{"id":208,"date":"2007-12-16T01:17:21","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T09:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/12\/16\/bep-77-int-happy-hour-after-work-socializing\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T08:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T16:42:45","slug":"bep-77-int-happy-hour-after-work-socializing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/16\/bep-77-int-happy-hour-after-work-socializing\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 77 &#8211; Casual English: After-Work Socializing"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-208-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP077INT-Happy_Hour.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP077INT-Happy_Hour.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP077INT-Happy_Hour.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>In many countries, having a drink after work with colleagues is a popular way to relax: This kind of socializing helps us get to know each other and to build team spirit. To attract customers who are just getting off work, many bars and clubs have a &#8220;happy hour.&#8221; This is a promotion in the early evening, usually lasting an hour or so, when pubs and bars offer a special prices on drinks, such as &#8220;buy one get one free&#8221; or &#8220;all drinks half price.&#8221; So in this business English podcast, we will explore language that we can use to socialize with colleagues during happy hour or during other informal occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you drink alcohol or not, in many places around the world you will likely be invited to the bar or pub with colleagues. It&#8217;s important to know how to offer to buy drinks for others and how to make polite excuses when you&#8217;ve had enough or when it&#8217;s time to go. The same skills are also useful for other types of after-work social activities.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we join Greg, a manager, and three people in his team &#8211; Joanna, Gary, and Ben &#8211; as they order. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\tWho is paying for the first round of drinks? How can you tell?<br \/>\n2)\tWho is the person who doesn&#8217;t drink?<br \/>\n3)\tWhen it&#8217;s time for her to go, what excuse does Joanna make? <\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/StudyNotes\/BEP077SN-Happy_Hour.pdf\">PDF Transcript<\/a>  | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/PhraseCasts\/BEP077PC.mp3\">PhraseCast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP077INT-Happy_Hour.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Business English Podcast lesson looks at English for socializing you can use in more casual situations with your work colleagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","powered_cache_disable_cache":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[45,2,14,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19854,"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/19854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}