A young man named fose works in a store selling items such as toothpastes, candles, pens salt, sugar and broad. He finds his boss, Maria annoying and he tends not to listen to her all the time One day, they had two types of bread to sell. Maria made it clear that the higher quality leaves should go for 50 pesos and the other ones for 30 pesos. All morning many customers came in to buy bread. Jose sold all leaves for the same price-30 pesos When Maria returned, she realized that jose sold the good quality bread for only 30 pesos, She got angry and said she would make Jose pay the difference. Process Questions.
1. What is the listening text all about?
2. Identify any misunderstanding found in the text
3.Why did this situation happen?
4. Has a similar situation happened to you? Have you experienced not listening to someone speaking? Have you experienced speaking and the other person was not listening to you? What happened?
5. If you were one of the characters, what will you do to avoid such situation?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. The listening text is about a young man named Jose who works in a store selling various items and his strained relationship with his boss, Maria, due to his tendency to not listen to her instructions.
2. The misunderstanding found in the text is that Jose sold the higher quality bread for the same price as the lower quality bread, despite Maria explicitly stating that the higher quality leaves should be sold for a higher price.
3. This situation happened because Jose tends not to listen to Maria, leading to him not following her instructions regarding the pricing of the bread.
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5. If I were one of the characters, to avoid such a situation, I would make sure to actively listen and pay attention to my boss's instructions. Clear communication and understanding between both parties are crucial in preventing misunderstandings and mistakes.