Back to Course Listening 36 – Listen for specific words 0% Complete 0/0 Steps Quiz 1 of 0 Listening 36 – Listen for specific words Listening 36 – Listen for specific words Time limit: 0 Quiz Summary 0 of 1 Questions completed Questions: Information You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again. Quiz is loading… You must sign in or sign up to start the quiz. You must first complete the following: Results Quiz complete. Results are being recorded. Results Time has elapsed You have reached 0 of 0 point(s), (0) Earned Point(s): 0 of 0, (0) 0 Essay(s) Pending (Possible Point(s): 0) Categories Not categorized 0% 1 Question 1 of 1 1. Question Try to fill in the missing words: Today I’m going to tell you about two memorable mistakes I’ve made. The first one happened when I was living in New York City and working in BLANK 1 of 22. We had one project where we were making a cover for a DVD which was of a debate between two speakers, so we had to get BLANK 2 of 22 from both of them on the design. Well, there were a lot of BLANK 3 of 22 and changes, and the whole thing just dragged on and on until we were right up against the deadline. So when the designer sent me the final draft late one BLANK 4 of 22, I checked it over, it all looked good, and I approved it for printing. The problem was that I had BLANK 5 of 22 to run it by the speakers who were featured in the DVD, and I later got an e-mail from one of them BLANK 6 of 22 that some details be changed in his bio. I tried to talk him out of it, but he wouldn’t budge. By that point a couple BLANK 7 of 22 DVD covers had already been printed – and we had to throw them away and print them all over again after making the changes. It was my fault, I should have BLANK 8 of 22 the procedure – and it really bugs me when I make a mistake on something where I feel like I should’ve known BLANK 9 of 22. But I was also worried because I was pretty new on the job – I had only been there a couple of BLANK 10 of 22 – and here I was making a mistake that actually cost the company money. So I was even BLANK 11 of 22 if I’d lose my job over it. I called my BLANK 12 of 22 and she really helped put things in perspective. She pointed out that nobody got hurt, nobody got killed, and it’s not like it would cause any permanent BLANK 13 of 22 to the company’s reputation. And luckily they didn’t fire me, my manager just said, “Don’t let it happen again!” The second mistake is funny in hindsight, but seemed like a disaster at the time. I was working for a BLANK 14 of 22 organization, and we were going to send an e-mail to about 20,000 pastors across the country offering to give a BLANK 15 of 22 in their churches. I wrote a draft of the e-mail and sent it to the program manager for her to review. She said it was BLANK 16 of 22, and so I sent it to the director of publications, too – and she also approved it. So I clicked “send” and the message went out. Within hours we discovered that there was a typo in the phone number, which we had asked the pastors to call in order to BLANK 17 of 22 a presentation. Two of the numbers were switched, so instead of 5784 it said 5874 or something like that. Both the manager and the director had looked at it and given the green light, and BLANK 18 of 22 of us thought to check the phone number. Well, it wouldn’t have been so bad if the wrong number went to somebody’s BLANK 19 of 22, or to a pizza delivery place or something… but unfortunately it led straight to a phone sex line, and we had just sent it out to thousands and thousands of religious BLANK 20 of 22 and encouraged them to call! So after a few panicked messages back and forth, we BLANK 21 of 22 to send out another email with the subject line, “We made a big mistake!” and giving the correct phone number. What’s BLANK 22 of 22 is that more people actually opened the second e-mail than the first one – so all in all, no lasting harm was done. Today I’m going to tell you about two memorable mistakes I’ve made. The first one happened when I was living in New York City and working in Fill in the blank 1 of 22 . We had one project where we were making a cover for a DVD which was of a debate between two speakers, so we had to get Fill in the blank 2 of 22 from both of them on the design. Well, there were a lot of Fill in the blank 3 of 22 and changes, and the whole thing just dragged on and on until we were right up against the deadline. So when the designer sent me the final draft late one Fill in the blank 4 of 22 , I checked it over, it all looked good, and I approved it for printing. The problem was that I had Fill in the blank 5 of 22 to run it by the speakers who were featured in the DVD, and I later got an e-mail from one of them Fill in the blank 6 of 22 that some details be changed in his bio. I tried to talk him out of it, but he wouldn’t budge. By that point a couple Fill in the blank 7 of 22 DVD covers had already been printed – and we had to throw them away and print them all over again after making the changes. It was my fault, I should have Fill in the blank 8 of 22 the procedure – and it really bugs me when I make a mistake on something where I feel like I should’ve known Fill in the blank 9 of 22 . But I was also worried because I was pretty new on the job – I had only been there a couple of Fill in the blank 10 of 22 – and here I was making a mistake that actually cost the company money. So I was even Fill in the blank 11 of 22 if I’d lose my job over it. I called my Fill in the blank 12 of 22 and she really helped put things in perspective. She pointed out that nobody got hurt, nobody got killed, and it’s not like it would cause any permanent Fill in the blank 13 of 22 to the company’s reputation. And luckily they didn’t fire me, my manager just said, “Don’t let it happen again!” The second mistake is funny in hindsight, but seemed like a disaster at the time. I was working for a Fill in the blank 14 of 22 organization, and we were going to send an e-mail to about 20,000 pastors across the country offering to give a Fill in the blank 15 of 22 in their churches. I wrote a draft of the e-mail and sent it to the program manager for her to review. She said it was Fill in the blank 16 of 22 , and so I sent it to the director of publications, too – and she also approved it. So I clicked “send” and the message went out. Within hours we discovered that there was a typo in the phone number, which we had asked the pastors to call in order to Fill in the blank 17 of 22 a presentation. Two of the numbers were switched, so instead of 5784 it said 5874 or something like that. Both the manager and the director had looked at it and given the green light, and Fill in the blank 18 of 22 of us thought to check the phone number. Well, it wouldn’t have been so bad if the wrong number went to somebody’s Fill in the blank 19 of 22 , or to a pizza delivery place or something… but unfortunately it led straight to a phone sex line, and we had just sent it out to thousands and thousands of religious Fill in the blank 20 of 22 and encouraged them to call! So after a few panicked messages back and forth, we Fill in the blank 21 of 22 to send out another email with the subject line, “We made a big mistake!” and giving the correct phone number. What’s Fill in the blank 22 of 22 is that more people actually opened the second e-mail than the first one – so all in all, no lasting harm was done. Correct / 22 Points Incorrect / 22 Points
