Today were 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, well cover a similar topic to the current Advanced Business News podcast but th

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 原汁原味商务英语播客

This is the second in a two-part intermediate Business English Pod lesson on the basics of socializing and networking. Last time you learned ways to start and finish a conversation appropriately. Today youll be studying how to keep a conversation goi

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Todays lesson is the first in a three-part Business English Pod series on cold calling, the skill of making unsolicited telephone sales calls. Unsolicited means not asked for. So cold calling is the skill of making a sales call to someone who is not

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This is the second in our three-part Business English Podcast lesson on a useful telephone and sales skill: cold calling. 这节课是三节课中的第二部分,将学习有用的电话销售技巧:打无约电话。 You can always make yourself

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This is the last in our three-part Business English Podcast series on cold calling. In todays lesson, youll learn how to deal with several typical kinds of objections that a potential customer might raise. 这是关于无约电话的三节课中的最后

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This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast lesson on softening negative replies. Last time you worked on softening negative replies in conversation to keep the atmosphere friendly and cooperative. Also, you practiced refusing an offer

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This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast lesson on softening negative replies saying no politely. 这是有关缓和否定回答2节课中的第一节也就是委婉地说不。 No is one of the strongest words in any language. Becaus

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Today is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast lesson on using vague language. Vague means not clearly defined. For example, if you ask someone what time it is and they say About 7 or so, they are being vague. There are lots of reasons to

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This is the second in our two-part Business English Pod series on strategically using vague language. Last time we covered being vague to make a polite excuse or to avoid sounding arrogant. We saw how you can use vague language to create flexibility.

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Todays Business English Pod lesson 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 b

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This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod lesson on questioning techniques. Last time in BEP 64 we looked at making small talk and gathering information with open questions, getting specific information with probing questions and guiding

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Good customer service is essential to success in any industry, but it is particularly important in the service and hospitality sector. Hospitality means treating guests well; and here, were talking specifically about hotels. Because service is so vit

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This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast series on handling angry customers on the telephone. In todays show well be looking at how to resolve the customers complaint. 这是2节商务播客课程的第2节,涉及到处理愤怒顾客

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This Business English Podcast lesson 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. Over the series, well practice many situations that will be useful for you on your business

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Continuing our series on ESL for business travel, we rejoin Alan and Honesto on their business trip to the USA. In BEP 55 Airport Departures and Take Off, Alan, the main character in our story, and Honesto, his colleague, have left Hong Kong for San

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This Business English Podcast lesson is the first in an ongoing series where well listen in on some typical chitchat around the office water cooler. Youll find a water cooler in offices around the world usually in the break room where employees gathe

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Today, were talking about Apples new mobile phone: the iPhone. Actually its a combination of phone, iPod and internet browser all rolled into one gadget. Well be looking at the hype or massive publicity surrounding the launch of the iPhone and taking

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Questions are an important part of almost every conversation. So being able to ask good questions is critical to communication. How can we make our questioning more effective and efficient? In this two-part Business English Podcast series well be loo

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What do you do if you dont have office space for all your employees or many of them usually spend most of their time traveling or working offsite? In the 90s, some clever manager came up with a solution hot desking and the rest is history. Hot deskin

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Making your Introduction is a preview of our upcoming audio / ebook on presentations skills and language. In this first chapter we take a look at how to make a good start as well as at the overall structure of a presentation. This recording is a re-e

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