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  • Hello everyone, this is Andrew from

  • Crown Academy of English and today we are going to do a

  • lesson on working at the

  • office. So, I'm going to teach you

  • lots of words, lots of vocabulary

  • about working at the office.

  • Let's get started..... so

  • the first word is.......

  • the word for desk

  • so that..... a desk

  • is where you work... so you work

  • at a desk and this is where you

  • put your documents and

  • this desk, as you can see, is made

  • of wood, and on

  • the right there are two drawers.

  • So you can see them here... this is the top drawer

  • and this is the

  • bottom drawer.... okay

  • and you can see on the front of

  • the drawer, there is a handle. So

  • the handle is for

  • opening the drawer.

  • And on a desk, you can put

  • a desk lamp. So this is

  • a lamp for the desk...

  • so we call it a desk lamp okay,

  • and you can see here, inside the lamp

  • this is the bulb, the light bulb

  • and here is the wire.

  • Also in an office, at a desk,

  • we need a chair

  • So this is

  • a black chair, made out of

  • leather and

  • on the sides of the chair there are two

  • arm rests. So this is

  • the right arm rest and here is

  • the left arm rest. And so the

  • arm rests are where we can put our arms.

  • They are on both sides of the chair.

  • And when we are at our desk... when we are

  • in the office, we often work with

  • a laptop computer.... so

  • this is a laptop computer...

  • and

  • this part of the computer

  • is the screen.

  • So on the screen, this is where we can

  • see our documents,

  • our files ... and

  • this is the keyboard. So

  • on the keyboard, there are keys

  • and we use the keyboard

  • to type... so

  • we can use the keyboard

  • to type a letter or to write a message

  • and

  • the English keyboard, we sometimes call it

  • a QWERTY keyboard... and we call it

  • a QWERTY keyboard because the

  • top row of keys...

  • the letters are

  • Q ... W ... E ...

  • R ... T ... Y

  • So that spells QWERTY

  • So if you hear somebody say

  • QWERTY keyboard, they mean

  • an English keyboard. And

  • this computer device, in English

  • we call it a mouse,

  • yes it's the same word as the little animal!

  • And the reason is because it looks a little bit like ...

  • it looks a little bit like a mouse with the ears

  • here I suppose.... so we call this

  • a mouse.... and here

  • is the left button, the

  • left mouse button still so we call this

  • the left button and here

  • is the right button and

  • in the middle.... this

  • is called the mouse wheel so we use the mouse wheel

  • to scroll up

  • the page, and to scroll down

  • the page.

  • And here is the wire. So the wire goes

  • from the mouse and connects

  • into the computer. If

  • the mouse does not have a wire, we say it is wireless...

  • so wireless. And

  • a sentence... something we can say with the mouse,

  • we would say I double-click on the

  • icon.... so for example,

  • if we wanted to run "Microsoft

  • Word", we would say

  • I am double-clicking

  • on the Word icon.... and

  • if we want to say to somebody to click

  • using the left button,

  • we would say... oh

  • sorry....if we wanted to say click using

  • the right button, then we say right-click. so if somebody asks you to right-click,

  • they mean to press this button

  • with your right finger....

  • and

  • we can also say left-click... so

  • to left-click means to click

  • on the left button.

  • And something else that we need

  • with the computer... when we need

  • to produce a document,

  • we use

  • a printer. So this is called a printer....

  • and in the printer,

  • we load the printer

  • with paper... with paper okay.

  • So this is the paper. We put the sheets

  • of paper in the back of this printer

  • and then..

  • they.... when they are printed, the paper comes

  • out here and this is called the paper tray. This is the paper tray.

  • So if you have... if your manager

  • has a printer which can print in red, yellow,

  • green, blue... we can say that

  • "My manager has a colour printer."..ok

  • Now "colour"... this word here...

  • colour - C O L O U R .....

  • that is BRITISH English ...

  • okay... American English

  • is different and

  • color is spelt C O L O R

  • in American English. So

  • that is a big difference. And

  • if my printer is not

  • a colour printer, I can say I have a black and white

  • printer because it can only print in black

  • or white. Inside

  • the printer, there are

  • ink cartridges

  • .... so the ink cartridges

  • are where the ink is stored...

  • and on a colour printer, there would be

  • 3 different coloured ink

  • cartridges....so

  • a sentence we can use then... we can say

  • "My printer has run out of ink."

