Get ready!

1 Before you read the passage, talk about t ese questions.

1: what furniture items do you find in a bank?
 Locker
 Shelf
 Photocopier
 File

2: if you were a bank manager, how would you furnish your

bank?
 metal chairs
 Locker
 Shelf
 Drawer

Reading

2: Read the page from a furniture company's website. Then,

mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).
1 T conference tables are on sale.
2 T Every desk comes with a free chair.
3 F Free mats come with every order

Vocabulary
3 Read the sentence pair. Choose where the words best fit the
blanks.
armchair / teller pedestal
A Lock the deposit in the teller pedestal
B The customer sat in the armchair
mat / filing cabinet
A Please wipe your feet on the mat
B Mr. Smith put the forms in the filing cabinet
rope / conference table
A The rope keeps the customer line organized.
B This conference table seats twelve people.

4 Fill in the blanks with the correct words and phrases from the
word bank.
desks posts couch desk chair
1 A couple is waiting together on the couch
2 Connect the post with rope.
3 The banker sat down in her desk chair
4 The new desks have six drawers each.

Listening
6 Listen to a conversation between a bank manager and an
employee. Choose the correct answers.
1 What is the conversation mainly about?
A opening a new branch
b adding posts and ropes
C reorganizing the lobby
D replacing old furniture

2 What new furniture will the manager buy?

A posts
b mats
C armchairs
D ropes

7 Listen again and complete the conversation.

Mananager: We need to reorganize the lobby.
Employee: I know what you mean. Customers
don't know where the line starts.
Manager: Let's see. We can move these armchairs away from
the door.
Employee: Yeah. Then people could walk straight to the tellers
Mananager: Right. And where will we shift the post and rope
setup forward?
Employee: Then there won't be any confusion about the line
Manager: Exactly. We can even get some floor mats
Employee: good idea Blue ones to match the chairs.