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Today’s lesson is about presentations. As this is such a large topic, we are going to concentrate today on opening a presentation. The first minute of your presentation is the most important, and a good or bad opening makes a big difference in how well your overall performance is received.

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epod_biz63_A23.mp3(11.60mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 77 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: presentations, office | FUNCTIONS: opening
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Ever make a phone call and get the wrong person? What about if someone calls you but they ask for a different person? On today’s Business English show we’ll talk about what to say in these short, difficult conversations.

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epod_biz62_D5.mp3(11.04mb)

Difficulty Level: Elementary | Popularity: 81 | Rating: 9
TOPICS: telephoning | FUNCTIONS: clarifying|defining
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Today’s lesson is about phone calls. There are many different phrases used by native English speakers to talk about the result of a phone call. British and American speakers have some different terms that are used to talk about phone calls and we’ll look at a few of the differences.

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epod_biz61_B20.mp3(11.86mb)

Difficulty Level: Upper Intermediate | Popularity: 89 | Rating: 9.5
TOPICS: telephoning | FUNCTIONS: making suggestions, describing problems
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Today’s Business English podcast lesson is about teleconferencing. Rachel has set up a teleconference meeting, and we are going to listen to her getting connected to the meeting.

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epod_biz60_A22.mp3(11.40mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 75 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: teleconference, telephoning | FUNCTIONS: giving instructions
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Today’s Business English podcast lesson is about teleconferencing. We are going to listen to Christy and Daniel deciding to set up a teleconference meeting.

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epod_biz59_A21.mp3(9.68mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 67 | Rating: 9
TOPICS: teleconference | FUNCTIONS: making plans
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Today’s lesson is about travel. When going to another country, whether for travel, business or tourism, you will have to pass through customs. Customs is the point where you are officially entered into a country. We are going to look at a dialogue between a traveler and a customs official.

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epod_biz58_D4.mp3(11.83mb)

Difficulty Level: Elementary | Popularity: 82 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: business travel | FUNCTIONS: asking questions
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In today’s mp3 you’ll hear some examples of how to introduce yourself and how to meet people in a casual business setting.

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epod_biz57_D3.mp3(10.42mb)

Difficulty Level: Elementary | Popularity: 82 | Rating: 9
TOPICS: introductions | FUNCTIONS: meeting people, asking questions, starting conversations
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Today’s lesson is about decisions. If you work for human resources or are often involved in dealing with employee performance, there are many phrases that are used by native English speakers when discussing a decision that needs to be made about an employee. Today we are going to look at some of the words and phrases that often arise when discussing past decisions and employee performance.

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epod_biz56_B19.mp3(9.28mb)

Difficulty Level: Upper Intermediate | Popularity: 79 | Rating: 7
TOPICS: hr | FUNCTIONS: explaining decisions
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Sometimes when we answer the phone we have to take a message, which means we get some information and then tell it to someone else. Today we’ll review some useful language for how to tell someone about a phone message in our Business English podcast.

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epod_biz55_D2.mp3(10.78mb)

Difficulty Level: Elementary | Popularity: 87 | Rating: 9
TOPICS: telephoning | FUNCTIONS: messages
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Today’s Business English podcast is about answering the telephone. If you answer a phone call from someone who speaks English, do you know what to say? Kris, Liz and David will help you learn how to answer the phone and help the person who is calling.

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epod_biz54_D1.mp3(9.72mb)

Difficulty Level: Elementary | Popularity: 112 | Rating: 9
TOPICS: customer service, telephoning | FUNCTIONS: receiving calls
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