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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 returns to his office to meet with his boss, Ms. Shirley Graham. Ms. Graham is in charge of a large project to build a new factory. The new factory is scheduled for completion in October.
| Elizabeth: | Can you give us a little background on the project you were working on last year? |
| Ms. Graham: | Certainly. As you know, Advanced Technologies makes
computer parts. To be more specific, we make electronic components for computers. We also manufacture office computers. |
| Elizabeth: | Where are your factories located? |
| Ms. Graham: | Our main factory is in Los Angeles, but we have smaller
plants in northern California. And we have two factories overseas. |
| Elizabeth: | Last year, you were in charge of a project to construct another factory in northern California. |
| Ms. Graham: | That's right. I wanted to find ways to cut costs and
improve productivity. One way to do that was to use robots. So we needed as much information as possible about companies that made industrial robots. That's why I sent Mike Epstein to the trade show in Beijing last spring. |
"When I meet a group of American business people, how do I know who is most important? In my country, the oldest man is usually the person in charge."
It's true that many companies are run by older men. But you cannot tell who is important based only on age and gender (whether a person is a man or a woman). And in some companies, very young people have important positions.
The oldest person is not always the most important. And in many American companies, women hold very important positions.
If you have questions about American business and culture, write to gary@dyned.com.
Ms. Powers is confirming an appointment with her colleague, Mr. Malone
Listen to the dialog. Fill in the missing words.
| Ms. Powers: | Excuse me. Do you have a minute? |
| Mr. Malone: | Certainly. Please come in |
| Ms. Powers: | Thanks. I made an appointment for us to see Mr. Myers. Are you still at 11:00 on Wednesday? |
| Mr. Malone: | 11:00 on Wednesday? I'm not. I'm busy all morning. |
| Ms. Powers: | That's too bad. |
| Mr. Malone: | How about 1:00 on Friday? |
| Ms. Powers: | That's with me. |
| Mr. Malone: | Would you call him back and see if Friday is good for him? |
| Ms. Powers: | Sure. I'll call him . |
| Mr. Malone: | Thanks. |
Missing words from last week's Business Dialog: free, afraid, fine, right away.
Functioning in Business will teach you about how to use English in business and social situations.
This week's language function is Refusing. 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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