Unit 23
Working with a designer
職場攻略/辦公日常
English for the workplace/Communication in workplace
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Do you like designing your clothes?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. schedule (n.) 計劃
When is the next schedule for the meeting?
下一次會議時間表是什麼時候？
2. clients (n.)客戶
You have 4 clients waiting at the office.
你有4位客戶在辦公室裡等待。
3. brochure (n.)宣傳冊
Do you have a brochure of your designs?
你有設計手冊嗎？
4. content (n.) 內容
I am the one creating the content for our design.
我是為我們的設計創作內容的人。
5. layout (n.) 排版
Do you like the layout of the dress?
你喜歡這件衣服的佈局嗎？
6. approve (v.) 批准
I approve of your decision to change the design.
我同意您更改設計的決定。
7. cluttered (v.) 雜亂
Toys cluttered up the room.
玩具亂糟糟地堆滿房間。
8. messy (adj.) 混亂
Your room is so messy. Please clean it.
你的房間太亂了。 請把它清理乾淨。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Thanks so much for meeting with me today, I’m glad you could schedule me in.
非常感謝你今天能留出時間來見我。
No problem, anything for one of my best clients. So, what did you want to talk about?
是應該的，你是我們最重要的客戶之一。 那麼你想談點什麼？
Well, I was wondering how much longer it’s going to take to finish the new brochure we’re working on.
我想知道我們目前在做的最新宣傳手冊多久之後能做好？
It’ll probably take a few more days. We are still working on the content as well as the layout. Plus, we still need you to approve it. I have a copy here if you want to take a look.
可能要再過幾天。 我們還在做內容跟排版工作。 另外我們還要徵求你的同意，你想看的話，我這裡有一份複印件。
I like it so far, but I feel that it needs more visuals. I think it also needs more color. It’s too boring right now.
目前為止做得都很好，但我想要更多一些圖片，我覺得還需要多一些色彩，現在太單調了。
Ok, I can make those changes. Is there anything else you want changed?
好，我們會做改動，其他還有什麼想變動的嗎？
I don’t really like the layout. It looks too cluttered and messy.
我不太喜歡這個排版，看起來太散，太混亂。
I could make it bigger if you want or take out some of the content.
我可以把它放大一些或者去掉部分内容。
Make it bigger then. We already edited the material as much as possible. Also, is there any way we could speed up the process, our deadline is coming up soon.
那就放大一些吧，我們已經把素材編輯得差不多了。 還有我們能不能加快一下進度，最後期限就快到了。
If there are no more changes, I can have it to you by the end of the week
如果沒有其他改動，這週末我就能交給你。
Great, we’ll talk again soon!
太棒了，那我們後面再談。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ______.
B : I was wondering how much longer it’s going to take to finish the new brochure we’re working on.
1. Is there anything else you want changed?
2. So, what did you want to talk about?
A : Is there anything else you want changed?
B : ________.
1. It looks too cluttered and messy.
2.Anything for one of my best clients.
Is there anything else you want _______?
1.changed
2.change
It looks too cluttered and ________.
1.messy
2.miss
The ___ of a building is the way in which the parts of it are arranged.
A.schedule
B.layout
C.content
D.process
A customer of a company is sometimes called “a _____”.
A.designer
B.president
C.staff
D.client
Can you fit me ___ your schedule for tomorrow afternoon?
A.among
B.in
C.by
D.for
I don’t want all these files ____ up my desk.
A.managed
B.arranging
C.organizing
D.cluttering
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.What is your dream profession? Do you see yourself being involved in that profession 5 years from now?
