Notizie di affari 09 – Reebok lancia una campagna pubblicitaria

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, in particular, Reebok’s new advertising campaign and slogan.

Vocabolario chiave:
1. to launchto release a new product
2. Ad campaigna campaign is an organized series of activities and Ad is short for advertising.
3. to motivateto get people interested in something
4. take a swipe at somethingtake a hit at something or to make fun of something.
5. slogana short memorable phrase used to promote a product.
6. strategya plan or approach intended to achieve a major aim or goal.
7. competeto try and win a game or to gain an advantage over somebody.
8. competitorsother companies that Reebok is competing against.
9. purportedlyto claim to do or say something.
10. ties to something – connessioni.
11. celebrity endorsera 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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BEP 43 – Incontri in inglese: Gestire la discussione

This is the second in our two-part intermediate Podcast di inglese commerciale series on opening and managing incontri in inglese. Nel primo episodio, we looked at how to open a meeting. In today’s podcast lesson we’re going to cover how to manage the discussion.

balestruccio, the GM of Daneline Singapore, is discussing with his staff how to make up a budget shortfall. He has just asked Sandra to kick off the first item on the agendaoutsourcing the cleaning.

Quiz di ascolto

1) How much money can Daneline Singapore save by outsourcing cleaning?
2) Does Sam like pizza?
3) Does Dave agree with the strategy of outsourcing cleaning?
4) How does Dave suggest dealing with the brochure redesign?

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BEP 42 – Inglese per riunioni: Apertura di una riunione

This is the first in a two-part intermediate Lezione di podcast sull'inglese commerciale on opening and managing meetings. In questo episodio, we’ll look at how to open a meeting. In the second part (BEP 43) we’ll look at language you can use to manage the discussion.

The listening takes place in the Singapore offices of Daneline, an international shipping company. balestruccio, the GM, is chairing a meeting with Sandra, David and Sam to discuss a budget shortfall. Shortfall means their budget has fallen short of expectations. In altre parole, they don’t have enough money, so they need to make some cuts. To chair a meeting is to lead the meeting. We can say that Martin is the chairperson. So in these two episodes on opening and managing meetings, you’ll be learning language for chairing meetings.

Quiz di ascolto
1) What is the amount of the budget shortfall?
2) Why doesn’t Sandra have a copy of the agenda?
3) How many possible cuts are under discussion?
4) What is the first item on the agenda?

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Notizie di affari 08 – Celebrità che perdono l'appeal di marketing

Today we have a Business English News story on a recent study by several universities that looks into the ”˜selling poweror influenceof celebrities. Celebrity is another word for famous person, such as a movie or sports star.

The vocabulary we discuss in this podcast expands on the marketing terms we covered in Video Vocab 04.

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BEP 41 – Colloquio di lavoro inglese: Intervista al primo turno (Parte 2)

Questa è la seconda lezione in due parti di Business English Pod sul primo round di colloqui di lavoro. imparare a rispondere alle domande più comuni dell'intervista e frasi utili e vocabolario per Colloqui di lavoro in inglese.

Come ricorderai dal primo episodio, Mike Barnes sta intervistando William Chow per un lavoro presso la sede centrale di Hong Kong di First Mercantile International, una banca globale. William aveva appena finito di raccontare a Mike della sua storia lavorativa, stile di gestione e caratteristiche personali. Il nostro responsabile delle risorse umane, Mike, continua l'intervista con un'altra domanda del primo turno molto comune. Vediamo di cosa si tratta e pensiamo a come risponderesti alla domanda?

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