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In today’s Business English lesson we are going to look at appointments, and how to arrange a meeting with someone. In the mp3, we will listen to Juliette and David on the telephone. Juliette is Mr. Dempster’s secretary, and she is calling David to make an appointment with her boss, Mr. Wallace. Mr. Wallace is a busy man though!

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epod_biz85_B21.mp3(9.85mb)

Difficulty Level: Upper Intermediate | Popularity: 74 | Rating: 9
TOPICS: meetings, schedules | FUNCTIONS: making plans, discussing time
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In today’s Business English podcast we are going to look at appointments, and how to arrange a meeting with someone. In the mp3, we are going to listen to David and Juliette. Juliette is Mr. Tar’s secretary, and she is calling David to make an appointment with her boss, Mr. Spencer. Unfortunately, they both seem to be very busy men….

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epod_biz84_A39.mp3(12.44mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 70 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: meetings, schedules | FUNCTIONS: discussing time, making plans
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Today’s Business English lesson is about appointments, and how to arrange an appointment to meet someone. In the podcast, Juliette is making a call to another company. She wants to make an appointment for her boss to have a meeting with Mr. Green. Unfortunately, Mr. Green is a very busy man!

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epod_biz83_D10.mp3(10.10mb)

Difficulty Level: Elementary | Popularity: 77 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: schedules, meetings | FUNCTIONS: making plans
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In today’s Business English podcast we are going to look at negotiating, in particular how to present a counter proposal. In the mp3, we are going to listen to Daniel and Juliette. Juliette has offered Daniel a job, but he is not happy with the salary. He has asked Juliette to meet with him so they can discuss his counter proposal.

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epod_biz82_A38.mp3(12.65mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 60 | Rating: 8
TOPICS: negotiating | FUNCTIONS: compromising, refusing|rejecting offers
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Today’s Business English mp3 is about telephone calls, and how to ask to speak to someone. In the podcast, we will listen as Chad calls the Beta Construction Company because he wants to speak to Brad Finley. Nina, the telephone operator, answers the phone.

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epod_biz81_D9.mp3(9.86mb)

Difficulty Level: Elementary | Popularity: 72 | Rating: 9
TOPICS: telephoning | FUNCTIONS: connecting
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Today’s Business English mp3 is about negotiating and in particular how to agree or disagree during negotiations. We are going to join Daniel and Kris as they negotiate a new salary with their boss, Juliette.

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epod_biz80_A37.mp3(9.21mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 65 | Rating: 9
TOPICS: negotiating | FUNCTIONS: agreeing|disagreeing
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Today’s Business English mp3 is about telephone calls, and how to leave a message. In the podcast, Mr. Jacobsen calls Mr. Ford. Mr. Ford isn’t there. Carol answers the phone and takes a message.

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epod_biz79_D8.mp3(10.99mb)

Difficulty Level: Elementary | Popularity: 78 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: telephoning | FUNCTIONS: messages
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Today’s Business English lesson is about clarifying what you have said or what other people have said. To clarify means to make clear. Native English speakers often speak fast, and it can often be a bit difficult to understand everything that they are saying. We are going to look at some common phrases that are used to clarify what someone is saying. This way, feeling nervous about asking someone to repeat something when you didn’t understand will be a thing of the past.

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epod_biz78_A36.mp3(11.60mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 65 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: meetings | FUNCTIONS: clarifying|defining, confirming
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In today’s Business English lesson we are going to look at presentations, and in particular how to make sure everyone in the audience understands what you are saying, and what point you are making. Daniel will give a presentation, but Christy doesn’t understand. We’ll listen to how Daniel helps her get the point.

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epod_biz77_A35.mp3(7.43mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 78 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: presentations | FUNCTIONS: clarifying|defining
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In our Business English podcast lesson today we are going to look at presentations, and how to avoid answering any difficult questions that your audience might ask! We will listen to Christy as she delivers his presentation, and avoids answering some tricky questions from Daniel.

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epod_biz76_A34.mp3(10.10mb)

Difficulty Level: Lower Intermediate | Popularity: 75 | Rating: 10
TOPICS: presentations | FUNCTIONS: answering questions
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