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Repairs

Speaking 1 What's the difference between maintain and repair? Give examples.

Listening 2 ^ L 3 H Listen to a supervisor giving instructions about some repairs to an office
trailer. Make notes about he repairs hat need doing.
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3 Listen again. Who is doing each task? Complete the table.
NAME TASK
John (1)
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grease the jack
Supervisor (6)
Vocabulary 4 Write the phrase:
1 the supervisor uses o explain hat he is giving nstructions.
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2 the supervisor uses o describe a quick task.
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3 the supervisor uses o say hat he will do the work.
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4 Sandra uses o explain that the welding will take no more han sixty minutes.
5 Use the phrases n 4 o complete this conversation.
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Jose: Excuse me, are you the supervisor?
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Supervisor: Yes, that's ight.
Jose: I'm Jose, the carpenter's apprentice. Mr Rodrigo said you had a
job for me. He said (1)
Supervisor: Ah, yes, but not an hour. (2)
Jose: OK, good.
Supervisor: You see the electricians over there? Well, they've just installed a
new system. They want o test t. (3) :
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I need you o stand on he other side of he building. You'll see a
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grey box on the wall. When you're n position, I'll raise my hand.
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They'll switch verything on and y o u check hat the green lights
come on, OK?
Jose: Yes, OK. And what about his documentation for the electricians?
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Supervisor: (4) Just get n position now.
Jose: OK.
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