The Office - Out Of Control Spending  (C0013) 
 A:    OK, so now the last point on our agenda. Jill, let’s 
       go over the profit and loss statement. 
 B:    Great. Well, the main issue here, as you can see, 
       is that our expenses are through the roof. 
 A:    Let’s  see...   These  numbers  are  off  the  charts! 
       What’s going on here! 
 B:    Well,  um,  sir,  the  company  expenditures  on  en- 
       tertainment and travel are out of control.  Look at 
       these bills for example. Just this month we’ve paid 
       over twenty thousand dollars for hotel charges! 
 A:    OK, thank you. I’ll look into it. 
 B:    The list goes on and on. Here, this is a bill for five 
       thousand dollars for spa treatments! 
 A:    Thank you; that will be all. I’ll take care of it. 
 B:    Look     at   this   one    sir,  eight    thousand       dollars 
       were  spent  in  one  night  at  a  place  called  ”Wild 
       Things”?! 
 A:    OK,  I  get  it!!   Thank  you  for  your  very  thorough 
       analysis! 

Key Vocabulary 
 go over                   phrase              revise, check 
 through        the        phrase              suddenly very high 
  roof 
 off the charts            phrase              very high 
 expenditures               common             amount of money spent 
                            noun,   plu-       on something 
                            ral 
 out of control            phrase              not in control 
  look into                 principle           investigate,     try    to 
                            verb,    Will       get  information    about 
                            Future              something 
  go on and on              phrase              continues 
 take care of               principle           do something about 
                            verb,    Will 
                            Future 

Supplementary Vocabulary 
  revenue                   common              amount  of  money  paid 
                            noun,   non-        to a business 
                            variable 
  cash flow                  common              the movement of money 
                            noun,   non-        into  and  out  of  a  busi- 
                            variable            ness 
 the        bottom          phrase              the   net    profit;    the 
  line                                          amount     of   money    a 
                                                business makes after ex- 
                                                penses 
 finances                    common              the  amount     of money 
                            noun,   non-        you  have  and  how  well 
                            variable            it is organized 
  income                      common               the   amount     of  money 
                              noun,    non-         a  person  or  a  company 
                              variable             makes 
  assets                      common               things of value that are 
                              noun,     plu-       owned by a company 
                              ral