Business News 08 – Celebrities Losing Marketing Appeal

Today we have a Business English News story on a recent study by several universities that looks into the ”˜selling poweror influenceof celebrities. Celebrity is another word for famous person, such as a movie or sports star.

The vocabulary we discuss in this podcast expands on the marketing terms we covered in 影片詞彙 04.

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BEP 41 – Job Interview English: 第一輪面試 (Part 2)

This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod lesson on first round job interviews. learn how to answer common interview questions and useful phrases and vocabulary for English job interviews.

As you’ll remember from the first episode, Mike Barnes is interviewing William Chow for a job at the Hong Kong head office of First Mercantile International, a global bank. William had just finished telling Mike about his work history, management style and personal characteristics. Our HR manager, Mike, continues the interview with another very common first round question. Lets see what it is and think about how you would answer the question?

Download a PDF list of useful interview phrases to describe your personal characteristics here.

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BEP 40 – Job Interview English: 第一輪面試 (Part 1)

今天的商務英語播客ESL課程是由兩部分組成的系列中的第一部分,該系列緊隨求職者William Chow在一家國際銀行的首次採訪之後.

在此播客中,您將學習如何應對一些典型的第一輪比賽 英語求職面試題. 一路上,您還將為求職面試練習一些很棒的新詞彙和有用的短語.

在對話中,我們將聽威廉(William)採訪,在商業國際有限公司香港主要分支機構的業務發展部門中擔任職位. 邁克·沃納, 香港商業國際有限公司人力資源經理, 正在進行面試.

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BEP 39 – 英文報告: 項目更新

In today’s intermediate Business English Podcast episode you’ll practice reporting on progress. That means informing your boss or colleagues about your current work. This is also called updating someone on the status of a project.

Reporting on progress happens in formal settings, such as at meetings, but often also in informal settings, such as around the water cooler or maybe even over a drink after work.

Today’s listening provides an example of this very common kind of informal project update. It takes place in the offices of AirMech Services, a company that specializes in the maintenance, repair and modification of Passenger Loading Bridges, which are commonly called “jetways”. You’ll hear Rudi, a project manager, update his boss, Wolfgang, on the status of one such project. They meet each other during a break in the coffee room.

As you listen, pay attention to both the vocabulary and the verb tenses Rudi and Wolfgang use to discuss the progress of the project.

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