{"id":59,"date":"2007-09-16T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2007-09-16T15:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2007\/09\/16\/bep-66-int-travel-hot-desking-and-making-requests\/"},"modified":"2012-01-15T16:32:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T16:32:26","slug":"bep-66-int-travel-hot-desking-and-making-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2007\/09\/16\/bep-66-int-travel-hot-desking-and-making-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 66 &#8211; Hot Desking and Making Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this intermediate Business English Pod lesson, we&#8217;ll be continuing our series on Business Travel. We&#8217;re following Honesto, an Ambient Telecommunications employee from Manila, on a training trip to head office in Michigan, USA. The main language focus of the lesson is on making polite requests. Along the way, we&#8217;ll also look at some different ways to express likes and dislikes. <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"120\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" height=\"30\"><strong>Premium Members <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/aMember\/signup.php\">(Sign up for access)<\/a>:<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><strong>Online activities <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/aMember\/member.php\">(Members and Free Trial)<\/a>:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/icon_pdf2_1.gif\" height=\"53\" width=\"45\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/StudyNotes\/BEP066SN-Making_Requests.pdf\">Study Notes<\/a> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/icon_MP3_1.gif\" height=\"53\" width=\"45\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/PhraseCasts\/BEP066PC.mp3\"> Phrases &amp; Practice <\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Exercises\/BEP66QIZ.html\">BEP 66 INT Making Requests &#8211; Quiz<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Exercises\/BEP66CLZ.html\">BEP 66 INT Making Requests &#8211; Gap-fill<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Exercises\/BEP66TRS.html\">BEP 66 INT Making Requests &#8211; Transcript &amp; Vocabulary<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Exercises\/BEP66LAN1.html\">BEP 66 INT Making Requests &#8211; Language 1<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Exercises\/BEP66LAN2.html\">BEP 66 INT Making Requests &#8211; Language 2<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Exercises\/BEP66VOC.html\">BEP 66 INT Making Requests &#8211; Vocabulary Flashcards<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><script> function showhide(id){ \tif (document.getElementById){ \t\tobj = document.getElementById(id); \t\tif (obj.style.display == \"none\"){ \t\t\tobj.style.display = \"\"; \t\t} else { \t\t\tobj.style.display = \"none\"; \t\t} \t} } <\/script><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/09\/15\/bep-66-int-travel-hot-desking-and-making-requests\/\">BEP 66 INT &#8211; Travel: Hot Desking and Making Requests<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('217'); return(false);\"> <strong>1)<\/strong>\t\tWhat kind of expressions do Honesto and Megan use to make polite requests?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: none\" id=\"217\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\">   They use all kinds of expressions ranging from slightly formal to slightly informal, more and less indirect, including <strong>I was wondering if?, Do you mind me asking?, Would you?, You wouldn&#8217;t mind?, would you? <\/strong> and so on. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('218'); return(false);\"><strong>2)<\/strong>\t\tWhat type of training is Honesto taking part in? <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: none\" id=\"218\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong> Six Sigma, which is a method for increasing quality in any process.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('219'); return(false);\"> <strong>3)<\/strong>  Where is Megan from? <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: none\" id=\"219\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong>  Atlanta, although she says has been working in South America for the last five years.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this intermediate Business English Pod lesson, we&#8217;ll be continuing our series on Business Travel. 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