Day 129: Standing In for the Boss
At home in Mainz, Nora (A) tells her boyfriend Marlon (B) some news about her boss, Ms Kessler.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a German word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native German, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Meine Chefin ist krank. Jetzt muss ich morgen die Kundenbesprechung leiten!
My boss is ill. Now I've got to lead the client meeting tomorrow!
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B
Das schaffst du doch! Hast du denn die Präsentation deiner Chefin?
You can do it! Have you got your boss's presentation?
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A
Ja, die hat sie mir trotz ihres Fiebers noch geschickt.
Yes, she still sent it to me, despite her temperature.
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B
Super, dann gehen wir die Folien gleich mal zusammen durch.
Great, then let's go through the slides together right now.
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A
Die Folien sind nicht das Problem, sondern die Fragen am Ende der Besprechung.
The slides aren't the problem, it's the questions at the end of the meeting.
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B
Pass auf, ich bin jetzt der Kunde. Erste Frage: Wo ist denn Frau Kessler?
Right, I'm the client now. First question: so where's Ms Kessler?
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