Business English Ace Radio Podcast - Episode 55 Class Note

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BUSINESS ENGLISH ACE RADIO PROGRAM NOTES

Episode #55

Date of Episode: July 5, 2016

Listen to Episode 55

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Hello and Welcome to Episode 55 of Business English Ace Radio.

I am H. E. Colby, a seasoned English instructor and author of the Business

English Ace blog at http://www.businessenglishace.com/.

I’ve been teaching English for about 9 years helping my own students

achieve their English excellence in both their personal and professional

lives.

Every week, you and I get together to help you increase your English skills

for success in the global economy.

Every week you increase your confidence using English, learn a new

phrasal verb, collocation or English idiom.

That always makes a teacher smile knowing her students are progressing.

Check your English grammar with the Erroneous English Question of the

Week.

Improve your Business English vocabulary and get career advice to help

you achieve greater career success.

The notes from our class today can be downloaded off my blog site at

www.businessenglishace.com/bear55.

Thanks for being joining me in our virtual classroom every week.

Here’s our agenda for our class in Episode 55:

Here’s what I have for you in our class today:

Erroneous English Question of the Week – Can you use Device and

Devise correctly?

Business English Vocabulary Word of the Week – Key Currency

Business Collocation of the Week – Takeover Bid

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Business Career Corner – 5 Essential Tips to Reinvent Your Career

Business English Ace Blog Article Replays: 8 Tips for Writing MBA

Personal Essay

Twisted Business English Phrase of the Week – Deflated Pump

Now it’s time to get started with your free English class in your earbuds.

Welcome to my classroom.

Class is now in session.


SEGMENT II - Erroneous English Question

Don’t let bad grammar stop you from getting a promotion.

Every week on podcast you get a quiz to check good English usage.

Thus, we begin our class with the Erroneous English Question of the Week.

In Episode 54, your last Erroneous English Question you learned

about correctly using That-Which in Non-Defining Relative Clauses.

You can go back and listen to Episode 54 at


Our Erroneous English Question deals with confusion using Device and

Devise.

Our question is –

Which is correct English?

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A) The company director deviced a plan to protect the price of the

stock.

OR

B) The company director devised a plan to protect the price of the

stock.

I explain the correct English at the end of our class.

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SEGMENT III: Business English Ace Vocabulary

How’s your English vocabulary?

Research also indicates being word wealthy is a predictor of life success.

Join me every week on the podcast to grow your Business English word

power so you have greater personal and professional achievements.

Last week the Business English Ace Vocabulary Word of the Week was –

Sovereign Risk.

You can go back and get the definition to Sovereign Risk in Ep 54 at

http://www.businessenglishace.com/bear54.

This week the Business English Ace Vocabulary Word of the Week is – Key

Currency.

Key currency is the monetary standard used for international

transactions. Currently, the US dollar is the key currency.

Example: Myonesia bought oil on the global market using the key

currency.





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Key currency is the monetary standard used for international

transactions; right now the US dollar is considered the key currency.

Study the vocabulary on the podcast each week.

Every fifth word vocabulary term you have a quiz.

So – key currency – makes the fifth word. It’s quiz time.

You may want to review these words in the past podcast episodes before

attempting the quiz:

malfeasance, double indemnity, letter of credit, sovereign risk,

key currency

Go to http://bit.ly/vocabq10.

I’ll put the link in the class notes for Episode 55 at


Make sure to tell your friends to tune into Business English Ace Radio

every week so they can boost their business vocabulary as well.

SEGMENT IV Business English Ace Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Collocation

If there is one part of English vocabulary that students fear, it has to be

studying phrasal verbs, idioms, and collocations.

Relax!

As you know every week you and I explore a new phrasal verb, idiom, or

collocation that you can use in your business conversations or documents.

Last week in Episode 54 you learned about the idiom a dime a dozen.

You can go back to listen about how to use a dime a dozen at http://www.businessenglishace.com/bear54. Today you learn about the Business Collocation – Takeover Bid.

