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Business English Travel Lessons

Sin categorizar / Marzo 2, 2006

Learn travel English with Business English Pod lessons on English for travel.

Business English Pod offers English for travel lessons that cover various travel English topics, such as airport check-in, hotel reservations, ordering food, and making small talk with locals. These lessons provide practical vocabulary and phrases for different situations, helping learners communicate effectively while traveling.

Our travel English lessons are listed by published date with the newest lessons first.

BEP 295 – Viaje de negocios 4: Inspección de fábrica

Inglés de negocios, Viajar / noviembre 5, 2016

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on conducting a factory inspection in English.

In the global economy, a company might have its headquarters in Germany, but outsource production to China and technical support to India. Or you might find a Korean company that contracts out to one factory in Malaysia and another in Vietnam. En todo caso, to make the right decision on production facilities, you’ll most likely need to conduct a factory inspection.

So if you’re flying halfway around the world to tour a factory or another facility, what kind of questions should you ask? And how can you make sure the factory is the right fit for your needs? Bien, you’ll definitely want to ask questions about quality control to make sure the factory can meet your expectations. You might also ask about production capacity so you know they can handle the work properly. And you might ask about their approach to standards, to make sure they’re in line with your values.

Por supuesto, talk is cheap. You might find a factory manager makes claims that are a bit unbelievable. In these situations, you’ll want to show skepticism, or doubt, and ask for evidence. This is all part of the due diligence necessary to make sure you’re making the right choice.

En el dialogo de hoy, we’ll hear Cam and Vanessa, who work for an American clothing company. They want to find a new production facility, so they’re touring a factory in China. You’ll also hear Chen, a factory manager who’s giving Cam and Vanessa a tour of the facility. Cam and Vanessa want to find out if Chen’s factory is a good fit for their company.

Preguntas de escucha

1. How does Vanessa react to Chen’s claim that they have a .25% defect rate?
2. What important issue does Cam say their company is very serious about?
3. What kind of proof does Vanessa want to see of the factory managers’ training?

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BEP 294 – Viaje de negocios 3: Discusión confidencial

Inglés de negocios, Comunicación, Viajar / octubre 29, 2016

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on having a confidential discussion during a business trip.

If you’ve got colleagues or clients in other parts of the world, you probably rely a lot on email and the phone. But meeting in person continues to be important for building relationships and trust, and for discussing important issues. That’s one reason, por supuesto, why the overseas business trip remains important.

And there’s one type of discussion that can be especially difficult: discussing a confidential matter. Perhaps you need to deliver bad news, or share sensitive information or tell someone about an important change. Meeting face-to-face in these types of situations is often the best way to break the news.

So what’s the best way to go about this? Bien, to begin, it’s important to set a positive tone to put the other person at ease. próximo, you might want to ask him or her how things are going. Que puede ayudar a romper el hielo, and the other person might actually mention the topic you want to discuss. Once you’ve started this way, you can introduce the sensitive information you want to deliver. And because the information is sensitive, you need to ask for discretion. Finalmente, depending on the nature of the discussion, you might also have to provide reassurances. Después de todo, after we hear important information, we might wonder how it will impact us.

En el dialogo de hoy, we’ll hear Cam, who works for an American clothing company. He’s visiting the head of the company’s Chinese office, David. The company manufactures some of its clothing in China, and has been considering how to expand their retail activities in Asia. Cam needs to have a confidential discussion with David to share some important news.

Preguntas de escucha

1. How does Cam ask for David’s perspective on the current situation?
2. Cam needs to tell David about a decision regarding retail in China. What point does Cam mention to introduce this decision?
3. How does Cam reassure David near the end of the conversation?

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BEP 284 – Viaje de negocios 2: Dar direcciones y moverse

Inglés de negocios, Viajar / febrero 28, 2016

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on giving directions and getting around a city. This lesson is part of a larger series that looks at the Inglés de negocios you need for a successful overseas business trip.

Getting from point A to point B in a city isn’t always simple. Even with a map, there are lots of opportunities for confusion. First of all, a map doesn’t include the names of every little shop or house. And even though a map might show you where some major things are, it won’t tell you how to get there. Por estas razones, we still rely on people for advice on getting around. And whether you’re traveling and need to understand someone’s directions, or whether someone asks you for directions, you need the right language.

