ESLPod.com presents " Using English at Work, " a special 10-episode course to teach you the English that people use in a typical day at work.

I'm Dr. Jeff McQuillan, from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California. I'll be your host for this series.

In this course, each lesson has three parts.

First, we will hear a story read slowly, talking about a part of my day at work.

Second, I will explain the vocabulary we used in the story, providing examples of how the new words should be used.

Third, we will hear another version of the story, this time at a normal pace - a normal speed.

To give you a chance to hear different voices speaking English the voice used in the stories is not my voice, although it is a story about me and my day at work.

Are you ready? Let's begin with lesson one: Arriving at Work.

I woke up this morning and thought, " TGIF! " I have been looking forward to the weekend and all I need to do is to get through one more day of work.

I drive to work and pull into the parking lot next to my office building.