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The Office - Presentation Series 7 - Handling Tech-

nical Problems (C0289)

Mr. Ford:        Okay,  so  if  we  could  dim  the  lights

Jonathan, we can kick-off with the first

TV advert.  Please note that we are still

in the early days with this advert, so it might seem a bit rough round the edges. Okay, so. just need to click this and the advert should pop up on the screen...

Mr. Ford:

Jonathan:

Mr. Ford:

Hmmmmmm.   Sorry about this.   Bear with me me a second. There seems to be a problem with the projector. Let me see. could you lend a hand a second?

It looks like the projector is not recogniz- ing the computer. Let me check the con- nection a second... Well the connection seems okay, and the computer is run- ning normally.

Okay. Sorry guys. Obviously a problem with the system.   Let’s just reboot and start over.  Let’s see if this resolves the issue.

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Jonathan:        Right,  lets try again.   No,  still nothing

Michael. There might be a technical is- sue with the projector.   I think maybe the projector has overheated. We might need to cool it down for ten minutes and start again.  I’ll call IT support to come over right now.

Mr. Ford:        Okay  guys.      Unfortunately  technical

problems do crop up from time to time, don’t they? But it’s not a huge problem.

In the meantime while the IT guys get to work on that I can talk a little bit more

about the advertising concept and what we are looking to achieve overall with this campaign.

Key Vocabulary

kick-off

recognize

crop up

rough

round the

edges

V

V

P

A

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beginning of an event Identify

appears or happens un- expectedly

having a rough quality; not smooth or refined

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bear with           P                                        to be patient with me

me

Supplementary Vocabulary

kink

unprepared

stall

screw-up

N

A

V

N

a flaw that hinders the success of an operation or plan

without          adequate

preparation, not ready to intentionally delay

as a noun:  a mess-up, can be used to refer to a person or thing; as a verb: to mess up

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