BEP 373 – Angielski w zarządzaniu łańcuchem dostaw (2)

BEP 373 - Angielski w zarządzaniu łańcuchem dostaw 2

Witamy ponownie w Business English Pod na dzisiejszą lekcję English for supply chain management. Today we’re going to look at the retail side of the supply chain.

In today’s world, distance isn’t always a barrier to doing business. It doesn’t matter if your company is located in France, Thailand, or the U.S. You can sell to customers anywhere in the world.

Oczywiście, that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Getting your products onto shelves in other continents, or even other parts of your country, is complex. It relies on a web of people, warehouses, and information. And it might involve multiple forms of transportation, including trucks, ships, cargo planes, and trains.

We call this web of activity the supply chain. And in today’s lesson, we’ll rejoin a meeting at an American clothing company, where managers are discussing the retail side of their supply chain. Podczas rozmowy, they use lots of language specific to supply chain management. This language includes what we call “collocations,” or natural combinations of words.

When English speakers learn collocations, they don’t learn them one word at a time. Raczej, they learn the words together, as a single expression. You can sound more fluent and natural in English if you learn these collocations, especially the ones related to your industry. As you listen to today’s dialog, spróbuj wybrać niektóre z tych kolokacji, a omówimy je później w podsumowaniu.

W oknie dialogowym, we’ll hear Cam and Tanya, who work for a clothing company called Boston Vintage. Tanya is a supply chain manager located in Malaysia. Cam is based in the U.S. and works as a production planner. They’re talking about expanding their retail operations in southeast Asia, and they use many collocations specific to supply chain management in their conversation.

Pytania do słuchania

1. What does Tanya say is very ambitious?
2. What does Tanya say has fortunately not been impacted by being so busy?
3. According to Tanya, what will having a 4PL enable them to do?

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BEP 372 – Angielski w zarządzaniu łańcuchem dostaw (1)

BEP 372 - Angielski w zakresie zarządzania łańcuchem dostaw i logistyki (1)

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English for logistics and supply chain management. Today we’re going to look at the manufacturing side of the supply chain.

When you pick a product off a shelf at a local store, it’s easy to forget what a long hard road that product has travelled. It may have parts and materials from all over the world. It may be shipped to multiple locations for processing. And once it’s ready and packaged, it may travel long distances to make it to your neighborhood.

This enormous network of information, people, materials, and processes is called a supply chain. And the people who coordinate everything are involved in supply chain management. Good supply chain management can make the difference between a happy customer and an angry customer, and between profit and loss.

W tej lekcji, we’ll listen to a meeting at a clothing company with a complex supply chain connecting the U.S. and Asia. During the meeting, the colleagues use many English expressions we call “collocations.” Collocations are simply natural frequently occurring combinations of words. A good example of a collocation is “supply chain management.”

Rodzimi użytkownicy języka angielskiego używają takich kolokacji automatycznie. And specific groups of people or fields of work have certain collocations they commonly use. By studying these collocations, poprawisz swoje słownictwo i będziesz mówić płynniej. As you listen to the conversation, spróbuj wybrać niektóre z tych kolokacji, a omówimy je później w podsumowaniu.

W oknie dialogowym, we’ll hear Cam and Tanya. Cam is a production planner for Boston Vintage in the U.S. Tanya is a supply chain manager helping to develop the company’s supply chain in southeast Asia. Cam and Tanya use many collocations specific to supply chain management in their conversation about the manufacturing side of the supply chain.

Pytania do słuchania

1. What is Tanya’s first big concern on the manufacturing side of things?
2. What does Cam say that people on the ground have expectations about?
3. What does Tanya say will increase costs but help manage risk?

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BEP 356 – Angielski finansowy: Discussing Taxes 2

BEP 356 - Angielski finansowy: Discussing Taxes 2

Witamy ponownie w Business English Pod na dzisiejszą lekcję financial English vocabulary for discussing taxes.

Spring is a busy time for accountants in the U.S. and many other countries. That’s because spring is when corporations and individuals have to file a tax return with the government. It’s our yearly reminder that we don’t get to keep everything we earn.

Oczywiście, those busy accountants aren’t just calculating your revenue and costs. They’re looking for ways to reduce the amount youor your businesshave to pay in tax. And that’s why the chatter around offices and board rooms is all about ways to avoid handing over too much money to the tax man.

Listen to these conversations and you’ll notice many useful expressions. Na przykład, I’ve already used the phrase “file a tax return.That verb “filealways goes with “returnwhen we talk about our annual submission to the government. You can learn those words together, as one expression or “collocation.

A collocation is just a natural combination of words that native English speakers learn as a chunk. Z Angielskie kolokacje, we don’t have to go searching for every word in our brain. Zamiast, we pull out a string of words that matches our intended meaning. Learning these strings of words is more efficient, and will make you sound more natural. As you listen to today’s conversation, spróbuj wybrać niektóre z tych kolokacji, a omówimy je później w podsumowaniu.

