【雅思播客013】what do you do

【dialog】

A: Oh, look, there’s Veronica and her boyfriend.She’s always going on about him at the office. Oh,
great, they saw us. They’re coming this way.
B: Oh, man...
C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I’d like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he’s the VP. of quality and safety
for a top Fortune 500 food company.
A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.
B: Hey, how’s it going?
D: Hello.
A: Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work.

D: Well, yeah, a VP. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily operations of our quality control for the entire East Coast that alone means i have 15 employees under me.
B: Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting.
D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?
B: Oh, I’m a Top Gun pilot!

【keywords】

VP: the vice president

go on about   talk about something a lot/ keeps talking about

【Eg】 My boss is always going on about how we need to save money it's all he talks about.

【Eg】 Gary is always going on about his kids, he's always talking about how smart they are.

【Eg】My mom is always going on about how i should get marrried.

Fortune 500    top 500 companies,rated by revenue

policies: formal rules for a company or an organizaiton
implement: begin to do something,put into action

【Eg】Our company has to implement this sale strategy.

【eg】Sara will be responsible for implementing the plan.

【Eg】I implemented several new policies.
responsible   have the duty or job of taking care of something
nationwide   in the whole country

【Eg】 Nationwide we have 500 stores.

【Eg】 The government will be starting nationwide testing of Grade 4 students.

【Eg】There is a nationwide shortage of doctors.
look after   take care of
oversee   watch and direct to make sure a job is done correctly

【Eg】In my last job i oversaw recruitment.

【Eg】Jason can you oversee this project?

【Eg】I am overseeing the budget in my department.
quality control    checking goods to make sure that they are good enough to sell

【Eg】Our quality control measures help make sure that there are no mistakes in our project.

【Eg】 I am responsible for quality control in our factory.

【Eg】 we have poor quality control and so there are a lot of problems with our project.

under me    working for me

【Eg】in your job you will have 18 employees under you.

【Eg】I don't have any employees under me.

【Eg】Frank has 12 managers working under him.

develop relationships   make good relationships
handle complaints  look after or take care of complaints/ write offcial documents
coordinate  make arrangements or plans with a group of people
monitor  watch and check
supervise   be in charge of something , watch and direct
ensure  make sure

What do you do for a living? = what work do you do? / what is your job?