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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 232 – Business Bookkeeping
ESL Podcast 232 Business Bookkeeping GLOSSARY on the side extra; in addition to ones regular job * Janice works as a science teacher at the high school,but she offers privateclasses for younger students on the side to make extra money. accounting the
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 236 – An On-Site Estimate
ESL Podcast 236 An On-Site Estimate GLOSSARYbuilding contractor a person or company that is hired by someone else tobuild homes or offices* The Patils were very happy with their building contractor because he built theirhome faster and for less money
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 240 – Working Overtime
ESL Podcast 240 Working Overtime GLOSSARYovertime time worked in addition to the regular 40 hours of work in a week* Accountants usually work overtime in March and April, when they have to dotheir clients taxes before the April 15 deadline. to not mi
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 244 – Critiquing Someone’s Work
ESL Podcast 244 Critiquing Someones Work GLOSSARYto look over to quickly review something; to quickly read something to giveones opinion about it* Do you think youll have time this afternoon to look over this report before I giveit to the company pre
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 246 – Understanding Addresses
ESL Podcast 246 Understanding Addresses GLOSSARY mailing address the details of where a letter or package can be sent; eitherwhere the business or home is located, or a post office box * The business is located on Main Street, but its mailing address
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 248 – Business Websites
ESL Podcast 248 Business Websites GLOSSARY bookmarked saved in a list in ones Internet browser so that one can easily goto a particular website* When Gisela used Harolds computer, she was surprised to see that he hadbookmarked so many websites about
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 252 – A Workers Strike
ESL Podcast 252 A Workers Strike GLOSSARY to strike to refuse to work because the workers are protesting (showing thatthey do not approve of) something* The teachers are striking because they want to get more money for the work that they do. manageme
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 256 – Looking for Ideas
ESL Podcast 256 Looking for Ideas GLOSSARY to jot down ﾨC to quickly write down something; to note something quickly* Let me jot down your phone number before you leave, so I can call you nextweek. to draw a blank ﾨC to not be able to think of a
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 260 – Business Trends
ESL Podcast 260 Business Trends GLOSSARY overview a general description of something without very much detail* The first chapter of this book is an overview of US history but the rest is aboutwhat has happened in the past few years. trend something t
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 264 – Preparing for a Video Conference
ESL Podcast 264 Preparing for a Video Conference GLOSSARY video conference a meeting between two or more people at different locations using video so that they can see each other on a TV or video screen* Video conferences are better than phone confer
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 268 – Get-rich-quick Schemes
ESL Podcast 268 Get-rich-quick Schemes GLOSSARY infomercial a very long commercial (TV advertisement) that is made to look like a television program instead of a commercial* Have you seen the infomercial for a knife that can cut through metal cans? s
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 272 – Time Management
ESL Podcast 272 Time Management GLOSSARY to be snowed under to have too much work to do; to be very busy* During finals week, students are snowed under with exams and essays. efficient able to do things very well and very quickly, without wasting tim
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 276 – The Stock Market
ESL Podcast 276 The Stock Market GLOSSARY stock market the stock exchange; the buying and selling of stocks or shares (small parts in the ownership of a public company)* Dora decided to enter the stock market by buying stock in three large computerco
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 280 – Viral Marketing
ESL Podcast 280 Viral Marketing GLOSSARY buzz excitement and interest about something* In the early part of this year, there was a lot of buzz about a new computer thatcould do everything! viral marketing the ways that a company gets people to share
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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 282 – Offending Someone
ESL Podcast 282 Offending Someone GLOSSARY to grab to quickly reach out and hold something in ones hand* When Bala slipped on the ice, he grabbed his friends shoulder so that hewouldnt fall. off-color in poor taste; not appropriate; inappropriate; no
