BEP 118ADV Negotiations: Declining an Offer whilst Maintaini

Negotiations dont always go according to plan. Disagreement is part of life. But to build lasting relationships, coping with failure is even more important than celebrating success. So in this show, well examine a deal that does not get completed. We

BEP122ADV Negotiations: Overcoming Blockage

In this episode of our ongoing Business English Podcast series on business negotiations in English, we will discuss how to overcome blockage in a negotiation. Usually we think of blockage in terms of stumbling blocks, or obstacles, to agreement. But

BEP117ADV Negotiations: Clarifying and Evaluating Positions

In this Business English Pod lesson were going to look at how to clarify and evaluate positions during a negotiation. An important part of any discussion is making our position clear; at the same time, we must make sure we understand the other sides

BEP111 ADV Negotiations: Relationship Building

This Business English Podcast episode on relationship building is part of an ongoing series on negotiation skills. In negotiation, establishing a good relationship based on trust makes it possible to jointly search for creative solutions, to overcome

BEP 71 ADV Mergers: Office Gossip and Reported Speech

This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast lesson that follows some of the internal discussions that take place in a company going through a merger. Todays episode focuses on casual office conversation and gossip. Office gossip is a ty

BEP 47 ADV Cold Calling: Clarifying Benefits and Making a Pi

This is the second in our three-part Business English Podcast lesson on a useful telephone and sales skill: cold calling. You can always make yourself more persuasive by asking well-considered questions and really listening to the answers. This princ

BEP 33 ADV – Presentations: Closing Down & Summarizing

As we mentioned a while back in BEP 101 (Click this link to listen to the podcast), a strong introduction is important to give your audience a reason for listening. Similarly, a strong conclusion is very important to leaving your audience with a grea

BEP 36 ADV – Presentations: Question and Answer (Part 1)

In this Business English Podcast lesson were going to take another look at making presentations in English with the first in a two-part series focused on question and answer popularly referred to as QA. This listening is from the QA session that foll

BEP 37 ADV – Presentations: Question and Answer (Part 2)

Todays advanced Business English Podcast episode is the second in our a two-part series on question and answer, or QA. The listening starts where we left off last time. Nick, the new European sales director at Harper-Tolland Steel, is answering quest

BEP 62 ADV – Persuasion 3: Satisfaction, Visualization and

In the first two ESL lessons (BEP 59 BEP 60) in this three-part series on persuasion, we saw how getting your audiences attention and demonstrating a clear need were essential to the persuasive process. We learned that in the indirect method of persu

BEP 60 ADV – Persuasion 2: Establishing the Need

Welcome to the second in this three-part Business English Pod series on presenting your ideas presuasively. Last time we heard a bad example and a good example of persuasion. Then we covered the first step of the Monroe Sequence: We learned that to b

BEP 32 ADV – Meetings: Brainstorming & Discussing Ideas

In this Business English Podcast lesson we take another look at the language used to suggest and discuss ideas in meetings and teleconferences. Well also provide further language for diplomatic disagreement and agreeing action points at the end of th

VOA标准英语2011---Afghanistan's Warring Sides Seek Advant

Afghanistan's Warring Sides Seek Advantage Prior to Possible Talks The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is approaching its 10-year anniversary with no end in sight to the fighting. There are efforts, however, to negotiate a political settlement to the con

BEP 129 ADV – Presentations: Pitching an Idea

This is the first in a three-part Business English Podcast series on pitching, or presenting, your ideas persuasively and convincingly. Business people often come up with ideas about how to do things better, or how something can be changed to provide

2007年VOA标准英语-Defending Women's World Cup Champion Advances

By Jim Stevenson Hangzhou, China 17 September 2007 Germany has defeated Japan, 2-0, to reach the quarterfinal round of the Women's World Cup football (soccer) tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the game in Hangzhou, where the defending c

2007年VOA标准英语-ASEAN Ministers Near Trade Deal with Japan, Adv

By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 25 August 2007 Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Japan have put the final touches on a free-trade deal, one of the largest in Asia. The ASEAN officials also have agreed on a blueprint that

VOA标准英语2010年-Anti-Incumbent Winds Blowing in Advanc

The political atmosphere, obviously, has been toxic and it is very clear that some of the votes that I have cast have added to the toxic environment, said Utah Senator Bob Bennett. 2010 is a congressional election year in the United States, and alrea

VOA标准英语2010年-Iranian Activist Wins Award for Advanc

Iranian opposition activist Akbar Ganji accepts the Milton Friedman Award for Advancing Liberty Iranian opposition activist Akbar Ganji has won the Milton Friedman Award for Advancing Liberty, named after the famous American economist, now deceased.

VOA常速英语2008年-Memphis, Kansas Advance to NCAA Basketball Nati

By David Byrd San Antonio, Texas 06 April 2008 The University of Memphis Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks have advanced to the finals of the men's collegeMemphis defeated the University of California at Los Angeles, 78-63, and Kansas beat North Carolin