Notícias de negócios 09 – Reebok lança campanha publicitária

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.

Vocabulário chave:
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 – conexões.
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 – Meetings English: Gerenciando a discussão

This is the second in our two-part intermediate Podcast de inglês para negócios series on opening and managing reuniões em inglês. No primeiro episódio, we looked at how to open a meeting. In today’s podcast lesson we’re going to cover how to manage the discussion.

Martinho, 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.

Questionário de audição

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?

*** Esta lição faz parte do nosso EBook em inglês para negócios para reuniões: Fundamentos da reunião. Membros Premium Clique aqui para baixar o eBook completo.

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BEP 42 – inglês para reuniões: Abrindo uma Reunião

This is the first in a two-part intermediate Aula de podcast em inglês para negócios on opening and managing meetings. Neste episódio, 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. Martinho, 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. Em outras palavras, 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.

Questionário de audição
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?

*** Esta lição faz parte do nosso EBook em inglês para negócios para reuniões: Fundamentos da reunião. Membros Premium Clique aqui para baixar o eBook completo.

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Notícias de negócios 08 – Celebridades perdendo apelo de 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 – Entrevista de Emprego Inglês: Entrevista da primeira rodada (Papel 2)

Este é o segundo de uma aula de inglês para negócios em duas partes sobre entrevistas de emprego na primeira rodada. aprender a responder a perguntas comuns de entrevistas e frases úteis e vocabulário para Entrevistas de emprego inglesas.

Como você se lembrará do primeiro episódio, Mike Barnes está entrevistando William Chow para um emprego na sede da First Mercantile International em Hong Kong, um banco global. William tinha acabado de contar a Mike sobre sua história de trabalho, estilo de gestão e características pessoais. Nosso gerente de RH, Mike, continua a entrevista com outra pergunta muito comum da primeira rodada. Vamos ver o que é e pensar em como você responderia à pergunta?

Baixe uma lista em PDF de frases de entrevista úteis para descrever suas características pessoais aqui.

Mais aulas de entrevista de emprego em ESL

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