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The Functioning in Business radio course will help you learn American business English through listening to business meetings and discussions and to interviews with American business people.
With your radio host, Elizabeth Moore, you will follow the story of an important business trip. You will listen to conversations which introduce vocabulary and expressions used to conduct business in English. You will also listen to Business Dialogs which present many kinds of business situations.
Our business and culture expert, Gary Engleton, will offer Culture Tips about American business culture. Gary will also focus on important language functions used in business and social situations.
This week on Functioning in Business, Mr. Epstein arranges a meeting between Mr. Blake and Mr. Epstein's boss, Ms. Shirley Graham. They will meet for lunch on Wednesday, June 12.
Mr. Epstein had met Mr. Blake at a trade show in China. Mr. Epstein was looking for new technologies to help his company automate their manufacturing process. Mr. Blake's company sells industrial robots.
| Mr. Epstein: | I would like to introduce you to one of our vice-presidents, Ms. Shirley Graham. She's the manager of the project that I'm working on, and I was wondering if we could get together again, say Wednesday. |
| Mr. Blake: | Ah, I have no plans on Wednesday, and I would like to meet her. |
| Mr. Epstein: | Okay, ah, if you could keep your schedule free around lunch time on Wednesday, and then I'll finalize that appointment with her. |
| Mr. Blake: | Okay, very good. |
"If someone suggests a meeting time that is not good for me, what should I do?"
If you are going to reject a time, you should first give a reason. That means that you need to say why you can't meet. For example, you could say, "I'm sorry, but I can't meet you on Monday because I'll be in New York."
The second thing that you have to do is to propose an alternative. For example, after rejecting Monday, you could say, "But I'm free all day on Tuesday." Or you could say, "Would it be possible for us to meet on Tuesday?" If you continue like that, you will soon find a time that is good for you both.
If you have questions about American business and culture, write to gary@dyned.com.
Mary is calling Sarah to see if she's available for a production meeting.
Listen to the dialog. Fill in the missing words.
| Mary: | Hello, Sarah. |
| Sarah: | Yes? |
| Mary: | This is Mary. Are you free at tomorrow for a production meeting? |
| Sarah: | No, sorry. I'm meeting at three with Mr. Thompson. Could we make it earlier in the day? How about o'clock or ten thirty? |
| Mary: | I'm busy until eleven o'clock. Why don't we try for ? |
| Sarah: | That's good for me. |
| Mary: | OK. I'll check with the others and get back to you. |
| Sarah: | OK. Great. |
Missing words from last week's Business Dialog: get together, first part, How about.
Functioning in Business will teach you about how to use English in business and social situations.
This week's lessons focus on confirming plans. Here are some examples:
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The Functioning in Business radio course is based on DynEd's Functioning in Business courseware and the Functioning in Business textbook, by P. Lance Knowles and Francis Bailey, published by Longman.
For more information about DynEd courseware, contact sales@dyned.com.
If you have any questions or comments,write to elizabeth@dyned.com.
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