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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
This Business English podcast is the second part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions. In the first episode, we looked at how to make suggestions. In this episode, well cover appropriate ways to reject and accept sugges
by Jason Marshall In the last article, Is Multiplication Repeated Addition? we talked about what it really means to multiply two numbers. We found that the conventional meaning of multiplicationrepeated additionbreaks down when multiplying fractions,
A: What do you do for a living? A: What is your occupation? B: I'm a____(mechanic)___________. A: A____(mechanic)_____________? That must be a lot of work. B: It is. Every day I ___(fix)_____ ___(cars)______. A: How interesting. How many___(cars)____
1. Excuse me. Is there a grocery store around here? Yeah. There's one right across the street. 2. Can you tell me how to get to Phoenix? Sorry. I don't live around here. 3. Where's Tanner's Leather Shop? It's on the corner of Holly and Vine. Next to
Listen Read Learn Telephonist: Good morning. Vane Theater, at your service. Shirley: Hello. I'm thinking about watching a Chinese traditional opera with a foreign girl. What's on this weekend? Telephonist: Well, there will be charity performance on S
Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and c
Receptionist: So the meeting is set for 2:00 on Thursday. Do you know how to get to our offices? Asha: No, I dont. Could you give me directions ? Receptionist: Certainly. Were located on Main Street. The cross street is Udall. If youre taking the fre
My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasn't clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard my seven-year- old, Lucy, cry out in frustration at her five-year-old
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 18 February 2006 Rescue operations continue on Leyte island in the Philippines, a day after a landslide buried a village under a sea of mud. Authorities say only several doz
By Al Pessin Pentagon 28 June 2007 In recent days, two prominent senators from President Bush's Republican Party have made strong statements opposing his new Iraq strategy and calling for a change, well before the first official assessment of the str
By Bill Rodgers Washington 22 June 2007 A top U.S. diplomat says Washington is puzzled and concerned by some recent Russian statements and actions -- but wants to work with Moscow to address problems. The diplomat's comment came on a day when lawmake
Washington celebrated well into the night Tuesday following Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States. But the celebrating quickly gave way to the reality of the problems and challenges facing the new president. Presiden
As International Women's Day is observed worldwide, Kenyan women gathered in Nairobi Tuesday to speak out against the police killings of their loved ones. For women around the world, the March 8 is a day to celebrate and advance the progress of gende
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 19 June 2006 Leader of Burundian rebel NLF group Agathon Rwasa, right, and Burundi's Minister for the Interior and Public Security Brig. Erneste Ndayishimye, left, sign an agreement in Dar Es Salaam, June 18, 2006 The gover
Bonnie: I wanted us to meet today to talk about ways to reduce our overhead. One suggestion is for us to outsource some of our operations. Id like to hear what you think are the pros and cons of doing that. Jean-Luc: I think that, in principle , its
My boss asked me to come up with some holiday promotion ideas so that we can make inroads into the gift-buying market. For us to stay competitive, our company has to increase retail sales for this important sales cycle. My boss is expecting some inno
By Jim Fry Washington, DC 15 June 2007 The once promising relationship between the U.S. and Russia is now more prickly.The strain between the remaining superpower and its former Cold War foe was evident in statements by the two nations' leaders last
The Fijian Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama thinks that Australia and New Zealand have been interfering in Fijian politics. Last year Fiji was expelled from the Pacific Islands Forum because Bainimarama did not hold elections by the end of the year.
Missy: Okay, lets sort this stack of applications into three piles : good candidates , those worth a second look , and definite nos. Jonathan: Well, that didnt take long. With this poor economy, I thought wed get an embarrassment of riches , but thes