Business English Travel Lessons

Learn travel English with Business English Pod lessons on English for travel.

Business English Pod offers English for travel lessons that cover various travel English topics, such as airport check-in, hotel reservations, ordering food, and making small talk with locals. These lessons provide practical vocabulary and phrases for different situations, helping learners communicate effectively while traveling.

Our travel English lessons are listed by published date with the newest lessons first.

BEP 295 – 商務旅行 4: 工廠檢查

Business-English-Pod-295-Lesson-English-for-Factory-Inspection

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on conducting a factory inspection in English.

In the global economy, a company might have its headquarters in Germany, but outsource production to China and technical support to India. Or you might find a Korean company that contracts out to one factory in Malaysia and another in Vietnam. 在任何情況下, to make the right decision on production facilities, you’ll most likely need to conduct a factory inspection.

So if you’re flying halfway around the world to tour a factory or another facility, what kind of questions should you ask? And how can you make sure the factory is the right fit for your needs? 好, you’ll definitely want to ask questions about quality control to make sure the factory can meet your expectations. You might also ask about production capacity so you know they can handle the work properly. And you might ask about their approach to standards, to make sure they’re in line with your values.

當然, talk is cheap. You might find a factory manager makes claims that are a bit unbelievable. In these situations, you’ll want to show skepticism, or doubt, and ask for evidence. This is all part of the due diligence necessary to make sure you’re making the right choice.

在今天的對話中, we’ll hear Cam and Vanessa, who work for an American clothing company. They want to find a new production facility, so they’re touring a factory in China. You’ll also hear Chen, a factory manager who’s giving Cam and Vanessa a tour of the facility. Cam and Vanessa want to find out if Chen’s factory is a good fit for their company.

聽力問題

1. How does Vanessa react to Chen’s claim that they have a .25% defect rate?
2. What important issue does Cam say their company is very serious about?
3. What kind of proof does Vanessa want to see of the factory managerstraining?

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BEP 294 – 商務旅行 3: 機密討論

BEP 294 - Holding a Confidential Discussion in English

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on having a confidential discussion during a business trip.

If you’ve got colleagues or clients in other parts of the world, you probably rely a lot on email and the phone. But meeting in person continues to be important for building relationships and trust, and for discussing important issues. That’s one reason, 當然, why the overseas business trip remains important.

And there’s one type of discussion that can be especially difficult: discussing a confidential matter. Perhaps you need to deliver bad news, or share sensitive information or tell someone about an important change. Meeting face-to-face in these types of situations is often the best way to break the news.

So what’s the best way to go about this? 好, to begin, it’s important to set a positive tone to put the other person at ease. 下一個, you might want to ask him or her how things are going. 那可以幫助打破僵局, and the other person might actually mention the topic you want to discuss. Once you’ve started this way, you can introduce the sensitive information you want to deliver. And because the information is sensitive, you need to ask for discretion. 最後, depending on the nature of the discussion, you might also have to provide reassurances. 畢竟, after we hear important information, we might wonder how it will impact us.

在今天的對話中, we’ll hear Cam, who works for an American clothing company. He’s visiting the head of the company’s Chinese office, 大衛. The company manufactures some of its clothing in China, and has been considering how to expand their retail activities in Asia. Cam needs to have a confidential discussion with David to share some important news.

聽力問題

1. How does Cam ask for David’s perspective on the current situation?
2. Cam needs to tell David about a decision regarding retail in China. What point does Cam mention to introduce this decision?
3. How does Cam reassure David near the end of the conversation?

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BEP 284 – 商務旅行 2: 指示方向並四處走走

BEP 284 - Giving Directions in English

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on giving directions and getting around a city. This lesson is part of a larger series that looks at the 商務英語 you need for a successful overseas business trip.

Getting from point A to point B in a city isn’t always simple. Even with a map, there are lots of opportunities for confusion. First of all, a map doesn’t include the names of every little shop or house. And even though a map might show you where some major things are, it won’t tell you how to get there. 由於這些原因, we still rely on people for advice on getting around. And whether you’re traveling and need to understand someone’s directions, or whether someone asks you for directions, you need the right language.

This is what we’ll look at in today’s lesson. We’ll learn language and techniques for describing a location, suggesting the best travel option, and describing distance. We’ll also look at how to give basic directions, how to explain a change of course, and how to ask a stranger for help on the street.

在對話框中, we’ll rejoin Cam and Vanessa, who have traveled to Shanghai on business. They’re talking to the concierge at their hotel, who is explaining to them how to get to a specific coffee shop in the city’s Pudong business district.

聽力問題

1. What does the concierge recommend as the best travel option?
2. How does the concierge describe the distance to Hengshan Lu Station?
3. When Cam approaches a stranger in the street, what is the first question he asks?

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BEP 283 – 商務旅行 1: 乘坐出租車

BEP 283 - 旅遊英語 - 乘坐出租車

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on taking a taxi. This will be part of a larger series that looks at the 商務英語 you need for a successful overseas business trip.

When you travel to another city for business, what’s the easiest way to get around? Usually by taxi. You don’t have to interpret a subway map or a bus schedule. And you can be delivered directly to your destination with little confusion, though it will cost you more of course.

是, I said “with little confusion,” though that’s not always the case. Taxi drivers might not always understand what you want, or what you’re saying. You’ve still got to communicate clearly, directly, and politely with the taxi driver. Your fate is in hisor herhands, and so you need to make sure you’re understood.

This is exactly what we’ll learn today. We’ll cover some important types of requests during a taxi ride, including asking for a destination, requesting a specific route, and asking for a change of course. We’ll also learn how to ask to be let out and request a receipt.

在本課中, we’ll hear Cam and Vanessa, who have just arrived in Shanghai on a business trip. They’ve passed through immigration and collected their bags, and now they want to take a taxi to their hotel.

聽力問題

1. What is the travelersdestination, and where is it located?
2. Vanessa asks for a change of course to get to a bank. How does she describe how to get there?
3. How does Vanessa ask to be let out of the taxi?

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BEP 26c – 旅行: 處理問題

BEP 26 - 旅遊英語: 處理問題

歡迎回到 Business English Pod 參加今天的課程,了解如何處理您在乘飛機旅行時可能遇到的問題.

這個 商務英語課 是我們對一些舊課程的新系列的一部分. 我們保留了相同的對話框,但為低級學習者提供了新的解釋和練習.

當您出差旅行時, 你有沒有遇到過你無法控制的問題? 就像當你出現在機場而你的航班被取消時. 或者當您的航班晚點而您無法準時到達目的地時? 這些情況可能令人沮喪且難以處理. 但是你可以學習一些語言技巧來幫助你解決問題.

在本課中, 我們將研究其中一些技術, 比如引起別人的注意, 對請求使用否定問題, 並勉強同意. 我們還將介紹禮貌的拒絕, 糾正自己, 並詢問付款. 這些都是您在解決旅行問題時可能必須做或了解的所有事情.

在對話中,您將聽到一位名叫羅伯特的旅行者. 如果你聽過我們的最後一課, 你可能還記得羅伯特去尼斯但先在巴黎停留. 在本課中, 你會在巴黎機場聽到羅伯特的聲音. 他錯過了飛往尼斯的轉機航班,現在他正在努力尋找一種方法,以便及時趕到目的地,以便在第二天開會.

聽力問題

1. 下一個飛往尼斯的航班是什麼時候?
2. 為什麼羅伯特不接受下一個可用的航班?
3. 羅伯特想要什麼而不是下一趟飛往尼斯的航班?
4. 代理說什麼類型的座位是唯一可用的類型?

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