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“Takeover” has a few collocations in Business English. Collocations are “chunks of English” that you can learn to expand your vocabulary. Takeover bid means one company tries to buy the shares of another company to gain control of it. EX: Macrosoft’s takeover bid to buy the video channel failed when the latters’ shareholders refused to sell their stock. So now you know how to use the Business Collocation takeover bid – in

your business conversations or emails.

Remember you can download the today’s class notes at


Continue to expand your business vocabulary with every episode

of the podcast so you are ready for the quiz!

SEGMENT V

Business English Career Corner

Last week in the career corner you learned the 5 Habits of People Who

Always Get Promoted.

You may go back and listen to Episode 54 at

businessenglishace.com/bear54.

Now, this week.

Are you stuck in your career?

Do you wish you had another job instead?

Well, today, you get some advice to help you make a career change!




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Welcome to this edition of Business English Career Corner about 5

Essential Tips to Reinvent Your Career. I read the article on the Fast

Company website.


The first tip is the most predictable – you need a plan!

Make an assessment of where you are and where you want to be.

Get more information about this and the 4 other tips to reinvent your

career

You can read the whole article – 5 Essential Tips to Reinvent Your Career

at http://bit.ly/reinventc.

Every week in the Business English Career Corner you always get extra

skills for an edge over both colleagues and clients in the competitive global

economy.

Good luck!




SEGMENT VI

Business English Ace Blog Article Replay

Every week I highlight an important past post on my blog,

businessenglishace.com.

The article replay last week highlighted resources from an archived

newsletter.





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Go to http://bit.ly/news4515 to check out these fabulous resources to

improve your English today.

Today – are you applying to study your MBA this year?

Get these hot tips to help boost your Personal Statement for the

application.

Read my blog article - 8 Tips for Writing Your MBA Personal #Essay the

Right Way!

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SEGMENT VII

Business English Ace Twisted English

Every week your Twisted English segment helps you understand

headlines in the financial news.

Twisted English is when you and I examine news headlines with a twist.

In the last episode, Episode 54, you learned about the phrase: “to be

cleared for takeoff.”

You may go back and listen to Episode 54 at


Today you and I look at the following headline in our Twisted English

series: Deflated Pump Maker Will Revive.

What does the expression “deflated pump” mean?

The twist in the headline comes from combining “deflate” which means to

be down and “pump” which means “to inflate” with the final turn in the

headline – “revive.”

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If someone or something is “revived,” they have another opportunity,

usually to live.

Plus the company is a “pump maker” which is deflated or probably not

doing good business right now, according to the headline.

So in our headline today, there is a twist inside a twist.

Thus, the headline could be rewritten as Deflated Pump Maker Will Rise

Again.

That’s your Twisted Business English Phrase of the Week – deflated

pump.

Stay tuned for more Twisted Business English right here every week on

Business English Ace Radio.

And by the way, tell your friends about this episode to boost their Business

English as well.


SEGMENT VIII – Erroneous English Question Answer

Ok, it´s time to answer our Erroneous English Question.

Our Erroneous English Question deals with confusion using Device and

Devise.

Our question is –

Which is correct English?

A) The company director deviced a plan to protect the price of the

stock.

OR

B) The company director devised a plan to protect the price of the

stock.



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First, two definitions.

Device is a noun and is never used as a verb. It means an invention made

for a specific purpose or reason.

Like for example: The smartphone is a device to communicate by text,

voice, and audio.

Devise, on the other hand, is a verb which means to plan.

For Example:

The CEO devised a plan to cut costs and save the company from default.

So, Letter B – The company director devised a plan to protect the price

of the stock – is the correct English.

Did you get the right answer?

Tell me – leave a comment on the Business English Ace Facebook page at

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Avoid Erroneous English and improve your English grammar every week

right here on the podcast –just subscribe to Business English Ace Radio in

iTunes at businessenglishace.com/itunes so you don’t miss any

episodes!

SEGMENT IX/ Close

So, that’s our Episode 55 – another awesome class full of English

excellence to increase your English fluency.

Thanks for enriching your Business English with me today on the podcast.

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I am H. E. Colby.

You are invited to listen to Episode 56 next week.

Until then, Class Dismissed.








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