{"id":5567,"date":"2014-03-09T02:18:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=5567"},"modified":"2023-01-08T22:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T06:59:33","slug":"business-english-pod-248-socializing-with-strangers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/09\/business-english-pod-248-socializing-with-strangers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 248 &#8211; Socializing with Strangers (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5567-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP248-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP248-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP248-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 248 Lesson Module - Socializing with Strangers (2)\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP248POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON.jpg\" alt=\"Travel English Socializing\" width=\"1640\" height=\"704\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON-600x258.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON-400x172.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON-800x343.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-248-Travel-English-Socializing-LESSON-1200x515.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2014\/03\/02\/business-english-pod-247-socializing-with-strangers-english-1\/\" title=\"BEP 247 - Socializing with Strangers (Part 1)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">socializing with strangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine you&#8217;re on an airplane during a flight across the Pacific. You have to spend several hours seated right beside another person. You want to be friendly and perhaps find out what this person does and who this person is. So you turn to him or her and open your mouth to speak. <\/p>\n<p>And what do you say? How do you start a conversation and then keep it going? Well, in any kind of travel situation it is useful to know some common topics and techniques. Today, we&#8217;ll look at asking a person about their destination and their purpose for traveling. We&#8217;ll also learn how to invite detail by echoing, identify a point of intersection, and summarize your work. <\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;ll join Connie and Scott, who are sitting beside each other on a flight to Hong Kong. Connie starts up a conversation with Scott and uses many common and simple, though not always easy, ways of making small talk with strangers in a travel situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat is the purpose of Scott&#8217;s trip?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat do Scott and Connie find they have in common?<br \/>\n3.\tWhat kind of work does Connie do?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP248SN-Socializing-Strangers2.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP248QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/phrasecasts\/BEP248PC.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PhraseCast<\/span><\/a> | <a 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