banner matters.tha BÉ-ner MÉ-terzThe banner matters.
It does. Let's come back to the banner after we have a date, because the banner needs one.it dâz. léts kâm bék tu tha BÉ-ner ÉF-ter uí rév a dêit, bi-KÓZ tha BÉ-ner nídz uânIt does. Let's come back to the banner after we have a date, because the banner needs one.
Fair.férFair enough.
And the chairs?end tha tchérzAnd the chairs?
After the place. Chairs need a room.ÉF-ter tha plêis. tchérz níd a rúmAfter the place. Chairs need a room.
You've done this before.iúv dân this bi-FÓRYou've done this before.
Once. With a napkin.uâns. uíth a NÉP-kinOnce. With a napkin.