Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A1 – An Office Move

1 let’s   2 at   3 bar chart   4 shows   5 can see

6 look at   7 ’ll see

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Now, let’s look at our office costs. This bar chart shows the main differences in costs between the old office and the new office. As you can see, the rent of the new office is cheaper by £8,000. If you look at the cost of electricity, water, etc., you’ll see that this cost is also lower. The cost of office supplies, for example paper, ink, pens and phones is the same, but we pay a little less for the internet. So in total we save about 15 percent per month on our new office.

1   This slide shows

2   as you can see

3   let’s look at

4   at the final bullet point

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Anna:   So, we think 23 Beaker Street is the best option. This slide shows a list of details about 23 Beaker Street. It’s bigger than our office now, and it’s close to the city centre. It’s also close to a train station and a bus stop. They’re about a ­five-minute walk.

However, as you can see, it’s not perfect because the car park is smaller and the internet is slower than what we have at the moment.

Tony:   Now, let’s look at prices. The office costs $1,900 a month so it’s more expensive than our office at the moment but cheaper than other offices in the city centre. If you look at the ­final bullet point, you will see that we can choose a ­ five-or ten-year contract, so that’s really good.