BEP 57 – 워터 쿨러 Chitchat: 스포츠 숙어 (1)

This Business English Podcast lesson is the first in an ongoing series where we’ll listen in on some typical chitchat around the office water cooler. You’ll find a water cooler in offices around the worldusually in the break room where employees gather to drink a cup of coffee or tea and take a rest from work.

And during these breaks, you might meet with a colleague and exchange words about life, your jobs, your company, 스포츠, politics or whatever. 그래서 “water cooler chichathas come to refer to all types of informal communication that take place at the office.

We’ll be listening in on Jan and Jen, who work in the same office of Ambient, an American telecoms company, gossiping around the water cooler. They are discussing the latest industry news: 악센트, a major European player in the market, has just announced the takeover or buy out of Ambient’s main competitor,TelStar.

듣기 질문

1) Do Jan and Jen think Accent’s takeover of TelStar was a good idea?
2) Why was there a delay in the takeover?

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비즈니스 뉴스 11 – iPhone 출시

우리의 비즈니스 영어 앱 for iPhone/iPad/Touch is now live in the App Store: 다운로드

오늘, were talking about Apple’s new mobile phone: the iPhone. Actually it’s a combination of phone, iPod and internet browser all rolled into one gadget. We’ll be looking at the hypeor massive publicitysurrounding the launch of the iPhone and taking a closer look at the marketing vocabulary we use to describe product launches and the retail market.

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BEP 56 – 비즈니스 여행 2: 세관 및 출입국

Continuing our series on ESL for business travel, we rejoin Alan and Honesto on their business trip to the USA. ~ 안에 BEP 55 – Airport Departures and Take Off, 앨런, the main character in our story, and Honesto, his colleague, have left Hong Kong for San Francisco. There they will go through immigration, collect their bags, and change planes to Michigan, which is where their company, 주변, is headquartered.

Immigration is the process you follow to enter a foreign country. So in today’s ESL lesson, you’ll learn helpful travel vocabulary and phrases you can use when you enter the U.S. or other countries.

듣기 질문

1) What is an I-94 form?
2) How much money can you bring into the U.S.?
3) Where does Alan want to go sightseeing?
4) 앨런이 무슨 뜻인가요? “just pulling your leg?”

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BEP 55 – 비즈니스 여행: 공항 출발 및 이륙

이 비즈니스 영어 팟캐스트 수업은 제조 회사의 직원이 미국으로 연수 여행을 떠나는 일련의 쇼 중 첫 번째입니다.. 시리즈에 걸쳐, 해외 출장에 도움이 될 다양한 상황을 연습해 드릴게요, 입국심사를 포함해서, 자동차를 렌트, 호텔에 체크인하다, 무선인터넷 등을 이용하여.

우리 이야기의 주인공은 Alan Chen입니다.. 그는 주요 다국적 전자제품 제조업체에서 근무합니다., 주변, 미국 미시간에 본사를 두고 있는 회사입니다.. 최근에 승진을 해서, 앨런은 배우러 미국으로 갑니다 6 시그마, 품질을 향상시키기 위한 시스템이다..

오늘의 에피소드는 출장의 시작부터 시작됩니다. “비행기 탑승.”

듣기 질문

1) Alan과 Honeto는 몇 줄에 앉아 있나요??
2) 비행기가 이륙하기 전에 승객들은 무엇을 꺼야 할까요??
3) 앨런이 무슨 뜻인가요? “스카치를 죽여라.”

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BEP 54 – 고객 서비스: 불만 처리 2: 불만 해결

This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast series on handling angry customers on the telephone. In today’s show we’ll be looking at how to resolve the customer’s complaint.

First a quick review: In part one we learned the first three steps for calming down angry customers and dealing with their complaints: 먼저, we need to acknowledge their emotions by showing empathy. Second, we should identify the background to their problem so that we can take the right steps to fix it. And third, we should listen actively to show them that we care.

지난번에 그만뒀던 곳, Sandy, a service associate at the front desk of the Majestic Hotel, had just finished identifying Steve’s problem. Let’s continue listening to see how Sandy resolves the complaint.

듣기 질문

1) Sandy는 Steve의 말을 적극적으로 듣고 있음을 어떻게 보여줍니까??
2) 스티브에게 필요한 것은 무엇인가?
3) Steve가 통화 결과에 만족하도록 Sandy는 어떤 조치를 취합니까??

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