English for Everyday Living
Office Pictures
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| This is a traditional-style telephone. | A desk calendar can be used to keep track of daily appointments. | Mail from the office can be put in a regular metal mailbox. | Being "behind the 8-ball" means you are in trouble. | An attaché case or brief case is used to carry work papers. |
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| Most business people carry a cell phone everywhere they go. | The most popular view in many offices is the wall clock. | The computer has replaced the typewriter in most offices. | This is a style of copier that might be used in a small office. | More office messages are sent by E-mail than by regular mail today. |
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| Most businesses still send important letters in an envelope. | A fax-copier can send and receive messages as well as copy papers. | A file clerk arranges papers in drawers in a file cabinet. | The file clerk puts the papers in a folder like this. | This young man is "goofing off" instead of working. |
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| The work day for many office workers ends at 5:00 p.m. | New telephones have many features that old telephones do not have. | Companies located outside of cities often use a mailbox like this one. | A good office chair is well-padded and can swivel and rock. | A piggy bank is a symbol of saving in the United States. |
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| A drawing board or chalk board is often used at business meetings. | This young man is delivering the report he just finished. | A scanner can "read" pictures, diagrams or print and send it to a computer. | This woman is writing down an order from the computer screen. | In many companies, workers must "punch" in or out on a time clock |
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| An office manager may pull his hair if his staff makes a serious mistake. | This mouse doesn't eat cheese. It just wants you to move it and push its buttons | It is not good to keep a client waiting in your office. | The custodial crew cleans the offices after the office workers go home. | Some people do not work. They wait for workers to give them money. |
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