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This month’sビジネス英語ニュースレッスンfeatures lots of great vocabulary for talking about company valuations, growth and social networks. 以下のリンクを使用して、このレッスンの無料の筆記録とクイズにアクセスしてください.
Review key language and techniques from our recent series on language for job interviews (BEP 204 そして BEP 205).
This challenge has 10 質問. For each correct answer you receive 10 points. For each wrong answer you loose 5 points. Your total score at the end of the quiz is the amount of time you have to play the hoops game and get as many balls as possible into the net (例えば. 55 points quiz score = 55 seconds of game time).
Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on doing business at a展示会.
If you can connect with the right people at a large event like a trade show, you can get a lot of great sales leads and maybe even close some deals. Making these connections is all about your attitude and the way you communicate.
But trade shows come with challenges. One of these difficulties is focusing your time on those good prospects. This means that you need to be able to identify a bad prospect and to make your conversation with him brief. Doing this requires a combination of common sense, a focus on business, and some tact.
Today we will learn how to disengage from a bad prospect. But first, we’ll hear how to engage in small talk, 興味を示す, and get people to talk as these are all essential steps in determining if a prospect is worth pursuing.
We’ll rejoin Kevin, D-Packという包装会社で働いている人. He is talking with Mick, who represents ElectroHome Cleaning. Kevin is going to both begin and end a conversation with Mick, who turns out to be not such a great prospect.
リスニングの質問
1. Why does Kevin ask Mick about ‘product demos’? 2. What does Mick say about cleaning products? 3. How does Kevin bring the conversation to a close?
