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BEP 42 – 会议英语: 开会

商务英语, 会议英语, ESL 播客, 中级英语, 电话会议英语 /

This is the first in a two-part intermediate 商务英语播客课程 on opening and managing meetings. 在这一集, we’ll look at how to open a meeting. In the second part (BEP 43) we’ll look at language you can use to manage the discussion.

The listening takes place in the Singapore offices of Daneline, an international shipping company. 马丁, the GM, is chairing a meeting with Sandra, David and Sam to discuss a budget shortfall. Shortfall means their budget has fallen short of expectations. 换一种说法, they don’t have enough money, so they need to make some cuts. To chair a meeting is to lead the meeting. We can say that Martin is the chairperson. So in these two episodes on opening and managing meetings, you’ll be learning language for chairing meetings.

听力测验
1) What is the amount of the budget shortfall?
2) Why doesn’t Sandra have a copy of the agenda?
3) How many possible cuts are under discussion?
4) What is the first item on the agenda?

*** 这节课是我们的一部分 商务英语电子书 会议: 会议要点. 高级会员 点击这里下载 完整的电子书.

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BEP 35 – 会议: 用英语澄清含义

A2, 商务英语, 会议英语, ESL 播客, 功能, 中级英语 /

在 BEP 34, we talked about clarifying what was said , 例如, “What did you just say? I didn’t catch that.”

在今天的 商务英语课, we’ll look at clarifying what was meant, 例如, “What do you mean by that?” 或者 “What I’m trying to say is…” Clarifying the meaning is an important part of all communication because it helps us avoid misunderstanding.

*** 这节课是我们的一部分 商务英语电子书 会议: 会议要点. 高级会员 点击这里下载 完整的电子书.

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BEP 34 – 会议: 澄清所说的话

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这是两部分中的第一部分 商务英语播客 series on clarifying. To clarify means to make clear.

Today we’ll look at phrases and skills for clarifying what was said. 例如, “I didn’t quite catch that. Could you say that again?” This is useful when you don’t hear clearly or when someone speaks too fast. 然后, in the second podcast (BEP 35), we’ll be looking at language for clarifying what was meant, for instance “What exactly do you mean by that?”

The listening today is from a shipping company. You’ll hear Wim Zeldenhuis and Andre De Vries in Rotterdam call their American colleague Benny McClenahan in Boston.

*** 这节课是我们的一部分 商务英语电子书 会议: 会议要点. 高级会员 点击这里下载 完整的电子书.

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BEP 32 – 会议: 集思广益 & 讨论想法

先进的, 商务英语, 会议英语, ESL 播客, 电话会议英语 /

New versions of this lesson are available here:
BEP 32 A – English for Discussing Solutions to a Problem (1)
BEP 32 B – English for Discussing Solutions to a Problem (2)

In this Business English Podcast lesson we take another look at the language used to suggest and discuss ideas in meetings and teleconferences. We’ll also provide further language for diplomatic disagreement and agreeing action points at the end of the meeting.

The teleconference is run by Jim as a type of meeting called a “Brainstorming” meeting, which is useful for gathering and openly discussing ideas as the format is more relaxed.

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BEP 31 – 会议: 接受和拒绝建议

A2, 商务英语, 会议英语, ESL 播客, 功能, 中级英语 /

A new updated version of this lesson is available here.

这个 商务英语课 is the second part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions in English. In the first episode, we looked at how to make suggestions. 在这一集, we’ll cover appropriate ways to reject and accept suggestions in English. Accept means to agree to a suggestion and reject means to disagree.

您会记得, the listening takes place at a sports shoe company called Stratos. You’ll be listening to Karen, a marketing manager, meet with three members of her team, Charles, Sven and Miguel. They are choosing a celebrity spokesperson for a new product.

*** 这节课是我们的一部分 商务英语电子书 会议: 会议要点. 高级会员 点击这里下载 完整的电子书.

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