How an office looks like
Jak vypadá kancelář

Jak vidíte na úvodním příkladu, popis kanceláře se nemusí omezit jen na základní THERE IS/THERE ARE, jak si asi pamatujete z učebnice. Vždy je důležité si uvědomit pro jaký účel kancelář popisujeme a kdo je naším publikem. Tomu je třeba také přizpůsobit jazyk. Projděte si slovíčka, která neznáte a pojďme se podívat na další důležité části popisu.

Office equipment

You probably have access to a printer (which needs ink cartridges),a photocopier (which needs toner), a fax machine and maybe even an overhead projector, also known as an OHP. An OHP is useful if you want to present information and project text or images onto a screen at the front of a room. However, today a beamer or projector is more commonly used as we live in the time of portable computers and slide show presentations

You might also have a whiteboard (to write on using whiteboard markers) or a flipchart. A flipchart is a stand with very large pieces of paper which you can write on, then flip over, to get the next piece of blank paper.

You might have a place in the office where you can leave messages and notices for other people. This is called a notice board and you need to use drawing pins to attach your notice to the board.

Where you store things

Perhaps you have a tall metal cupboard in your office with three or four drawers to put files and correspondence. This is a filing cabinet. Other people have drawers in their desk or portable drawers (drawers on wheels) in their offices.
In your filing cabinets you usually have hanging files, where you can put loose correspondence. If you want to put correspondence together, you can use folders or plastic wallets. You can also put papers in a folder and put the folder on a bookshelf.

You can also store small things on your desk. For example, perhaps you put pens in a pen holder or in a container. You might even have a desk tidy with different components for pens, rubber bands, erasers and so on.

Conversation

Slyšeli jste, jak by mohl vypadat rozhovor o tom, jaká je kancelář jednoho z přátel. Pravděpodobně se v životě nedostanete do mnoha situací kdy byste museli popisovat jednotlivé kusy nábytku a výzdobu stěn ve vaší kanceláři, nicméně slovní zásoba a používané gramatické vazby se vám určitě hodit budou.

Další příklad popisu kanceláře / pracoviště