Download VideoVocab 04: Law 1 – Basic Legal Vocabulary
In this epsiode of Video Vocab we’re going to look at basic vocabulary related to the law. This is the first in a three-part series: part 1 covers basic legal terms, part 2 will look at words related to a court case and part 3 will look at the vocabulary related to commercial law.
Today is the second in a two-part intermediate Business English Pod series 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: Penny, an HR officer from Kuala Lumpur, has struck up a conversation with George, the regional learning and development manager. Penny had just used a tag question – “Interesting speech, wasn’t it?” – to help get the conversation started.
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BEP 45: Keeping a Conversation Going – Quiz BEP 45: Keeping a Conversation Going – Gap-fill |
Listening Quiz: (Click a question to see the answer)
BEP 45 INT – Socializing: Keeping a Conversation Going
Today’s Business English Pod episode is the first in a two-part series on the basics of social English: starting a conversation, keeping it going, and finishing it appropriately. Successful conversation is an important part of networking – the skill of building up a network of contacts and relationships.
In this episode, you’ll be learning skills and language for starting and finishing a conversation appropriately. In the next, you’ll practice how to keep a conversation going.
You’ll hear two dialogues. In the first, Penny, an HR officer from Malaysia, strikes up a conversation with George, the Asia-Pacific learning and development manager. “To strike up a conversation” means to start a conversation, usually with someone you don’t know too well. In the second dialogue, Pat, an HR officer from Australia, then tries his best to strike up a conversation with George.
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BEP 44: Study Notes |
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BEP 44: Striking Up a Conversation – Quiz BEP 44: Striking Up a Conversation – Gap-fill |
Listening Quiz:BEP 44 INT – Striking Up a Conversation (Click a question to see the answer)
Download Business News 09 (Enhanced M4a) – Reebok
This is an enhanced version of the first intermediate Business English News podcast on Reebok’s new marketing campaign. Now you can view pictures and text related to the article on your computer or video iPod (you should also be able to see the images on most video MP3 players and phones).
To download a PDF transcript for this podcast ‘right-click’ on this link, select save target and then choose which folder on your computer to save the file to.
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.