Lesson O - (968 - 1011)
daughter nice warn yesterday aim invite taste lip knife mistake sweet guard worse exchange rare request appoint loan mail retire evil empty advise message hate dirt trust minister brush beside luck profit prison chairman urge blind entertain soul mystery welcome snake disease rough smooth
Business Words: facility, computer, competent, introduce, tour, assign, fortunate, ponder, promote, irritate
IN THE NEW FACTORY
"It is really nice for me to get some competent people like you, " Jerry said. He was taking Tim and Mary Ann and Mr. Wilson around the factory where he had given them jobs yesterday.
"I know how well you all worked at the warehouse, and that is why I invited you all over. I aim to get the best people here and I urge you to introduce yourselves to everyone."
Jerry took them on a tour around the manufacturing facility. He showed them how computers controlled a hot knife that cut out parts in basic shapes from many materials. These were taken to other people who took these rough parts and made them smooth.
Mr. Wilson requested that Tim should be assigned to him. For several weeks Tim learned what rough parts he should take to what people to make them smooth. Mr. Wilson had other workers beside Tim, but he trusted Tim the most.
"Is it strange working for Jerry now, when Jerry used to be working for you?" said Tim one day in a rare exchange with Mr. Wilson.
"I always liked Jerry," he said. "And I tried to stop that evil chairman at the other company from firing him. Those people are now retired to some prison, I think, sweetly trying to entertain the guards. But right now it's not so bad, just to have a job."
"That's for sure," said Tim, "and at a nicer place."
"Maybe some day you want to be a supervisor," said Mr. Wilson.
"Well, Fabian got appointed to be my supervisor."
"But Fabian was fortunate that his brother married the daughter of the chairman. Then the chairman took all the profits and mailed loans to himself. I warned them about the blind mistake of making a snake like Fabian into a supervisor."
"Did they welcome your message?" asked Tim.
"Worse. They hated it when I would advise them of dirt in the company. They brushed it aside, like a bad taste on their lips. But they knew I was right."
"So it was irritating to work there as a manager?" asked Tim.
"Especially as a manager. It was a mystery to me, like the company had an empty soul. And there was no one to minister to the disease."
"But we're lucky. Here is better…"
"A lot better," said Mr. Wilson.
The next week they promoted Mr. Wilson to manager.
For a day Tim pondered who would be his new supervisor.
And then he knew.
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advise -- to
offer someone the best possible way to proceed (to Story)
aim
-- to direct, a purpose (to Story)
appoint
-- to name to a position (to Story)
assign -- put a name beside something
(to Story)
beside
-- at the side of (to Story)
blind -- not able to see (to Story)
brush
-- a tool with hair firmly set into a handle for cleaning
v. to move something away by touching it lightly (to Story)
chairman -- one that holds first place, the officer who presides the meeting
(to Story)
competent -- able to do something well
(to Story)
computer - a electronic information tool (to Story)
daughter -- a female human child (to Story)
dirt
-- dust, earth, anything of this nature (to Story)
disease
-- illness (to Story)
empty
-- containing nothing v. to take out all contents (to Story)
entertain
-- to hold the attention of (to Story)
evil -- morally wrong, bad
(to Story)
exchange
-- to give to, and receive from one another n. the process of giving and
receiving (to Story)
facility - a building where some activity happens
(to Story)
fortunate - lucky (to Story)
guard
-- n. a person who keeps watch, or a device to prevent injury v. to prevent injury
(to Story)
hate
-- a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action (to Story)
introduce -- present someone to another
person (to Story)
invite
-- to ask to come to some place (to Story)
irritate -- annoy someone with words or actions
(to Story)
knife
-- a tool to cut things (to Story)
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lip
-- either of the two edges of the mouth (to Story)
loan
-- v. the act of lending n. the money that is
loaned (to Story)
luck --
happening by chance (to Story)
mail
-- things and messages sent by post or internet (to Story)
message -- a communication from one person to another
(to Story)
minister -- a person taking part in the charge of a government
(to Story)
mistake
-- something done that is not correct or exact (to Story)
mystery -- anything that is unexplained or secret
(to Story)
nice
-- pleasing (to Story)
ponder -- to think about something for a long time
(to Story)
prison
-- a public building in which criminals are kept (to Story)
profit -- n. the return on a business activity v. to make a
good return
(to Story)
promote -- to move
up, as in give someone a better job (to Story)
rare
-- not often to be found (to Story)
request
-- express the need or desire for (to Story)
retire
-- to withdraw from working life (to Story)
rough
-- a surface with high and low points; not smooth (to Story)
smooth -- having an even surface; or, an ability to use
words to one's own benefit (to Story)
snake
-- a long animal with no legs (to Story)
soul
-- the part of the body which survives a person (to Story)
sweet
-- having a taste like sugar (to Story)
taste
-- n. the feeling produced by the mouth when eating v. sensing
something in your mouth to know what it is like (to Story)
tour -- an organized visit to see a different place
(to Story)
trust
-- n. quality of a person who respects the laws v. to believe that
someone else will do the best thing for you (to Story)
urge
-- n. a very strong desire v. to ask someone to do something (to Story)
warn
-- to signal of a possible danger (to Story)
welcome -- to receive in a friendly way
(to Story)
worse
-- more bad (to Story)
yesterday
-- the day before today (to Story)