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BEP 79 – Viaggio: Fare una prenotazione di hotel

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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 travel – we all need to, at some time or another, call a hotel to reserve a room. Ovviamente, making reservations is not only useful for hotels but also for all sorts of situations – conferences, 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 episode – making reservations. Lungo la strada, we’ll also be learning vocabulary for staying in hotels.

Nell'ascolto, 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. Mentre ascolti, pay attention to the language Sarah uses, and try to answer the following questions.

Domande sull'ascolto

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. Che cos'è?

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BEP 67 – Socializzare con i colleghi al lavoro

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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. In particolare, 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.

Domande sull'ascolto

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 – Lavorare con i colleghi e fare richieste

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Cosa fai se non hai spazio per tutti i tuoi dipendenti o molti di loro trascorrono la maggior parte del tempo viaggiando o lavorando fuori sede? Negli anni '90, un manager intelligente ha trovato una soluzione – desking caldo – e il resto è storia. L'hot desking si riferisce all'utilizzo di aree di lavoro temporanee predisposte per il personale che ne ha bisogno.

Con l'invenzione dei computer portatili e di Internet, possiamo praticamente lavorare ovunque. Ora, in molte aziende in tutto il mondo, dalle società di software hi-tech alle società di consulenza gestionale e sempre più in settori più tradizionali come quello bancario e ingegneristico, viene realizzato un certo numero di aree di lavoro “scrivanie calde.” Finché sono vuoti, chiunque può lavorare lì. Siediti, collega il tuo computer, e sei pronto per partire! Nelle aziende in cui viaggiano molte persone, questo è un ottimo modo per risparmiare denaro perché riduce al minimo lo spazio inutilizzato.

In questo Podcast di inglese commerciale lezione, continueremo la nostra serie sui viaggi d'affari. Stiamo seguendo Honesto, un dipendente di Ambient Telecommunications di Manila, durante un viaggio di formazione presso la sede centrale nel Michigan, Stati Uniti d'America. L'obiettivo linguistico principale della lezione è fare richieste educate. Lungo la strada, esamineremo anche alcuni modi diversi per esprimere simpatie e antipatie. Honesto si è trovato una scrivania inutilizzata e ci sta lavorando quando all'improvviso trova un nuovo vicino, Megan.

Domande sull'ascolto

1) Che tipo di espressioni usano Honesto e Megan per fare richieste educate?
2) A che tipo di formazione partecipa Honesto?
3) Da dove viene Megan?

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BEP 56 – Viaggio di lavoro 2: Dogane e immigrazione

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Continuing our series on ESL for business travel, we rejoin Alan and Honesto on their business trip to the USA. In 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, ambientale, 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.

Domande sull'ascolto

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 by “just pulling your leg?”

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BEP 55 – Viaggio di lavoro: Partenza e decollo dall'aeroporto

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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, ambientale, 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 with “boarding the airplane.”

Domande sull'ascolto

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 by “murder a scotch.”

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