{"id":15668,"date":"2020-09-15T14:51:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T22:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=15668"},"modified":"2022-10-11T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T20:15:10","slug":"bep-363-business-english-idioms-for-strengths-and-weaknesses-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/15\/bep-363-business-english-idioms-for-strengths-and-weaknesses-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 363 &#8211; English Idioms for Strengths and Weaknesses (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15668-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP363-Strengths-Idioms-2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP363-Strengths-Idioms-2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP363-Strengths-Idioms-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 363 - Business English Idioms for Strengths and Weaknesses 2\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP363POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-363-Business-English-Idioms-Strengths-Weaknesses-2-LESSON-600x258.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 363 - Business English Idioms for Strengths and Weaknesses 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-363-Business-English-Idioms-Strengths-Weaknesses-2-LESSON-600x258.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-363-Business-English-Idioms-Strengths-Weaknesses-2-LESSON-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-363-Business-English-Idioms-Strengths-Weaknesses-2-LESSON-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-363-Business-English-Idioms-Strengths-Weaknesses-2-LESSON-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-363-Business-English-Idioms-Strengths-Weaknesses-2-LESSON-400x172.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-363-Business-English-Idioms-Strengths-Weaknesses-2-LESSON-800x344.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-363-Business-English-Idioms-Strengths-Weaknesses-2-LESSON.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/\" title=\"Business English\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Business English<\/a> Pod for today\u2019s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" title=\"Business English idioms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">business English idioms<\/a> related to strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>Job interviews, performance reviews, hiring decisions, promotions, pay raises\u2026 what do all of these important aspects of work and business revolve around? Well, one major theme is people\u2019s strengths and weaknesses. If you can\u2019t assess strengths and weaknesses very well \u2013 either your own or other people\u2019s \u2013 you\u2019re bound to make some bad decisions. <\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s no wonder you hear so many business conversations about what people can and can&#8217;t do, or what they&#8217;re good at and what they&#8217;re not good at. And in these conversations, you&#8217;re bound to hear lots of idioms. English has tons of expressions for talking about strengths and weaknesses. And in today&#8217;s lesson, we&#8217;ll take a look at some of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" title=\"Business English idioms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">business English idioms<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In the lesson, we\u2019ll rejoin a conversation about hiring a new communications director at a mining company. Three managers are talking about the strengths the new director will need, as well as the weaknesses of the previous director, which they want to avoid. They use many useful English idioms during their discussion. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat type of attitude does Annette say the new communications director needs?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat type of person does Drew think they need to deal with controversy?<br \/>\n3.\tAt the end of the dialog, what kind of person does Annette say they should avoid?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP363SN-Strengths-Idioms-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP363QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP363PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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