This is the second in our 3-part Video Vocab series on the law. Today we focus on the vocabulary used to describe the actions and people involved in a court case.
Vocabulario clave:
Court case, juicio, judge, jury, witness, acusado, innocent, guilty, plea, testify, deliberate, verdict, convict, sentence, fine & prison sentence.
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En este episodio de Video Vocab, veremos el vocabulario básico relacionado con la ley.. Este es el primero de una serie de tres partes.: parte 1 cubre los términos legales básicos, parte 2 examinará palabras relacionadas con un caso judicial y parte 3 examinará el vocabulario relacionado con el derecho comercial.
Vocabulario clave:
1. Ley (civil, delincuente, contrato, propiedad, confiar, agravio, constitucional, administrativo & internacional)
2. Abogado (AmE = Abogado, BrE = Abogado)
3. Defensa
4. Enjuiciamiento
5. Caso
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This is the second in a two-part intermediate Business English Pod lesson on the basics of socializing and networking. Last time you learned ways to start and finish a conversation appropriately. Today you’ll be studying how to keep a conversation going by maintaining interest.
The listening continues on from dialogue 1 from last time: Como recordarás, it takes place at the Asia-Pacific HR conference for Multi-Fresh, a global producer of health beverages. Penny””an HR officer from Kuala Lumpur””has struck up a conversation with George””the regional learning and development manager. Where we left off last time, Penny had just used a tag question”-Interesting speech, wasn’t it?" – to help get the conversation started.
A medida que escucha, intenta responder las siguientes preguntas. The answers will be posted in a few days on the Prueba de escucha page.
1) Near the beginning of the dialogue, Penny changes the subject. What was the old subject and what is the new subject?
2) Where has Penny seen George before?
3) What is George’s hobby?
4) What does George mean when he says “It’s not really such a big deal.”
5) Is Penny going to join George in next year’s event?
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La lección de Business English Pod de hoy es la primera de una Serie de dos partes sobre los conceptos básicos del inglés social.: iniciando una conversación, manteniéndolo en marcha, y terminarlo apropiadamente. Una conversación exitosa es una parte importante del networking – la habilidad de construir una red de contactos y relaciones.
En esta lección, Estarás aprendiendo habilidades y lenguaje para iniciar y terminar una conversación apropiadamente.. En el proximo, practicarás cómo mantener una conversación.
Las conversaciones tienen lugar en la conferencia de recursos humanos de Asia-Pacífico para Multi-Fresh, un importante productor mundial de bebidas saludables. Una bebida es una bebida..
Escucharás dos diálogos.. En el primero, Centavo, un oficial de recursos humanos de Malasia, entabla una conversación con George, el director de aprendizaje y desarrollo de Asia y el Pacífico. “Iniciar una conversación” significa iniciar una conversación., normalmente con alguien que no conoces muy bien.
En el segundo diálogo, Palmadita, un oficial de recursos humanos de Australia, Luego hace todo lo posible para entablar una conversación con George..
1) ¿De qué oficina es Penny??
2) ¿Qué piensa Penny sobre el discurso??
3) ¿Pat y George ya se conocen??
4) ¿George tiene tiempo para hablar con Pat??
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Today we’re introducing our first Business English News podcast for intermediate listeners. This will now be a regular show with new episodes each month. Most of the time, we’ll cover a similar topic to the current Advanced Business News podcast but the articles and vocabulary will be simplified to make them more suitable for intermediate learners.
The topic today is marketing and, En particular, Reebok’s new advertising campaign and slogan.
Vocabulario clave:
1. to launch – to release a new product
2. Ad campaign – a campaign is an organized series of activities and Ad is short for advertising.
3. to motivate – to get people interested in something
4. take a swipe at something – take a hit at something or to make fun of something.
5. slogan – a short memorable phrase used to promote a product.
6. strategy – a plan or approach intended to achieve a major aim or goal.
7. compete – to try and win a game or to gain an advantage over somebody.
8. competitors – other companies that Reebok is competing against.
9. purportedly – to claim to do or say something.
10. ties to something – conexiones.
11. celebrity endorser – a famous person who publicly promotes a product.
This weekend we will also release an enhanced MP4 version of this podcast with text and pictures.
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