Well, ok. I need the course. If I don't do it, I won't be able to ___________________________. I mean, these days, _________________________, don't you? But still I don't see why it can't be enjoyable at the same time.
What I mainly feel really is nervous. You know, like I am being sent back to school or something. I am feeling very ______________, which is of course not the best _________________. It's just after all these years of doing the job and doing it well, I'm proud to say, and __________________________. It seems ___________________________________; to have to ______________ especially when you feel you know what you're doing.
Yes the course content does look good in the _________. I know in a sense I shouldn't complain. After all it's a chance to ___________________________. And that's welcomed at the most of times. But it's still a bit of gamble, isn't it? I just have to hope it really does improve my chances of _____________________. It's a bit frightening to tell you the truth, with ____________________. After 20 years in a company, ______________________________, do you?
At this time of age, you've just got to want to _______________________and ______________________________. That's ________________ anyway. I just can't wait to get started.
Supplementary Exercise Six
1. Are you clear about the following titles' responsibilities?
Title | Responsibility |
Advertising Manager | Develops, implements, and manages the company's advertising strategy, both from a business, sales and technicalperspective; Initiates and manages discussion and sales with sponsor and agencies; Manages a group of advertising sales representatives. |
Sales Director | Develops, implements, and manages the company's advertising strategy, both from a business, sales and technicalperspective. Spends time negotiating agreements with outside sales representatives. managing the development of sales materials. |
Finance Director | Develops annual program budget, conducts periodic budget review and ensures divisional and departmental functions adhere to established budgetary guidelines and implementation procedures; Coordinates various financial functions including financial accounting, budgeting, transaction processing, payroll, purchasing and financial reporting. |
Catering Manager | Plans, organizes and manages the food and beverage services of organizations and businesses both inside and outside the hospitality industry, with the aim of achieving good quality at low cost with high standards of hygiene and customer satisfaction. |
2. Spot Dictation:
I think one of the main benefits is perhaps something _______________________. Earnest, I wasn't. And that's _________ people with different roles, different jobs _______________. Sure my responsibility is to ______________________. Everyone wants a ____, needs help with the ________. I am always hearing about the problems. Never good things, of course, with the ________.
Frankly I wonder if my time ___________ been better spent back in the office. Well, I don't want to sound negative. Maybe it's just me. I grant you there's some ___________ going around. _____________ really. All these visions of what could really be happening, pictures of the possible future, and more have you. But, at the end of the day, we'll be back at the same___________. And I'll be ________ and _______ around, and still be expected to do _________ at once.
And actually my problem's not really that, because, well, what I need ______________ is some kind of _________, some kind of feeling of ____________. You know ______________. I don't know where I'll be in five years' time, you see. So I'm not quite sure what I need to know now.