{"id":172,"date":"2007-06-30T20:13:06","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T04:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/06\/30\/bep-56-int-business-travel-2-customs-and-immigration\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T05:19:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:19:36","slug":"bep-56-int-business-travel-2-customs-and-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2007\/06\/30\/bep-56-int-business-travel-2-customs-and-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 56 &#8211; Business Travel 2: Customs and Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-172-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP056INT-Travel2_Immigration.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP056INT-Travel2_Immigration.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP056INT-Travel2_Immigration.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Continuing our series on ESL for business travel, we rejoin Alan and Honesto on their business trip to the USA. In <B><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/06\/29\/bep-55-int-business-travel-airport-departure-and-take-off\/\">BEP 55 &#8211; Airport Departures and Take Off<\/a><\/B>, Alan, the main character in our story, and Honesto, his colleague, have left Hong Kong for San Francisco. There they will go through immigration, collect their bags, and change planes to Michigan, which is where their company, Ambient, is headquartered.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration is the process you follow to enter a foreign country. So in today&#8217;s ESL lesson, you&#8217;ll learn helpful travel vocabulary and phrases you can use when you enter the U.S. or other countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\tWhat is an I-94 form?<br \/>\n2)\tHow much money can you bring into the U.S.?<br \/>\n3)\tWhere does Alan want to go sightseeing?<br \/>\n4)\tWhat does Alan mean by &#8220;just pulling your leg?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/StudyNotes\/BEP056SN-Travel2_Immigration.pdf\">PDF Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP056INT-Travel2_Immigration.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our series on business travel, we rejoin Alan and Honesto on their business trip to the USA. in today&#8217;s lesson, you&#8217;ll 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