{"id":10514,"date":"2017-07-08T17:10:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T01:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=10514"},"modified":"2023-01-07T07:23:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T15:23:38","slug":"bep-310-english-idioms-for-describing-innovation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/08\/bep-310-english-idioms-for-describing-innovation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 310 &#8211; English Idioms for Describing Innovation (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10514-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP310-Innovation2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP310-Innovation2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP310-Innovation2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 310 Lesson Module - Business English Idioms for Describing Innovation 2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP310POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-310-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Innovation-2-600x261.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 310 English Idioms for Describing Innovation and Ideas 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-310-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Innovation-2-600x261.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-310-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Innovation-2-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-310-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Innovation-2-768x334.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-310-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Innovation-2-200x87.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-310-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Innovation-2-400x174.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-310-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Innovation-2.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English idioms<\/a> we use to describe innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The world is changing at a faster rate than at any other time in history. The way we work and the tools we use today were hardly imaginable 25 years ago. At that time, the average worker didn&#8217;t even use a laptop, let alone a smartphone. And somehow most people lived without email. <\/p>\n<p>But now, with new ways of working, communicating, planning, and selling, this truly is the age of innovation. And \u201cinnovation\u201d is a very common topic of discussion at all levels of an organization. In English, we have many idioms to describe innovation, and in this lesson we&#8217;ll learn some of these expressions.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s dialog, we&#8217;ll rejoin Kristina, Kevin, and Fran, three colleagues at a telecommunications company. They have been discussing recent and upcoming innovations in their company. In their discussion, they use lots of different idioms. As you listen, see if you can pick out these idioms and we&#8217;ll talk about them later in the debrief.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat does Kristina say about the work being done in the Analytics division?<br \/>\n2.\tAccording to Kevin, what was the purpose of the recent meeting about the Analytics division?<br \/>\n3.\tWhat does Fran think about the idea of a company incubator?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP310SN-Innovation2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP310QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP310PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" 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