Category Archives: Vocabulary

BEP 56 – Customs and Immigration

In this Business English Podcast, we cover useful travel vocabulary and phrases you can use when you enter another country and go through immigration and customs.

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Study Notes

Phrases & Practice
BEP 56: Customs and Immigration – Quiz

BEP 56: Customs and Immigration – Gap-fill


Listening Quiz: (Click a question to see the answer)

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) What does Alan mean by “just pulling your leg?”

BEP 55 – Airport Departure and Take Off

This Business English Podcast is the first in a series of shows that will follow an employee of a manufacturing company on a training trip to the U.S. The lesson today is focused on airport departures and on-board safety announcements. Over the series, we’ll practice many situations that will be useful for you on your business trips overseas, including going through immigration, renting a car, checking into a hotel, using wireless internet and so on.

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Study Notes

Phrases & Practice
BEP 55: Departure and Take Off – Quiz

BEP 55: Departure and Take Off – Gap-fill


Listening Quiz: (Click a question to see the answer)

1) What row are Alan and Honesto sitting in?

2) What should passengers turn off before the plane takes off?

3) What does Alan mean by “murder a scotch.”

Business News 10 – Viacom Sues YouTube for 1 Billion Dollars

Download Business News 10 – Viacom Sues YouTube for 1 Billion Dollars

Today we have a Business English News story on a company that’s been in the news quite a bit recently – YouTube. In particular, we refresh and discuss some of the key vocabulary we covered in our Video Vocab series on the law and legal vocabulary:

Video Vocab 04 – Basic Legal Terms
Video Vocab 05 – Court Cases
Video Vocab 06 – Commercial Law