Business English @ Financial Times Deutschland (FTD)

The Financial Times Deutschland offers a podcast business English. You can listen to them (does not work in HL network; mp3 files are forbidden) or read the text. In both cases there are explanations for new words.

Maybe the article “Brazilian entrepreneurs make tidy sums in the US” is of interest for you.

Steve Jobs mentioned rottentomatoes

Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO, mentioned rottentomatoes as the “best review site out” in the Macworld 2008 Keynote Address. Speaking about movie rentals on the Apple TV he highlighted the relatively unknown but good movie “Away from her” having 95% on the tomatometer. Start watching at minute 25.00. Away from her is mentioned at 25.30 min.

By the way, the Apple Keynote Address is a good example how to present to the point. I like the reduced but very focussed style.

And rottentomatoes gots a new design. I think this is a great improvement. It’s better structured now using 2 columns.
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Year of math

business words from the floor

hand over fist (Idiom) - make money hand over fist - very fast
take a risk
global market
make money
sum up - stating the same points of sth in a short form - give a summary of the main facts
take seriously
marketing strategy
all shapes and sizes - peoples (and problems) coming in all shapes and sizes
reach the top
annual sales
drop out
highy collectable
get bored
business plan
entrepreneurial success - entrepreneurs take the risk
cashflow problems
ultimate risk
make a sale
in retrospect - thinking abaout a past situation often with a different opinion
focus on
by far
steady cashflow
busness community
do wel
fairly conventional - almost very conventional (positive)

words & phrases

bride - the woman get married
bridegroom - the man get married
bridesmaid - the best girl friend of the bride
best man - the best boy friend of the bridegroom
surgeon - the doctor in hospital trained for operations

music from Whistle Test

Beatles, Revolver, number 3 important album, acc to Rolling Stone magazine
Beatles, Rubber Soul, number 5 important album, according to Rolling Stone magazine

Whistle Test - 1st program on BBC with Rock/Pop music

Brion Eno - member of Roxy Music - which kind of music now? Bryan Ferry was the lead singer.

Ain’t no sun shine anymore by Bill Whiters

Randy Newman - man on the piano; phrase “drop the big one” from the song Political Science from album Sail Away

usage rules for prepositions

from - if it is a movement: a book from the UK
by - action: written by Shakespeare
on - position: on the table
of - rest, more difficult

list of idioms

to get a move on - hurry up
have one’s hand tight - prevented from doing sth
back to square one - to go back to the original situation
come in handy - to very useful
to have eyes in the back of one’s head - the ability to know everything that is going on
hit the nail on the head - say something that is exactl right
go to the dogs - to get worse
rock the boat - act independently and cause problems for colleagues
cold feet - you are afraid of something
to give someone a piece of one’s mind - to speak openly; often complaining to someone
the early bird get the worm

Flip chart phrases

British comedy on the evening

Fawlty Towers - we saw the program communication - with John Cleese