Business English Ace Radio - Episode 037 - Class Notes

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BUSINESS ENGLISH ACE RADIO PROGRAM NOTES
Episode #37
Date of Episode: February 16, 2016
SEGMENT I : Introduction
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Hello and Welcome to Episode 37 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/.
Thanks for choosing Business English Ace Radio today to improve your
career by enhancing your English skills.

You’re tuned into the podcast devoted to helping you boost your Business
English and enhance your success one episode at a time!
Increase your confidence using Business English skills for success in the
global economy right here on the podcast.
In today’s lesson, you learn about the following:
 Erroneous English Question of the Week – Is it persons or people?
 Business English vocabulary Word of the Week – Current Account
Deficit
 Business Collocation of the Week – Get Experience
 Twisted Business English of the Week – Rekindling Interest in Coal
So, we have a full agenda ahead of you.
Before we get started with our first lesson, I’d like to take a moment to
thank you, my loyal students who each week download the podcast to
increase your English skills.
The top 5 countries for downloads are: China, Japan, the United States,
Brazil, and Vietnam.
Thank you wherever you live in our giant world where English is the coin of
the realm in so many fields, from business to arts and tourism to
education.
Now, let’s get started with your Business English lesson of the week.
Welcome to my classroom.
Class is now in session.
SEGMENT II - Erroneous English Question
We begin our show with our segment on Erroneous English.

Think of the Business English Ace Radio show as your weekly English
lesson.
Now, before our Tuesday podcast, I post the Erroneous English
Question on BusinessEnglishAce.com.
Our Erroneous English question this week asks – Which is correct
English – people or persons?
A) Several people were arrested for crimes in the neighborhood.
or
B) Several persons were arrested for crimes in the neighborhood.
Stay tuned.
I answer the question at the end of our class.
SEGMENT III: Business English Ace Vocabulary
Our next segment helps you build a strong business vocabulary.
Building a strong vocabulary is an effective way to pursue and obtain the
success you seek in life.
Join me every week on the podcast to strengthen your Business English
lexicon.
Our Business English Word of the Day is – current account deficit.
If you have studied economics or international trade, you may already be
aware of this term.
Current account deficit is a noun that means: measurement of a
country’s trade in which the value of goods and services it imports
exceeds the value of goods and services it exports.
In other words, the current account deficit is the trade deficit as
newspapers reports business and economic news.

Example: The current account deficit of developing countries
continues to be a controversial topic at the conference.
Current account deficit is a noun that means: measurement of a
country’s trade in which the value of goods and services it imports
exceeds the value of goods and services it exports.
Remember every fifth word, you have a quiz. So make sure you study your
vocabulary words each week.
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SEGMENT IV Business English Ace Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Collocation
Tune in every week to increase your knowledge about business phrasal
verbs, idioms, or collocations.
Today you are going to learn the business collocation – get experience.
Get experience – to accumulate time doing a certain task or function.
Ex: After studying, Bart did an internship at a Wall Street firm to get
experience as a stock broker.
So now you can use the business collocation – get experience - in your
business conversations or while reading financial news.
Continue to expand your vocabulary with every episode of the
podcast.
Don’t forget to tell your friends to tune into Business English Ace Radio so
they can also increase their business vocabulary, too.

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SEGMENT V
Business English Ace Twisted English
Twisted English is when you and I examine an actual business news
headline in English.
But these news headlines have a twist.
You do ready financial news in English, right?
The Twisted English series helps you read financial news.
Headline writers often use expressions in the title of their articles – what I
call Twisted English.
Today’s headline in our Twisted English series is: Rekindling Interest in
Coal
Have you heard of the expression “rekindle interest”?
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Rekindle is a verb that means to “relight a fire” or simply “to revive.”
Rekindle is used in an article about coal because coal is heated or fired up
to produce energy.
The headline could be translated so to speak to – Revived Interest in
Coal.
Make sure that you visit the notes for this episode. Access the Class Notes
at www.businessenglishace.com/bear37. You can download the Class
Notes.
And that’s your Twisted English lesson of the week – rekindled interest.
Stay tuned for more Twisted Business English right here every week on
Business English Ace Radio.
SEGMENT VII – Erroneous English Question Answer
Ok, it´s time to answer our Erroneous English Question.
Our Erroneous English question this week asks – Which is correct
English – people or persons?
or
This is an easier Erroneous English Question of the Week I think.
Persons does not exist in good English.
Thus, the only possible answer is A – using “people.”
If you chose A, congratulations!
Several people were arrested for crimes in the neighborhood.

You can find out more in the Class Notes at
http://www.businessenglishace.com/bear37.
Avoid Erroneous English.
Remember to tune in every week for a new Business English Ace Radio
episode to boost your English grammar skills.
And tell your friends about Business English Ace Radio, too!
SEGMENT VIII/ Close
Ok, we’ve reached our final segment of Episode 37 of the Business English
Ace Radio.
Thanks for enhancing your Business English with me today on the podcast.
Send your comments to bearadio@businessenglishace.com.
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I’m so glad you chose to improve your English today on the podcast with
me today.
I am H. E. Colby. Now, I’ve got to go plan my classes for the next week.
You are invited to listen to Episode 38.
Until next week, Class Dismissed.

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EP037 – Combined Presentations
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Erroneous English Lesson

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Which is correct?
or

Persons does not exist in English.

Thus…
A) Several people were arrested for crimes in the
neighborhood…
is correct!

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current account deficit
Business English Ace Vocabulary Word of the Week
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current account deficit:
NOUN: when a country’s trade in which the value of goods and services it
imports exceeds the value of goods and services it exports

current account deficit
EX: Politicians worry about their country’s current account deficit
around election time .
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Get experience
Business English Collocation of the Week

Get experience:
VERB: to accumulate time doing a certain task or function.

Get experience
EX: After studying, Bart did an internship at a Wall Street firm to
get experience as a stock broker.

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Business English Ace Collocation of the Week

Twisted Business English
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Rekindling Interest in Coal
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V– to relight (as a fire) to revive
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The “Twist”:
1. Rekindle – coal is lit and burned to produce energy
2. However, the “revive” part of the definition of rekindle is
most relevant. So, the headline could be rewritten:
Reviving Interest in Coal.
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