| 5/2008 Audio |
| THE MAGAZINE |
| 1. Introduction |
| Names and News |
| 2. Not dying for the job (p. 7) |
| 3. Save our pub (p. 8) |
| Global Business |
| 4. Former economic hit man John Perkins (p. 22) |
| Office Blues |
| 5. Kathrin Enke (p. 13) |
| Head-to-Head |
| 6. Should every firm have a dress code? (p. 26) |
| Intercultural Communication |
| 7. Robert Gibson on working with Austrians (p. 36) |
| Office Talk |
| 8. The Maine Event (p. 92) |
| Management |
| 9. The business of giving (excerpt p. 68) |
| Insight |
| 10. Business news with Inez Sharp |
| THE EXERCISES |
| 11. Introduction |
| Test |
| Ken Taylor on negotiating (p. 14) |
| 12. Exercise: checking understanding |
| 13. Exercise: using idioms |
| False Friends |
| 14. Exercise: translation (p. 84) |
| Business Skills |
| Ken Taylor on creating a personal brand (p. 46) |
| 15. Exercise: key terms |
| 16. Exercise: the right image |
| 17. Exercise: managing emotions |
| Grammar |
| 18. Exercise: "there" and "it" (p. 90) |
| Telephoning |
| Ken Taylor on making effective calls (p. 55) |
| 19. Dialogue: poor preparation |
| 20. Dialogue/exercise: asking questions |
| Say It in Style |
| 21. Exercise/dialogue: explaining how things work (p. 54) |
| 22. Conclusion |
Page numbers refer to Business Spotlight
magazine.
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Language & Skills
Kathrin Enke on the silly side of work
