{"id":10364,"date":"2017-05-13T17:10:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T01:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=10364"},"modified":"2023-01-07T07:26:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T15:26:07","slug":"bep-305-business-english-collocations-for-emphasizing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/13\/bep-305-business-english-collocations-for-emphasizing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 305 &#8211; Business English Collocations for Emphasizing 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10364-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP305-Emphasizing2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP305-Emphasizing2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP305-Emphasizing2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 305 Lesson Module - Business English Collocations for Emphasizing 1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP305POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-305-LESSON-Business-English-Collocations-for-Emphasizing2-600x257.jpg\" alt=\"Business English Pod 305 - English Collocations for Emphasizing 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"257\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-305-LESSON-Business-English-Collocations-for-Emphasizing2-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-305-LESSON-Business-English-Collocations-for-Emphasizing2-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-305-LESSON-Business-English-Collocations-for-Emphasizing2-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-305-LESSON-Business-English-Collocations-for-Emphasizing2-400x172.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-305-LESSON-Business-English-Collocations-for-Emphasizing2.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">business English collocations<\/a> for emphasizing a point.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking English well isn&#8217;t just about speaking correctly. It&#8217;s about choosing words that make an impact, and about influencing people&#8217;s thoughts and feelings. And if you study the habits of great speakers, you&#8217;ll hear them use emphasis effectively. A great speaker won&#8217;t just say he \u201crecommends\u201d something. Instead, he might say he \u201cstrongly recommends\u201d something. That word \u201cstrongly\u201d triples the impact.  <\/p>\n<p>But how would you know that we say \u201cstrongly recommend\u201d and not \u201cheavily recommend\u201d or \u201cdeeply recommend?\u201d Well, \u201cstrongly recommend\u201d is the natural combination of words that native speakers use. These natural combinations of words are called collocations. A collocation is just two or more words that native speakers commonly use together. And you can learn collocations of emphasis to sound more natural and increase the impact of what you say. <\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, we&#8217;ll listen to the end of a presentation on the topic of leadership. Maria is summarizing her main points. During her presentation she uses several collocations to emphasize her ideas. Try to pick out these collocations, and we&#8217;ll talk about them later in the debrief. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tMaria asks her listeners to think of a person. What type of person does she ask them to think about?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat does Maria say about a great speech that isn&#8217;t supported by action?<br \/>\n3.\tWhat does Maria think about people&#8217;s search for meaning in work?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP305SN-Emphasizing2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP305QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP305PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PhraseCast<\/span><\/a> | <a 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