BEP 78 – 사교: 정치 토론

They say there’s one rule of conversation that you should always follow in businessdon’t talk about politics, sex or religion. Actually, 하나, it seems like 90% of casual conversations are about just those thingspolitics, sex and religion. 그래서 이번 에피소드에서는, we’ll be focusing on one of these topicspolitics. We’ll be learning some language that will help you cope with this difficult topic.

There’s a trick to talking about politics in business. In international business culture, it’s usually better not to express strong opinions. The focus is generally on the exchange of information rather than on debate, because the main goal is to maintain harmonious relations. 자주, we state our opinions non-committally. That means we don’t commit ourselves to an opinion – 다시 말해서, we don’t voice a strong view one way or the other. 대신에, we prefer to be vague, or ambiguous. This strategy helps avoid conflict.

So in this podcast, in addition to covering some general phrases and vocabulary for discussing politics, we’ll be studying how to soften your questions and be non-committal when necessary.

We’ll be listening to Ricardo and Lars, old colleagues who have met each other again at an international conference. They’re talking about the political situations in their home countries, Brazil and Denmark.

듣기 질문

1) Ricardo says he has heard that the Danish government is pretty far “권리”, 그건, conservative. But Lars seems to think that this has a good side. 뭐야?
2) Lars mentions that Brazil has won its bid to host the World Cup. Ricardo says that Brazil has a lot of work to do in which areas?
3) Lars talks about a certain kind of problem that hascropped up”, 그건, appeared or occurred during Brazilian President Lula’s presidency. 뭐야?

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BEP 77 – 캐주얼 영어: 퇴근 후 사교

In many countries, having a drink after work with colleagues is a popular way to relax: This kind of socializing helps us get to know each other and to build team spirit. To attract customers who are just getting off work, many bars and clubs have ahappy hour.This is a promotion in the early evening, usually lasting an hour or so, when pubs and bars offer a special prices on drinks, 같은 “buy one get one free” 또는 “all drinks half price.So in this business English podcast, we will explore language that we can use to socialize with colleagues during happy hour or during other informal occasions.

Whether you drink alcohol or not, in many places around the world you will likely be invited to the bar or pub with colleagues. It’s important to know how to offer to buy drinks for others and how to make polite excuses when you’ve had enough or when it’s time to go. The same skills are also useful for other types of after-work social activities.

대화 상자에서, we join Greg, a manager, and three people in his teamJoanna, Gary, and Benas they order.

듣기 질문:

1) Who is paying for the first round of drinks? How can you tell?
2) Who is the person who doesn’t drink?
3) When it’s time for her to go, what excuse does Joanna make?

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BEP 71 – 합병: 사무실 가십 및보고 된 연설

이것은 합병을 진행하는 회사에서 일어나는 일부 내부 토론을 따르는 두 부분으로 구성된 비즈니스 영어 팟캐스트 수업의 두 번째입니다..

오늘 에피소드는 일상적인 사무실 대화와 가십에 중점을 둡니다.. 사무실 험담은 다른 사람이나 다른 부서에 대한 비밀이나 소문을 말하는 비공식 대화의 한 유형입니다.. 가십은 종종 물냉면 잡담이라고 불립니다., 냉각기는 동료들이 우연히 만나서 사무실에서 일어나는 일들을 논의하는 곳이기 때문입니다.. 이러한 유형의 대화에서 더 많은 언어를 사용할 수 있도록 사교 활동에 관한 이전 쇼를 검토해 볼 수도 있습니다..

오늘 청취를 위해, 우리는 기타 제조사 본부에서 Jack과 다시 합류합니다, 상사 Jim과 짧지만 어려운 대화를 나눈 후. Jack은 식당에 있는데 동료가 우연히 그곳에서 그를 만났습니다..

듣기 질문

1) 프랜시스는 조안나에게서 무엇을 들었나요??
2) 미셸은 누구와 이별했는가?
3) 프랜시스는 잭에게 어디로 가야 한다고 말합니까??

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BEP 67 – 직장 동료와 사교

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. 특히, 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.

듣기 질문

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 45 – 사교: 대화 유지

이번이 두 번째다. 두 부분으로 구성된 중급 비즈니스 영어 포드 레슨 사교와 네트워킹의 기초에 대해. 지난번에는 적절하게 대화를 시작하고 끝내는 방법을 배웠습니다.. 오늘 당신은 관심을 유지함으로써 대화를 지속하는 방법을 공부할 것입니다.

듣기는 대화에서 계속됩니다 1 지난번부터: 기억 하시겠지만, Multi-Fresh를 위한 아시아태평양 HR 컨퍼런스에서 개최됩니다., 글로벌 건강 음료 생산업체. Penny””쿠알라룸푸르의 HR 담당자””가 지역 학습 및 개발 관리자인 George””와 대화를 시작했습니다.. 지난번에 그만뒀던 곳, 페니가 방금 태그 질문을 사용했습니다.” - 흥미로운 연설, 그렇지 않았어??" – 대화를 시작하는 데 도움을 주기 위해.

들으면서, 다음 질문에 답하십시오. 답변은 며칠 내로 게시판에 게시될 예정입니다. 듣기 퀴즈 페이지.

1) 대화가 시작될 무렵, 페니가 주제를 바꾸다. 예전 주제는 무엇이고 새로운 주제는 무엇인가?
2) 페니는 이전에 조지를 어디서 본 적이 있나요??
3) 조지의 취미는 무엇입니까??
4) 조지가 "그건 별로 대단한 일이 아니다"라고 말할 때 무슨 뜻인가요?
5) 페니가 내년 행사에 조지와 합류할 예정인가요??

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