Business English. Essential Job Vocabulary

The Beatles Story - Intermediate English Listening

Task1 - First Listening.
Click on the play button in the centre of the screen to watch the video.
Listen to get the main idea of what the video is about, the first time you watch it.

Task 2 - Vocabulary activity
Here is a lot of english words and expressions from the video below. How many of these words do you know?
Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any new words and phrases:

*phenomenon      *inspire   *reputation    *tribute   *throughfare   *to take by storm (idiom)     *mythology    *influential    *legacy     *icon



Language Point:  Using Capital Letters

We use capital letters for the names of people, places, nationalities, bands, and song titles.

Examples:
The Beatles were famous British band.
The Beatles came from Liverpool.
They recorded the song "Here comes The Sun" in 1968.

Past Modals – Video Tutorial – Quiz

English for Construction

Equipment topic






Concrete Topic



Other needed vocabulary (verbs, nouns etc...)






Deep foundation



Material












Shallow Foundation




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Floring work


Specialized Materials



Finishing work



Site Safety


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Cleaning (Housekeeping) Vocabulary

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English at Work. The Interview - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Tip Top Trading is the fastest-growing company in the plastic fruit sector, and Anna desperately wants to be a part of it. Her job interview for a position in sales is going to be a challenge. How will she cope?

Language for interviews

This programme focuses on useful language for job interviews.

Phrases from the programme:

A good example that comes to mind…
I'm particularly proud of…
Timekeeping is important to me.
Listening Challenge

What was Anna's role in the university debating society?

The answer is at the bottom of the transcript below.

Transcript is here

Listening Challenge - Answer

What was Anna's role in the university debating society?
She was treasurer.

Is English changing? 6 Minute English - Intermediate Level

Will we still be speaking in an English we recognize in a thousand years' time? Which words and grammar will still be there? And which will have been lost? Alice and Neil make some educated guesses!

This week's question

What kinds of words are slow to change? Is it…

a) nouns?

b) pronouns?

c) adjectives?

You'll hear the answer at the end of the programme.

Vocabulary

baffling
hard to understand

on the way out
disappearing; declining in popularity and use

interrogative
question

win out
succeed after a fight

obligation
having a duty to do something

authoritarian
demanding obedience from people

shying away from
avoiding

progressive
ongoing; continuing

stative
expressing a state of 'being' – as opposed to 'doing'

Transcript is here