عبارت انگلیسی
counter
معنی و توضیح
In this podcast, the word “counter” means a long, flat surface like a table where the customer stands on one side and the employee stands on the other side and where things are bought and sold: “There was a long line of people waiting in front of the counter at the bank.” A “counter” is also a long, flat surface in a kitchen or bathroom: “Please clean the kitchen counter after you finish washing the dishes.” A “bean counter” is an informal and impolite name for an accountant, or a person who records how much money is received and spent by a company: “He’s a bean counter, so he spends all day working with numbers.” Finally, on a website a “counter” is something that counts how many people come to a website: “According to the counter, more than one million people have visited this website.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 418 – Getting Bad Service
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Getting Bad Service». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 418: Getting Bad Service.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 418. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. Go there and download a Learning Guide for this episode that contains all of the vocabulary, definitions, sample sentences, additional definitions, cultural notes, and a complete transcript of this episode.
This episode is called “Getting Bad Service.” It’s a dialogue between two people talking about the bad customer service they received at a coffee house (or a coffee shop) that they went to. Let’s get started.
Buck: I’m never going to that coffee house again!
Star: Why? What happened?
Buck: It’s the third time in a week that I’ve had lousy service. I don’t expect five- star treatment, but I do expect service industry employees to be at least civil.
Star: What happened this time?
Buck: I walked in
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.