  • This is an expression. To

  • RUN OUT OF something so these three words...

  • RUN OUT OF - this means

  • there is no more ink and

  • so we can use this expression RUN OUT OF

  • .. we can use this, for example, to say

  • "I have run out of milk"

  • or "I have run

  • out of water ... or

  • "I have run out of

  • soap" So "run out of" means

  • the ink is finished. There is no more ink.

  • So "My printer has run out

  • of ink." So we can say

  • "I must change the ink cartridges." ...

  • which means we must change

  • these cartridges and put them

  • into the printer ...

  • So.... this

  • is a telephone ... so

  • everybody has a telephone on their desk

  • in the office and

  • this part of the telephone - this

  • long piece here .... this

  • is called the handset. So

  • when your telephone rings, when you

  • receive a call you pick up

  • the handsets when you answer the phone

  • you pick up the handset. So

  • when you receive a call, your telephone

  • rings. So we can say "My telephone

  • is ringing." .... and when

  • you want to use your telephone to contact

  • somebody, to speak to somebody,

  • you can say

  • that you call somebody so

  • we can say for example "This morning,

  • I called a supplier." This means

  • that you picked up your handset

  • and you dialled

  • a number, and you called

  • a supplier, or you called

  • a customer, or you called

  • your parents. We can also say

  • I MADE a call. This morning, I MADE a call.

  • And here we have

  • a different type of telephone... and this one

  • is called a "mobile phone" So this

  • is a mobile phone ... and

  • again this is the

  • British English word.

  • In British English, we say mobile phone and

  • in American English, Americans

  • say "cellphone". So if you hear

  • the word cell phone, then that

  • is American English.

  • Now this is called a

  • stapler. Stapler ...

  • and a stapler uses

  • staples.

  • So a stapler contains

  • staples. We put staples

  • inside the stapler.... and

  • if we want to remove staples

  • from a sheet of paper, we use

  • staple remover

  • so we use staple remover

  • to take out ... or ..

  • to remove the staples from

  • a piece of paper. This

  • is called a calculator

  • So we use a calculator

  • ... to

  • do some calculations.... to do some

  • additions and

  • to work out sums... ok and something else we see

  • in an office is a calendar.

  • Now this is a desk

  • calendar because it is

  • small enough to go on the desk.

  • So this one is a 2013

  • calendar and it is showing

  • the month of January. And this

  • is called either...

  • an agenda or

  • we can call it a personal organiser

  • or sometimes we call it

  • a diary.... okay

  • I think the most common word for it would be

  • diary or personal organiser

  • Agenda is

  • less often, we don't... is less common.... we don't

  • often call it an agenda - we usually call it

  • a diary or a personal organiser. And

  • here on top of the diary,

  • here is a pen. So we use a pen

  • for writing inside the diary.

  • Here we can see lots of

  • files ... so

  • we use files to

  • store documents and

  • pieces of paper.

  • So here there is a yellow file,

  • a red file, a white file,

  • a blue file .... and

  • we put files in ...

  • excuse me ..... in a filing cabinet. So

  • we put the files in

  • the filing cabinets. We store

  • the files in a filing cabinet.

  • Here we can see them here. Here there are three black

  • files in the filing cabinet.

  • These little plastic things

  • are called paper clips ...

  • paper clips ... and here is a yellow

  • paper clip, here is a green one, a red one,

  • a white one ... and we use

  • paper clips to attach

  • pieces of paper together .... to group

  • pieces of paper together. Now here

  • on this photograph, we can see several

  • sheets of paper, of

  • white paper... here is a pen ...

  • here are some yellow

  • post-its We call these post-its

  • and at the top... this

  • big black plastic thing is called

  • a "bulldog clip" and Bulldog.. yes

  • that is the same as the breed of

  • dog, of animal ! I'm not quite sure..

  • not sure why we call it a bulldog clip

  • but that is the name. So

  • here is a larger

  • photograph. So at the top here... this

  • is called a bulldog clip. Now here

  • on this photograph there are three things. The first one

  • is here... it is a pencil.

  • So we use a pencil for writing

  • and for drawing. And when

  • the pencil has been used a lot, the pencil

  • becomes blunt...and so

  • we need to use a pencil

  • sharpener. So we use this

  • to sharpen the pencil. so

  • if the pencil is blunt, we use

  • this to sharpen

  • the pencil. And here,

  • at the bottom, is a ruler.. and we use

  • a ruler to measure distance.

