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The Office - What Do You Do? (C0021) 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 V. P. 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 V. P. 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 ope 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! Key Vocabulary go on about phrase talk about something a lot Fortune 500 phrase top 500 companies, rated by revenue implement principle verb, present progressive begin to do something, put into action responsible Adjective have the duty or job of taking care of something nationwide Adjective in the whole country look after principle verb, infinitive take care of oversee principle verb, present simple watch and direct to make sure a job is done correctly quality control common noun, nonvariable checking goods to make sure that they are good enough to sell under me phrase working for me Supplementary Vocabulary develop relationships phrase make good relationships handle complaints phrase look after or take care of complaints phrase / write official documents coordinate verb make arrangements or plans with a group of people monitor verb watch and check supervise verb be in charge of something , watch and direct ensure verb make sure