Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Shadowing and Intonation

女：喂，你好！北京饭店前台。
男：你好！我们公司有位重要的客户6月10号到达北京，我想给他预定一个房间。
女：您想订什么样的房间？
男：一个商务套间。
女：要住多长时间？
男：从6月10号到17号，一共7天。
女：我查一下......没问题，我们有空房。先生，请问您贵姓？
男：我姓李，李建明，“建设”的“建”，“明天”的“明”，是五星电器集团的。
女：您能给我们留个联系电话吗？
男：6226-1588。
女：6-2-2-6-1-5-8-8.您还有别的要求吗？
男：没有了，谢谢你！
女：不用客气，再见！
New words:
1.前台 qián tái   (名）reception 
2.客户 kèhù (名)  client,customer
3.到达 dào dá（动） to arrive 
4.预定 yù dìng （动） to reserve 
5.商务 shāngwù（名） business 
6.套间tàojiān（名）a suite in a hotel 
7.查 chá（动） to check 
8.空房 kōngfáng（名） vacant room 
9.要求 yāoqiú（名） request 


New Silk Road Business Chiness

我想预定一个房间：

Knowing Everything About Chinese Cultrue

13east, west, south, north in Beijing

Describing what you can or cannot do is vital in expressing yourself. Every small step counts and a a Verb a day is better than nothing a day. What do you think? 

111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 7 - Learn a Verb a Day

Starting a job at an English speaking company can be a challenge. So much new information, meeting new people, and lots of conversations. Although listening is important, knowing what to say when you speak is important too. So for people who speak English as a 2nd language, today we're going to discuss some tips and vocabulary that we can use to make starting work at an English speaking employer as easy, simple, and stress free as possible. We'll hear some idioms, phrasal verbs, and more formal ways to express your ideas, to ask questions, to clarify information, and to introduce yourself. At the end we'll have a vocabulary quiz to see if you can remember what you learned, and a speaking challenge to get you talking!


Breakout Business English

STARTING A JOB at an English speaking company - Tips and Vocabulary

What's the difference?

How do you do? VS How are you?

Whales are some of the most amazing animals that have ever existed. From where they come from to how they live their lives, through to the threats that they have faced and how they bring new life in death, it's time to learn more about the amazing life these animals lead.

English Learning for Curious Minds

The Amazing Life of Whales

Persuade - provide a sound reason for someone to do something - to get someone to do
something, to get them to change their mind! / Convince - using your confidence and credibility, with compliments and the highlight of benefits, to achieve what you want - to get someone to
believe that something is true.

All Ways Business

Persuade or Convince

[My mom's friend] like (to) eat laksa at (the) beach.

[Kawan emak saya] suka makan laksa di pantai.

Exercise:
1) My friend's mom = 
2) My laksa = 
3) My mom's laksa = 
4) My mom's friend's laksa = 