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BEP 88 – 電話をかける: 旅行チケットの予約

A2, ビジネス英語, 顧客サービス, 中級英語, 電話英語, 旅行 /

Booking tickets on the phone is a basic part of business travel. この中で intermediate Business English Podcast, we will practice useful phrases and language for making travel arrangements on the telephone.

Viva is an Italian manufacturer of ladies’ apparel, or clothing. Marco and Francesca, Viva employees, are on a business trip. After visiting customers in the UK, they are now heading to Las Vegas in the United States to meet with their American distributor – the company that sells their product there. Marco calls a travel agent to book tickets for them.

リスニングの質問

1) When does Marco want to leave and when does he want to return? Will he and Francesca be flying first class, business class or economy?
2) Does Marco ask the travel agent to “hold the fare” or does he pay for it immediately?
3) Does Marco need to pick up his and Francesca’s tickets at the travel agent’s office?

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BEP 72 – 電話をかける: ボイスメールメッセージ

A2, ビジネス英語, ESL ポッドキャスト, 中級英語, 電話英語 /

あなたが誰かに電話したが、彼らはそこにいないとき, しばしば彼らのボイスメール “取る” または電話に出ます. 次に、メッセージを残す必要があります. 仕事で電話を使う人は誰でもボイスメールに対処する必要があります.

誰かのボイスメールにメッセージを残し始めたことがありますか, その後、あなたが聞いたとき “ビープ” 音, あなたは何を言えばいいのか分からなかった? 外国語を話すとき, 準備せずに話すことは困難な場合があります, 特にあなたが話している人を見たり聞いたりできないとき. しかし、少し練習して, あなたはボイスメールのプロになります.

これが、このビジネス英語のレッスンで勉強することです – ボイスメールメッセージの標準的なフレーズと言語, 次回あなたがここにいるように “ビープ” あなたは何を言うべきかを正確に知るでしょう.

最初に悪い例を聞きます. ジャスティントーマスはTrivescoと呼ばれる輸送ブローカーで働いています. ブローカーは “仲買人” – この場合、ジャスティンは “新築” ブローカ, つまり、彼は人々が新しい船を売買するのを助けます. ジャスティンはシルビー・ピーターソンに電話しています, 造船会社シュミットとラーセンのマネージャー. 2番目の例では、ジャスティンの同僚を聞きます, マーク・ランド, より専門的なメッセージを残してください.

リスニングの質問 (良いメッセージ)

1) マークランドがシルビーと話したいと思っていること?
2) いつシルビーの電話に出ることができますか?
3) マークはどのようにしてメッセージを積極的に仕上げていますか?

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BEP 69 – 電話英語: メッセージを残す

ビジネス英語, ESL ポッドキャスト, 中級英語, 電話英語 /

This lesson has been updated in anew series: BEP 69A Redux & BEP 69B Redux.

人々は忙しい. When you telephone people, they often aren’t there to take your call, so you need to leave a message. And almost everyone has to answer the telephone and take a message sometimes. Doing so professionally leaves a good impression on your customers, colleagues and boss.

Today we will hear a bad example and a good example of taking and leaving a telephone message.

Justin Thomas is with Trivesco, a major shipyard, or maker of ships. He is calling Sylvie Peterson at Daneline, a shipping company. Sylvie is a sales and purchase (S&P) ブローカ. A broker is a middleman or negotiator. Sylvie specializes in negotiating the purchase of “newbuildings” or newly built ships. Amy, 受付係, answers the phone.

リスニングの質問

悪い例
1) Does Amy answer the phone professionally?
2) Is Justin prepared?

良い手本
1) How does Amy answer the phone?
2) What is Mark calling about?
3) How does Amy make sure that she has got Mark’s correct phone number?

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BEP 54 – 顧客サービス: 苦情の処理 2: 苦情の解決

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This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast series on handling angry customers on the telephone. In today’s show we’ll be looking at how to resolve the customer’s complaint.

First a quick review: In part one we learned the first three steps for calming down angry customers and dealing with their complaints: 最初, we need to acknowledge their emotions by showing empathy. Second, we should identify the background to their problem so that we can take the right steps to fix it. And third, we should listen actively to show them that we care.

Where we left off last time, Sandy, a service associate at the front desk of the Majestic Hotel, had just finished identifying Steve’s problem. Let’s continue listening to see how Sandy resolves the complaint.

リスニングの質問

1) How does Sandy show that he is actively listening to Steve?
2) What does Steve need?
3) What steps does Sandy take to ensure that Steve is satisfied with the outcome of the call?

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BEP 53 – 顧客サービス: 苦情の処理 1: 共感する

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Good customer service is essential to success in any industry, but it is particularly important in the service and hospitality sector. “Hospitality” means treating guests well; and here, we’re talking specifically about hotels. Because service is so vital to hospitality, hotels are a good place to look for excellent service practices.

So today we’ll be listening in on a phone call from an angry customer at the Majestic, a five-star hotel in Shanghai. By listening to a bad example and a good example of service practice, we’ll be studying skills that are useful in any industry, no matter whether you are dealing with internal or external customers.

We’ll see that a very important part of handling angry customers is showing empathy: Empathy is similar to sympathy – it means showing that you understand the customer’s pain.

リスニングの質問

悪い例:
1) How does the customer, Steve, learn the service associate’s name?
2) What is Steve’s problem?
3) How could Jenna have handled the complaint better?

良い手本:
1) When Steve says, “I’m at the end of my rope,” what does he mean?
2) What does Sandy do to calm Steve down?

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