BEP 58 – Raffreddatore d'acqua Chitchat: Idiomi sportivi (2)

Idiomi sportivi 2, fa parte di una serie che si concentra su conversazioni informali o chiacchiere – chitchat del dispositivo di raffreddamento di acqua. Stiamo continuando da dove eravamo rimasti l'ultima volta BEP 57. Jan e Jen, dipendenti della principale società americana di telecomunicazioni Ambient, stanno chattando su un recente evento nel settore: Accento, una società di telecomunicazioni europea, ha rilevato TelStar, uno dei concorrenti americani di Ambient.

Ultima volta, Jen aveva appena discusso di come fosse sorpresa che TelStar avesse deciso di giocare a pallone, quello è cooperare, con Accent perché erano stati gli azionisti “stallo per tempo,” o ritardare, per mesi. Come risponde Jan??

Domande sull'ascolto

1) Chi è McConnel e cosa pensano Jan e Jen di lui?
2) Cosa dicono Jen e Jan sul futuro di Accent nel mercato americano?

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BEP 57 – Raffreddatore d'acqua Chitchat: Idiomi sportivi (1)

This Business English Podcast lesson is the first in an ongoing series where we’ll listen in on some typical chitchat around the office water cooler. You’ll find a water cooler in offices around the worldusually in the break room where employees gather to drink a cup of coffee or tea and take a rest from work.

And during these breaks, you might meet with a colleague and exchange words about life, your jobs, your company, gli sport, politics or whatever. Così “water cooler chichathas come to refer to all types of informal communication that take place at the office.

We’ll be listening in on Jan and Jen, who work in the same office of Ambient, an American telecoms company, gossiping around the water cooler. They are discussing the latest industry news: Accento, a major European player in the market, has just announced the takeover or buy out of Ambient’s main competitor,TelStar.

Domande sull'ascolto

1) Do Jan and Jen think Accent’s takeover of TelStar was a good idea?
2) Why was there a delay in the takeover?

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Business News 11 – Lancio di iPhone

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Today, were talking about Apple’s new mobile phone: the iPhone. Actually it’s a combination of phone, iPod and internet browser all rolled into one gadget. We’ll be looking at the hypeor massive publicitysurrounding the launch of the iPhone and taking a closer look at the marketing vocabulary we use to describe product launches and the retail market.

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Business News 10 – Viacom fa causa a YouTube per 1 Miliardi di dollari

Today we have a Business English News story on a company that’s been in the news quite a bit recentlyYouTube. In particular, we refresh and discuss some of the key vocabulary we covered in our Video Vocab series on the law and legal vocabulary:

Video Vocab 04 – Basic Legal Terms
Video Vocab 05 – Casi giudiziari
Video Vocab 06 – Diritto commerciale

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