5/2009

Translating goodbyes

Saying goodbye in German clearly comes naturally to you. How about saying goodbye in English? Kathrin Enke has created a short test to find out if you’re a natural.

The team: Jeff Bennett, Elaine Stevens, Rodrigo Perez, Sandra Pope, Malcolm Maine

Listen to our regular dialogue from an event management company in London. Malcolm, the boss, is not happy that Sandra is always coming in late. He might be more understanding if he knew the reason why.

Reasons for Romania

You may be wondering why we chose to feature Romania in the current issue of Business Spotlight. Well, here are some of the reasons...

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Translation mix-up of adverbs

In conversations, we use a lot of adverbs. In this exercise, we test whether you can translate common German adverbs into useful English ones.

Audio Transcript 5/2009

The complete transcript from Business Spotlight Audio 5/2009.

Vocabulary Pull-out & MP3 5/2009

Pull-out and MP3 audio file from Business Spotlight 5/2009.

Business Spotlight 5/2009

BUSINESS SKILLS: Negotiating
Dealing with emotions - how to become a better negotiator

LANGUAGE
Using machines to translate

CAREERS
New directions for older workers

MANAGEMENT
The business of selling sex

Business Spotlight Audio 5/2009

Business Skills
Dealing with emotions

International Communication
Working with Romania

Authentic English
Using humour at work

Time for a quickie?

We all know that sex can sell a product — but how do companies in the business of sex go about selling it? We look at what made a commercial for a Durex product for women a success.

Using capitals

Start with a warmer on letters and e-mails and focus on the use of capitalis in English. Find out how much your students know — then try our exercises from our workbook.

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