This is what we’ll look at in today’s lesson. We’ll learn language and techniques for describing a location, suggesting the best travel option, and describing distance. We’ll also look at how to give basic directions, how to explain a change of course, and how to ask a stranger for help on the street.

En el diálogo, we’ll rejoin Cam and Vanessa, who have traveled to Shanghai on business. They’re talking to the concierge at their hotel, who is explaining to them how to get to a specific coffee shop in the city’s Pudong business district.

Preguntas de escucha

1. What does the concierge recommend as the best travel option?
2. How does the concierge describe the distance to Hengshan Lu Station?
3. When Cam approaches a stranger in the street, what is the first question he asks?

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BEP 283 – Viaje de negocios 1: Tomar un taxi

Inglés de negocios, Viajar / febrero 21, 2016

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on taking a taxi. This will be part of a larger series that looks at the Inglés de negocios you need for a successful overseas business trip.

When you travel to another city for business, what’s the easiest way to get around? Usually by taxi. You don’t have to interpret a subway map or a bus schedule. And you can be delivered directly to your destination with little confusion, though it will cost you more of course.

si, I said “with little confusion,” though that’s not always the case. Taxi drivers might not always understand what you want, or what you’re saying. You’ve still got to communicate clearly, directly, and politely with the taxi driver. Your fate is in his – or her – hands, and so you need to make sure you’re understood.

This is exactly what we’ll learn today. We’ll cover some important types of requests during a taxi ride, including asking for a destination, requesting a specific route, and asking for a change of course. We’ll also learn how to ask to be let out and request a receipt.

En esta leccion, we’ll hear Cam and Vanessa, who have just arrived in Shanghai on a business trip. They’ve passed through immigration and collected their bags, and now they want to take a taxi to their hotel.

Preguntas de escucha

1. What is the travelers’ destination, and where is it located?
2. Vanessa asks for a change of course to get to a bank. How does she describe how to get there?
3. How does Vanessa ask to be let out of the taxi?

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BEP 26c – Viajar: Lidiando con problemas

A2, Inglés de negocios, Viajar / Enero 25, 2015

Bienvenido de nuevo a Business English Pod para la lección de hoy sobre cómo lidiar con los problemas que puede experimentar al viajar en avión..

Esta Lección de inglés de negocios es parte de nuestra nueva serie de nuevas versiones de algunas de nuestras lecciones más antiguas. Hemos mantenido el mismo diálogo, pero tenemos nuevas explicaciones y práctica para nuestros alumnos de nivel inferior..

Cuando viaja por negocios, ¿Alguna vez ha tenido problemas que parecen estar fuera de su control?? Como cuando te presentas en el aeropuerto y tu vuelo es cancelado. O cuando su vuelo se retrasa y no puede llegar a su destino a tiempo? Estas situaciones pueden ser frustrantes y difíciles de manejar.. Pero hay algunas técnicas del lenguaje que puedes aprender para ayudarte a resolver tus problemas..

En esta leccion, veremos algunas de estas técnicas, como llamar la atención de alguien, usando preguntas negativas para las solicitudes, y accediendo a regañadientes. También cubriremos las negativas amables, corrigiéndote a ti mismo, y preguntando por el pago. Estas son todas las cosas que podría tener que hacer o comprender para resolver un problema de viaje..

En el cuadro de diálogo, escucharás a un viajero llamado Robert. Si escuchaste nuestra última lección, tal vez recuerdes que Robert viajaba a Niza pero se detenía primero en París. En esta leccion, oirás a Robert en el aeropuerto de París. Perdió su vuelo de conexión a Niza y ahora está tratando de encontrar la manera de llegar a su destino a tiempo para una reunión al día siguiente..

Preguntas de escucha

1. ¿Cuándo es el próximo vuelo disponible a Niza??
2. ¿Por qué Robert no acepta el próximo vuelo disponible??
3. ¿Qué quiere Robert en lugar del próximo vuelo disponible a Niza??
4. ¿Qué tipo de asiento dice el agente que es el único disponible??

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