🎙️ Morning English — Negotiating Deadlines Professionally

• 🎧 Podcast
• 1. 🎙️ 팟캐스트 인트로
• 2. 📝 핵심 표현 5개
• 3. 🔇 빈칸 채우기 — 5문제
• 4. 🗣️ 말하기 연습 — 3문제
• 5. 🔄 한→영 번역 퀴즈 — 3문제
• 6. 👂 리스닝 챌린지

🎧 Podcast

1. 🎙️ 팟캐스트 인트로

Good morning, and welcome back to your practical English workout. Today’s theme is negotiating deadlines professionally without sounding defensive. You’ll practice clear phrases for setting expectations, proposing alternatives, and confirming commitments. Let’s train for real conversations you’ll have with teammates, clients, and managers.

2. 📝 핵심 표현 5개

3. 🔇 빈칸 채우기 — 5문제

1. We’re not fully ____ to finish by Monday because of integration issues.
   ||on track||
2. Can we discuss a more ____ timeline for phase two?
   ||realistic||
3. If we keep the launch date, we’ll need a ____ adjustment.
   ||scope||
4. I can ____ to delivering the draft by tomorrow noon.
   ||commit||
5. Would it be possible to ____ back the deadline by three days?
   ||push||

4. 🗣️ 말하기 연습 — 3문제

1. Your manager asks, “Can we still launch this Friday?” Respond politely and suggest a new date with a reason.
   ||We can launch a stable core this Friday, but for full quality I recommend moving the final release to Tuesday due to regression testing.||
2. A client insists on the original deadline. Offer a scope trade-off in one or two sentences.
   ||If the deadline must stay, we can deliver the essential dashboard first and move advanced filters to the next sprint.||
3. Confirm ownership and next steps after a schedule discussion.
   ||Thanks for aligning on this. I’ll send an updated timeline today and commit to a progress update every afternoon.||

5. 🔄 한→영 번역 퀴즈 — 3문제

1. 일정은 논의 가능하지만, 품질 기준은 타협할 수 없습니다.
   ||The schedule is negotiable, but the quality standard is not.||
2. 월요일까지 핵심 기능을 완료하는 것으로 확약드리겠습니다.
   ||We can commit to completing the core features by Monday.||
3. 현재 범위를 유지하면 마감일을 이틀 미뤄야 합니다.
   ||If we keep the current scope, we need to push the deadline back by two days.||

6. 👂 리스닝 챌린지

Listen and shadow this mini script:

Hi team, quick update on the release plan. We made solid progress, but the payment flow still needs full end-to-end testing. To protect quality, I suggest we push back the final deadline from Friday to Monday. If Monday is fixed for launch communications, we can still commit to shipping the core checkout experience on Friday and roll out the advanced coupon logic on Monday. I’ll share a revised timeline and risk list right after this meeting.