BEP 44 INT Socializing: Striking Up a Conversation

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

BEP 45 INT Socializing: Keeping a Conversation Going

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

BEP 77 INT Happy Hour: After-Work Socializing

In many countries, having a drink after work with colleagues is a popular way to relax: This kind of socializing helps us get to know each other and to build team spirit. To attract customers who are just getting off work, many bars and clubs have a

BEP 78 INT Socializing: Discussing Politics

They say theres one rule of conversation that you should always follow in business dont talk about politics, sex or religion. Actually, however, it seems like 90% of casual conversations are about just those things politics, sex and religion. So in t

BEP156 INT Socializing: Networking (Part 2)

This is the second of a two-part Business English Pod lesson on business networking. Networking is all about people and connections. You never know when someone you meet at a conference or trade show may be able to help your business in the future. L

Modern English 洋话连篇（七十七）

1、I appreciate your counter-offer but find it too low. 谢谢您的还价，可我觉得太低了。 2、Now we look forward to replying to our offer in the form of counter-offer. 现在我们希望你

英语听力：自然百科 已知的宇宙：外星生命 Alien_Contact-4

Water allows the sand grains to flow to gather and intermingle and form more complex structures. In the same way, water acts like a cocktail mixer, allowing the atoms and molecules to come together, and also may form the building blocks of life. All

英语听力文摘 English Digest 66、瑞士赌场遭劫

Swiss police are describing the raid as highly professional and worryingly violent. Ten masked men, armed with machine guns and pistols, stormed the casino, breaking down the entrance door with a sledge hammer. Witnesses among the 600 guests say they

2007年VOA标准英语-New, Faster Diagnosis of Meningitis Can Save Li

By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch Meningitis in Children Meningitis can be infectious, particularly when the disease is spread among large groups of people living in crowded conditions. It is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa,

Silence Is Bliss 寂静的狂欢

Silence Is Bliss 寂静的狂欢 Will and Lyra followed the stream into the wood, walking carefully, saying little, until they were in the very center. There was a little clearing in the middle of the grove, which was floored with soft grass and moss

英语杂谈：107 Quality Time

Where's Mom? 妈妈呢? She went to a school-board meeting. 她去参加联合校董事会会议了。 I don't know how she does it. 我不知道她怎么办到的。 She sure keeps busy. 她真的是忙个不停。 It's important to her. 这对她来说

Diabetes drug shows promise in reducing risk of cancer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- An inexpensive drug that treats Type 2 diabetes has been shown to prevent a number of natural and man-made chemicals from stimulating the growth of breast cancer cells, according to a newly published study by a Michiga

CCTV9英语新闻：Document for establishing int'l order after WWII

Saturday marks the 69th anniversary of the issuing of the Potsdam Proclamation. The Potsdam Proclamation was issued on July 26, 1945 by the United States, Britain and China. It called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces after Nazi Germany

2016年CRI Premier Li meets int'l finance heads to boost world economy

Premier Li Keqiang met with the heads of world's six major financial bodies, including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization this morning. During the meeting, he outlined the current state of China's econom

美语听力 English Cafe 382

Topics: Famous Songs - Chicken Fat; Hells Angels; other versus another; through; its a given versus it figures Words: surprise hit calisthenics orchestral accompaniment push-up flabby nuts to (something) angel helmet tattoo patch gang biker to let lo

《荒野求生》之跟着贝尔去冒险第103期:不能放松警惕

God, I hate it when that happens.That was very, very close. 天呐 我最讨厌这种情况了 刚才真是太险了 You know, you think something's solid,and then it's just rotten. 你认为坚固的东西 却如此不可靠 You can't take anything

美语听力 English Cafe 330

Topics: American Authors: Toni Morrison; Homeboy/Homegirl Industries and Father Greg Boyle; screw versus bolt versus nut; to kidnap versus to abduct; to sharpen (ones) axe Words: African American experience to long social convention homeboy gang prie

美语听力 English Cafe 317

Topics: Movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Detroit and the Rust Belt; to knead versus to mash; the infinitive versus gerund form of a verb (to look for versus looking for); bona fide Words: to name a replacement naive to manipulate to propose a bil

美语听力 English Cafe 309

Topics: Movie - West Side Story; Uncle Sam; ship and other suffixes; grab a spoon/fork; to take the big game down Words: to thwart gang rival poignant musical catchy to depict goatee chin to recruit counterpart stout grab a spoon/fork to take the big

美语听力 English Cafe 172

Topics: Ask an American: forecasting the future; offhand; off the top of ones head; out with the old, in with the new; using more versus -er to form the comparative Words: desalination shortage nanotechnology to associate (something) with (something)