BEP 26 – Travel: Connecting Flights and Travel Problems

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In this Business English Podcast we’re going to look at the language used for more direct requests, when our traveler and a ticket agent discuss new travel plans due to a missed connecting flight in Paris.

It might be helpful to first listen to first episode in this series (BEP 25), to hear the language of polite, indirect requests, and then listen to this podcast, which uses more direct language for requests and suggestions. A medida que escucha, also notice the more direct tone used in parts of their conversation, especially as Robert gets excited.

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BEP 25 – Travel: Airport Check In and Making Polite Requests

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In this two-part Business English Podcast serie, we will be looking at the vocabulary used when traveling by air, and proper and polite forms of making and answering requests.

En este episodio, our traveler Robert is arriving at the airport to fly from Sydney Australia to Nice, France. But he must first fly to Paris, and then fly from Paris to Nice. A medida que escucha, pay attention to the phrases used for polite requests.

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