---
id: 67cb0202feb48313372cbcfa
title: Task 138
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-138
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Bob: It might help reduce stress and avoid misunderstandings. -->

<!-- SPEAKING -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

# --questions--

## --text--

How could Maria tell Bob she will do what he asks?

## --answers--

`Sure. I can do that.`

### --audio-id--

EN2f086773

---

`Let me think about it.`

### --audio-id--

EN57112522

### --feedback--

This response does not confirm that Maria will do what Bob asks.  

## --video-solution--

1  

# --explanation--

`I can do that` in this context does not express **possibility** but rather **willingness or agreement** to complete the task. You can use it to confirm that you will do what another person asks. For example:

- **Liz:** `Could you send the report by tomorrow?` - This person is asking for a report to be handed in on the following day.

- **Sue:** `Sure. I can do that.` - This means the speaker agrees to do it, not just that they are capable of doing it.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-boardroom.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Bob",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 15,
          "z": 1.2
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_12-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 48.42,
      "finishTimestamp": 51.44
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Bob",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Bob",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 4.02,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "It might help reduce stress and avoid misunderstandings.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Bob",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 4.52
    }
  ]
}
```
