{"id":176,"date":"2007-07-15T04:17:56","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T12:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/07\/15\/bep-57-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T05:25:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:25:11","slug":"bep-57-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/15\/bep-57-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 57 &#8211; Water Cooler Chitchat: Sports Idioms (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-176-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP057-Sports_Idioms1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP057-Sports_Idioms1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP057-Sports_Idioms1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>This Business English Podcast lesson is the first in an ongoing series where we&#8217;ll listen in on some typical chitchat around the office water cooler. You&#8217;ll find a water cooler in offices around the world &#8211; usually in the break room where employees gather to drink a cup of coffee or tea and take a rest from work. <\/p>\n<p>And during these breaks, you might meet with a colleague and exchange words about life, your jobs, your company, sports, politics or whatever. So &#8220;water cooler chichat&#8221; has come to refer to all types of informal communication that take place at the office.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be listening in on Jan and Jen, who work in the same office of Ambient, an American telecoms company, gossiping around the water cooler. They are discussing the latest industry news: Accent, a major European player in the market, has just announced the takeover or buy out of Ambient&#8217;s main competitor,TelStar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\tDo Jan and Jen think Accent&#8217;s takeover of TelStar was a good idea?<br \/>\n2)\tWhy was there a delay in the takeover?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members:<a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/StudyNotes\/BEP057SN-Sports_Idioms1.pdf\">PDF Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP057-Sports_Idioms1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Business English Podcast lesson is the first in an ongoing series where we&#8217;ll listen in on some typical small talk in the office featuring business English Idioms related to sports. 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