Primer día en la oficina
“Hoy es el primer día de Leandro en una oficina nueva.
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Primer día en la oficina
Reviewed by Francisco · Updated
- Topic
- Trabajo y rutinas
- Learning goal
- Understand a workplace routine and ask for clarification
- Grammar focus
- present tense routines · tener que + infinitive · polite questions
- Length
- 97 words
- Reading time
- 0.9 min
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English translation▾
Today is Leandro’s first day in a new office.
His colleague Inés shows him his desk and the kitchen.
She also explains to him how the entry card works.
Leandro has to record his arrival time every morning.
At ten, the whole team has a brief meeting.
During the meeting, each person describes their tasks for the day.
Leandro does not understand a word and asks for an explanation.
Inés explains it to him with a simple example.
At noon, several colleagues eat together in the kitchen.
Leandro ends the day tired but satisfied with his first day.
Key vocabulary
Comprehension check
Use the language
Writing prompt
Describe a first day at work or school. Include the routine, one thing you did not understand, and how someone helped.
Speaking prompt
Ask a colleague to explain a workplace rule, repeat the rule in your own words, and check one detail.
Answer key and explanations
The entry card.
The third sentence says she explains how the entry card works.
The whole team has a short meeting.
The fifth sentence identifies a brief team meeting at ten.
He asks for an explanation.
The passage says he requests an explanation, and Inés gives an example.
Tired but satisfied.
The final sentence directly describes him as tired but satisfied.