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Keith: Hi, I’m Keith.
Sadia: Hey, and I’m Sadia. So I was just thinking the other day—I think we might work in a paperless office. We might be eco-friendly!
Keith: Yeah! I guess we do! We’re green!
Sadia: I mean, our printer gets used once every couple of weeks, but other than that, all of our work is done on our computers, so no paper is really necessary!
Keith: In one of our previous lessons, we told our listeners about “going green.”
Sadia: That’s right.
Keith: So, a lot of offices are going green by becoming paperless offices—
Sadia: by reducing their use of paper, or by getting rid of paper altogether!
Keith: Yeah, in a paperless office, everything—and we mean EVERYTHING—is done by computer. From clocking in—or, signing in for the day—to communicating.
Sadia: It’s eco-friendly, yes, but it’s also a great way to save a little cash!
Keith: No paper, but also no filing cabinets, less shelving. And now, with people telecommuting—
Sadia: We should explain!
Keith: So, to telecommute is to work from home.
Sadia: I think I kind of like the idea of a paperless office even more!
Keith: Working in your pajamas...
Sadia: Yeah, I think this idea maybe started probably in the ’80s or something. People would, I think, work at their homes or at some other location, and they would call in to their office and kind of get updated and perhaps have a meeting, but today telecommuting is different because everything is done on the Internet, right?
Keith: That’s right, and even some companies, they have workers but no office, so a lot of people, they just work from home, they talk to each other over theI internet through email, through chatting...
Sadia: Skype...
Keith: Skype, as well, and they create a company.
Sadia: Yeah.
Keith: Well, listeners, what do you say? Do you think paperless offices are the wave of the future—that they’ll become more and more popular as time goes by?
Sadia: Do you work in a paperless office? And if not, would you want to?
Keith: Let us know with your comments!
Keith: Let's take a look at some of the vocabulary for this Buzzwords lesson.
Sadia: consumer [natural native speed]
Keith: consumer [natural native speed]
Sadia: one who consumes or buys something
Keith: consumer [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: consumer [natural native speed]
Keith: paperless [natural native speed]
Sadia: paperless
Keith: without paper
Sadia: paperless [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: paperless [natural native speed]
Sadia: fax [natural native speed]
Keith: fax
Sadia: short for facsimile; a copy of a document sent over a
telephone line
Keith: fax [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: fax [natural native speed]
Keith: remotely [natural native speed]
Sadia: remotely
Keith: from far away
Sadia: remotely [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: remotely [natural native speed]
Sadia: ability [natural native speed]
Keith: ability
Sadia: the state of being able to do something; capability
Keith: ability [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: ability [natural native speed]
Keith: article [natural native speed]
Sadia: article
Keith: a written piece in a newspaper or magazine
Sadia: article [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: article [natural native speed]
Sadia: practical [natural native speed]
Keith: practical
Keith: capable of being put to use; easy to do or use
Keith: practical [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: practical [natural native speed]
Keith: to eliminate [natural native speed]
Sadia: to eliminate
Keith: to get rid of
Sadia: to eliminate [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: to eliminate [natural native speed]
Sadia: eco-friendly [natural native speed]
Keith: eco-friendly
Sadia: Earth-friendly
Keith: eco-friendly [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: eco-friendly [natural native speed]
Keith: to save [natural native speed]
Sadia: to save
Keith: to reserve for later use
Sadia: to save [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: to save [natural native speed]

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