BEP 25 – Viaggio: Check-in in aeroporto e richieste educate

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

In questo 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. Mentre ascolti, pay attention to the phrases used for polite requests.

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BEP 24 – teleconferenza: Usando la lingua diplomatica

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In this Business English Podcast we’re going to listen to a teleconference between the head office management of a US guitar manufacturer and the manager of their new Latin American plant.

Key language structures explained are: diplomatic language and using probing questions. We also introduce some useful English phrases for starting a teleconference meeting, interrupting and clarifying.

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BEP 23 – Telefonare: Gestire un cliente difficile

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In un recente podcast di inglese commerciale (BEP 22), abbiamo esaminato come affrontare i problemi tecnici quando si parla al telefono in inglese. Oggi, parleremo di come gestire i problemi con il chiamante, che sono ovviamente molto più difficili da gestire! Ma, con la lingua e le frasi corrette, puoi mostrare al chiamante che vuoi aiutare, e rassicurali sul fatto che puoi aiutare a risolvere il problema.

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Notizie di affari 05 – Riunioni virtuali

How do you conduct your meetings? Face-to-face, al telefono, by videoconference or maybe even using VOIP/Skype? BENE, now there is a new way – incontri virtuali, or meetings where participants are represented by computer generated characters.

Listen to how IBM is using the virtual world of a website called Second Life as the next best thing to in person corporate meetings. After listening to the article, we’ll highlight some of the new vocabulary and provide definitions and further examples.

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BEP 22 – Telefonare: Gestione delle domande e problemi tecnici

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In this Business English Podcast lesson we continue our series on making telephone calls in English by looking at how to deal with technical problems and clarify information using alternative choice questions. This questioning technique is useful when you need to clarify important information or reach a decision.

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