YuYan.Biz

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corporate ladder

to climb the corporate ladder

entrepreneur

free agent

Example conversation:

JOHN: Debbie, how are you?

DEBBIE: Fine. How are you, John?

JOHN: Great! Hey, what’s up with Mark?

DEBBIE: Mark?

JOHN: Yes. Last time I heard he was really climbing the corporate ladder very well. He had made it to Executive Vice President?

DEBBIE: Yes, he had. But he felt there were business opportunities back in his home country of China.

JOHN: In China?

DEBBIE: Yes, there are a lot of business opportunities in China now.

JOHN: So he went back to China? With a company?

DEBBIE: No! Mark is no longer climbing the corporate ladder.

JOHN: He’s no longer climbing the corporate ladder?

DEBBIE: No, he’s an entrepreneur. A free agent. Taking similar software solutions to companies in China.

JOHN: Wow. I really need to send Mark an e-mail to him to stay in touch.

DEBBIE: Yes, you sure do.

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Key phrases and vocabulary:

Excuse me = pardon me

to excuse ≠ to accuse

“Excuse me! Don’t hit me!”

wild turkey

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I added all BECS videos to a Youtube playlist which you can embed on your sites as well. Here it is. Not that classes 1 – 7 were audio only and you can find them on Tudou or BECS and here.

Key phrases:

to empower

empowerment

employee empowerment

employee empowerment policy

ownership

organizational behavior

human resources

Example sentences:

We really need to empower our workers to do the task / work.

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