  • So here we can see there are

  • centimetres on the ruler -

  • four centimetres, five centimetres,

  • six centimetres. And

  • this is a photograph

  • of the top of a pencil. You can see this is the pencil...

  • and this is the top of the pencil.. and this

  • white part is called an eraser.

  • okay an eraser.... now

  • an eraser is used to .....

  • to correct mistakes so

  • if we wanted to delete a word,

  • or to remove a word, we use an eraser.

  • And here

  • this ... this

  • is called sellotape

  • ok...now sellotape....

  • we call it sellotape, sellotape is in fact

  • a brand name. It is a brand name for...

  • for this okay... because in England..

  • or in Britain this is

  • the best-selling type

  • of "sticky tape". So

  • the general word for this object is

  • "sticky tape" but in England,

  • Scotland, Wales and Ireland,

  • in Great Britain ....

  • we actually call it sellotape

  • okay because that is the most famous brand

  • of this product....

  • and the black plastic part

  • is called the dispenser.

  • Okay so this item

  • is called a stamp or sometimes we call it

  • a rubber stamp and

  • we use it for .... for printing words on on a document like

  • "guarantee" or "fragile"

  • or "export" or something like that.

  • ...

  • and this is called a hole punch.

  • So a hole punch is used

  • for ... making holes

  • in a piece of paper which we then put

  • in a file. So we put

  • the paper here and then we press

  • down on the hole punch, and that

  • makes a hole here and a hole here...

  • and then we can put the paper inside a file.

  • And...

  • this is called a "waste

  • paper bin"

  • "Bin" is the word that we use

  • for ... putting

  • rubbish in and.. it's waste paper... we

  • say it's waste paper because it's paper that ..

  • we want to throw away, that we no longer

  • need. So we say this is a waste

  • paper bin.

  • If I print, for example, if I print

  • a Word document.. if I print a document

  • on my computer and printer, but then I need

  • ten copies of that document,

  • then I would use the photocopier.

  • So a photocopier is used

  • for making copies of a document.

  • Right, now this is a photograph

  • of a meeting room ... so a

  • meeting room is a room in which

  • there is a table and

  • several chairs around the table

  • and it is a place where people

  • come together ... to hold a meeting.

  • We say to HOLD a meeting.

  • We don't say "do a meeting" we say "we hold

  • a meeting". So here is a meeting with

  • four people... and

  • in the meeting room here, we can see at the back of the meeting room,

  • there is a flip chart and

  • this is used for writing...

  • for writing words on or for drawing things ...

  • and here

  • we can see that the person at the front...

  • he is giving

  • a presentation.. presentation.

  • So a presentation

  • is like a speech... or

  • maybe a training course.

  • It's very often ...

  • yes some sort of a speech or an explanation of something or

  • training. And..

  • to display, to be able to display

  • things on the screen we use

  • a projector. So we use

  • a projector to display ....

  • text and pictures on the screen.

  • Here we can see a businessman.

  • So listen carefully to the pronunciation...

  • We say businessman okay ...

  • and he's wearing

  • a black tie and he's holding

  • he's holding a briefcase.

  • So this type of bag, we call it

  • a briefcase. And

  • we also have a businesswoman. So this is

  • a businesswoman and she's wearing

  • ... like a blue jacket,

  • a white blouse and

  • she's also wearing

  • glasses. These are called glasses.

  • And here we can see there are two businessmen...

  • and they are shaking

  • hands. So the verb "to shake

  • hands". So this man...

  • so they're both shaking hands... and here

  • on the right hand side, this person

  • is giving a business card

  • to the other person. So,

  • a business card is a small white

  • card which contains

  • information like ...

  • your name, your job title,

  • your company name,

  • the company address,

  • your telephone number, your email address,

  • your website. So it's

  • information about how to contact you.

  • So...

  • you could say to somebody "Do you have a business card?" Or you could say

  • "Let's exchange business cards." Ok?

  • So, that is

  • the end of the lesson. So I think there we've learned

  • a lot of new words today.

  • Lots of words of things that you will find

  • very often in an office and words that you need to learn.

  • Words that you would definitely be using. So

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