{"id":219,"date":"2008-02-10T01:20:27","date_gmt":"2008-02-10T09:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2008\/02\/10\/bep-84-int-sales-site-visit\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T09:01:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:01:46","slug":"bep-84-int-sales-site-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/10\/bep-84-int-sales-site-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 84 &#8211; English for Sales: Site Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-219-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP084INT-Site_Visit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP084INT-Site_Visit.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP084INT-Site_Visit.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>There are many different kinds of sites. We often speak of construction sites, a site where something is being built &#8211; such as buildings, roads, bridges, airports, and so on. But a site can also be a completed structure, like a factory or even sometimes an office. In a site visit, visitors come on site to have a look around. Someone in your company will usually play host and give them a tour. This is often part of the sales process: Sometimes it&#8217;s the visitors who are selling something to the host, and sometimes it&#8217;s other way around.<\/p>\n<p>The language we&#8217;re going to study in this episode will be useful for anyone who needs to host visitors. No matter whether we are giving journalists a demonstration of a factory, or introducing potential customers to our work site, or giving government officials a tour of a construction project, we need to show people around and point out areas of interest.<\/p>\n<p>In the listening, Stanley Wang works for China Western Railroad Construction Company. Stanley is the site agent &#8211; that is, the person in charge of a construction site &#8211; for a railway tunnel that is being built. Matt and Paula &#8211; who work for a small engineering company called TunnelTech &#8211; are visiting potential customers in China. As the dialog begins, Stanley is getting ready to take them into the tunnel for a look around. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\tWhat does Stanley point out in the tunnel? What language does he use to draw everyone&#8217;s attention to it?<br \/>\n2)\tWhat are the advantages of the machine that Stanley describes?<br \/>\n3)\tStanley mentions two safety hazards. 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