W oknie dialogowym, we’ll continue with a conversation about the tax situation of a company called Brando Equipment. Christie has been giving an update to two senior managers: Glen and Ivana. Last time, Christie gave them an overall picture of the tax situation, and today she’s providing more detail.

Pytania dotyczące słuchania

1. What does Christie say is one factor that increased their reported income?
2. What helped reduce the company’s reported income by about $50,000?
3. What important issue does Ivana want to discuss in more detail at the end of the dialog?”

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BEP 355 – Angielski finansowy: Discussing Taxes 1

BEP 355 - Angielski finansowy: Discussing Taxes 1

Witamy ponownie w Business English Pod na dzisiejszą lekcję Angielskie kolokacje związane z podatkami.

There’s an old saying in English that “nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Ale, chociaż podatki są pewne, dokładna kwota, którą musisz zapłacić, nie jest. Zapytaj dowolnego księgowego. Dla firm i osób prywatnych, istnieją różne sposoby obniżenia rachunku podatkowego. A niższy rachunek podatkowy oznacza więcej pieniędzy w naszych kieszeniach, lub w kieszeniach naszych akcjonariuszy. Z tego powodu, Podatek jest popularnym tematem dyskusji, zwłaszcza wiosną, kiedy należy zapłacić większość podatków.

W tym financial English lekcja, wysłuchamy trzech menedżerów z Brando Equipment, którzy omówią ich sytuację podatkową. Podczas rozmowy, menedżerowie używają wielu popularnych wyrażeń związanych z podatkami. We call these expressions “collocations.A collocation is just a group of words that go together naturally.

Trochę Angielskie kolokacje, takich jak „zaryzykuj,” are widely used. Ale wiele kolokacji dotyczy konkretnej dziedziny pracy lub tematu. I pracować w tej dziedzinie lub dyskutować na ten temat, musisz znać te specjalne wyrażenia. Jeśli chodzi o podatki, Na przykład, you need to know that we use the verb “filewith “taxesto talk about our yearly report to the government. Uczenie się takich kolokacji w różnych dziedzinach rozwinie twoje słownictwo i pomoże ci brzmieć bardziej naturalnie.

W oknie dialogowym, usłyszymy Christie, Dolina górska, i Ivana omawiają sytuację podatkową w Brando Equipment, spółka zależna, którą ich firma niedawno kupiła. Glen i Ivana są menedżerami korporacyjnymi, podczas gdy Christie jest księgową. Trzej koledzy używają wielu angielskich kolokacji i słownictwa specyficznego dla podatków, rozmawiając o tym, ile podatku jest winny Brando Equipment.

Pytania dotyczące słuchania

1. Co Ivana ma nadzieję, że skończą do 30 dnia miesiąca?
2. Blisko początku rozmowy, to, co mówi Christie, jest wyższe niż się spodziewali?
3. Jaką kluczową informację chce wiedzieć Glen?

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BEP 347 – Angielskie kolokacje sprzedażowe (Część 2)

BEP 347 - Business English Collocations for Sales 2)

Witamy ponownie w Business English Pod na dzisiejszą lekcję Angielskie kolokacje for talking about sales.

Obroty has never been tougher. In the digital age, competition for people’s attention is fierce. And customers are armed with more knowledge than ever before. Z tych powodów, companies can’t get lazy about their approach to sales. They need to be strategic; they have to find new ways to manage customer relationships, and they need effective ways to track how they’re doing.

W tej lekcji, we’ll listen to a pharmaceutical sales team discuss new strategies to improve and track their performance. W ich dyskusji, you’ll hear a lot of what we call collocations. Collocations are just groups of words that combine naturally. Na przykład, if you want to say that someone finishes making a sale, you can say that hecloses a sale.Everyone uses that verbclose.Nobody saysshuta sale ordoa sale. The correct collocation isclose a sale.

Native speakers learn and use these collocations naturally. And if you want to improve your vocabulary and sound more fluent, you can learn to use them too. Podczas słuchania okna dialogowego, spróbuj wybrać niektóre z tych kolokacji, a omówimy je później w podsumowaniu.

W oknie dialogowym, we’ll listen to a discussion between Fran, Gus, i Nick. W naszej ostatniej lekcji, the team discussed the need to improve their company’s sales. Now they’re talking about ways to do that. Podczas ich dyskusji, używają wielu Angielskie kolokacje związane ze sprzedażą.

Pytania do słuchania

1. What does Nick think his colleague Dennis is doing wrong?
2. What does Nick believe is an outdated way of measuring their success?
3. What does Nick believe will happen if they improve their performance metrics?

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