BEP 79 – Viajar: Hacer una reserva de hotel

Today’s Business English Podcast lesson is on making a hotel reservation.

It’s something all of us need to do: Whether it’s for a company business trip, or for personal travelwe all need to, at some time or another, call a hotel to reserve a room. Por supuesto, making reservations is not only useful for hotels but also for all sorts of situationsconferences, restaurants, airplane travel, and any other type of event that requires us to book in advance.

That is the skill that we will be practicing in this episodemaking reservations. Por el camino, we’ll also be learning vocabulary for staying in hotels.

En la escucha, Sarah Johnson is going on vacation with her husband. She calls the reservations desk at the Majestic Hotel in New York, where a staff member, Tony, picks up the phone. A medida que escucha, pay attention to the language Sarah uses, and try to answer the following questions.

Preguntas de escucha

1) What kind of room does Sarah want?
2) What extra request does Sarah have?
3) Tony makes a mistake while taking Sarah’s reservation. Qué es?

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BEP 67 – Socializar con colegas en el trabajo

This is the fourth in a series of intermediate business ESL podcasts that focus on business travel. In this series we’re following a group of trainees who work for the telecommunications company Ambient as they visit their head office in Michigan in the U.S.

How do you make friendly chat with your colleagues? What kinds of topics can you talk about? We’ll be looking at some answers. En particular, we’ll cover informal greetings and how to chat about movies. As almost everyone loves to go to the cinema, movies are usually a good topic for small talk.

As our listening begins, it’s Monday morning. Honesto, a trainee from the Philippines, says hello to his American colleague Brenda as she comes in to the office.

Preguntas de escucha

1) What does Brenda mean when she says “veg out”?
2) What are critics and what did they think about Rush Hour 3?
3) How does Brenda like her coffee?

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BEP 66 – Trabajar con colegas y realizar solicitudes

¿Qué hace si no tiene espacio de oficina para todos sus empleados o si muchos de ellos pasan la mayor parte del tiempo viajando o trabajando fuera del sitio?? En los 90, algún gerente inteligente se le ocurrió una solución – escritorio caliente – Y el resto es historia. Hot desking se refiere al uso de áreas de trabajo temporales que están configuradas para cualquier personal que las necesite.

Con la invención de las computadoras portátiles e Internet, podemos trabajar prácticamente en cualquier lugar. Ahora, en muchas empresas de todo el mundo, desde firmas de software de alta tecnología hasta consultorías de gestión e incluso cada vez más en industrias más tradicionales como la banca y la ingeniería, un cierto número de áreas de trabajo se convierten en “escritorios calientes.” Mientras estén vacíos, cualquiera puede trabajar ahí. siéntate, conecta tu computadora, y estás listo para ir! En empresas donde viaja mucha gente, esta es una excelente manera de ahorrar dinero porque reduce el espacio no utilizado al mínimo.

En esto Inglés de negocios Podcast lección, continuaremos nuestra serie sobre viajes de negocios. Seguimos a Honesto, un empleado de Ambient Telecommunications de Manila, en un viaje de formación a la oficina central en Michigan, Estados Unidos. El enfoque principal del lenguaje de la lección es hacer solicitudes amables.. Por el camino, también veremos algunas formas diferentes de expresar lo que le gusta y lo que no le gusta. Honesto ha encontrado un escritorio sin usar y está trabajando cuando, de repente, consigue un nuevo vecino., Megan.

Preguntas de escucha

1) ¿Qué tipo de expresiones usan Honesto y Megan para hacer solicitudes amables??
2) ¿En qué tipo de formación participa Honesto??
3) De donde es megan?

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BEP 56 – Viajes de negocios 2: Aduana e inmigración

Continuing our series on ESL for business travel, we rejoin Alan and Honesto on their business trip to the USA. En BEP 55 – Airport Departures and Take Off, alan, the main character in our story, and Honesto, his colleague, have left Hong Kong for San Francisco. There they will go through immigration, collect their bags, and change planes to Michigan, which is where their company, Ambiente, is headquartered.

Immigration is the process you follow to enter a foreign country. So in today’s ESL lesson, you’ll learn helpful travel vocabulary and phrases you can use when you enter the U.S. or other countries.

Preguntas de escucha

1) What is an I-94 form?
2) How much money can you bring into the U.S.?
3) Where does Alan want to go sightseeing?
4) What does Alan mean byjust pulling your leg?”

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BEP 55 – Viajes de negocios: Salida y despegue del aeropuerto

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, we’ll practice many situations that will be useful for you on your business trips overseas, including going through immigration, renting a car, checking into a hotel, using wireless internet and so on.

The main character in our story is Alan Chen. He works for a major multinational electronics manufacturer, Ambiente, which is headquartered in Michigan in the USA. Having recently received a promotion, Alan is going to America to learn 6 Sigma, which is a system for improving quality.

Today’s episode starts at the beginning of the business trip withboarding the airplane.

Preguntas de escucha

1) What row are Alan and Honesto sitting in?
2) What should passengers turn off before the plane takes off?
3) What does Alan mean bymurder a scotch.

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