English for Business and Travelling

Explore Admiralty Arch, built in 1911 by Edward VII for his mother, now a five-star hotel run by a Spanish consortium, with cypher gates and 35 noses by Rick Buckley.

Explore Trafalgar Square's Nelson's Column, where four lines are melted from French cannon, and see the lion and unicorn at Saint Martin in the Fields Church, Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers.

Discover Horse Guards Parade, Trooping the Colour rehearsal, and the queen's April birthday, with historic jousting at the site and barriers removed after the celebration.

Explore a walk from Trafalgar Square to Covent Garden, passing Cecil Court and Goodwin's Court, Mozart's 1764 residence, Diagon Alley influence, and Handel's 18th-century performances at the Royal Opera House.

Explore London's south bank, the heart of theatre, music, and art, from Millennium Bridge to Shakespeare's Globe and the Tate Modern, with insights into crossing the Thames and London's landmarks.

Explore Hyde Park Corner's memorials, from Wellington Arch and Battle of Waterloo to Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington, and the Australian coat of arms and New Zealand memorials.

Explore how a British tailor describes casual versus formal wear, focusing on a three piece suit and watch chain, while improving listening to British English pronunciation through Mark Powell's example.

Learn from Stephen King that to be a writer you must read a lot and write a lot, and stay buzzed by what you're doing.

Learn practical English through business and travel contexts by hearing Andy Piekos share how saying yes, then figuring out how to do new jobs keeps you challenged and curious.

Understand every English word and boost your business and travel language. Explore how magicians like Neb learn through self-taught reading, practice, and personal investigation to find their path.

Discover honest cooking and the harmony of flavor as Philip Howard builds his reputation at The Square, delivering pleasure through harmony of flavor.

Discover why lego remains globally popular by offering many solutions to the same problem and inviting you to imagine your own solution, as lego is sold in every country.

Warren Buffett shows that investing in yourself—improving your talents—builds a terrific asset that money cannot take away, even when deficits rise or dollars fall.

Explore key English vocabulary in context, from proprietor and wreckage to frame and perspective, through a lively discussion with Sir Jonathan Miller on art and abstract sculpture.

Master practical English for business and travel by following subtitles and explanations. Learn that the atoms in our bodies come from stars, forged in extreme temperatures.

Episode 52 of English for business and travelling explores Twiggy, the 1960s fashion supermodel, her nickname from skinny legs, and explains the term outfit through her early modeling journey.

Kadri English offers persuasive communication in English for executives and managers, with over 70 techniques to improve negotiations, presentations, sales, and client interactions.

Discover how frustration sparks business ideas through the story of Richard Branson, Virgin Group's airline origins, and turning setbacks into solutions by taking action.

Explore Barcelona’s park Güell with Gemma and Felicia, learning vocabulary about Gaudí, mosaics, lizards as a motif, and naturalistic design while practicing English for travel.

Explore business metaphors like reap, cash flow, flourish, plow, and spread, and practice vocabulary through fill-in-the-gap exercises on recession and green shoots of recovery.

Explores health and illness vocabulary in business and economics, highlighting robust and healthy economies, unemployment, gdp growth, inflation, and terms like maladies, headache, paranoid, and chronic.

Develop business vocabulary about activities, diversify into cosmetics, manufacture goods, and discuss employment, responsibility, and industry.

Learn about job seeking and job applications, CVs or resumes, interviews, and the practice of headhunting in human resources.

Discover budgeting concepts, salary terms, and pay methods through practical vocabulary on income, expenditure, severance, and rewards, and practice filling gaps with payment choices.

Explore London as a culture-rich, cosmopolitan city where history meets modernity, with vibrant markets, green spaces, theatres, and endless activities that make it unforgettable.

Discusses imagining a new capital in the united kingdom, debating central locations like Manchester or Cambridge, prioritizing transport improvements and balancing old and new city models.

Explores the high cost of transport in central London, tube fares, and travel expenses, and suggests cheaper travel and a more efficient transport system, plus energy use improvements.

Compare trains, planes, and bikes as travel options, weighing speed, scenery, and cost while considering environmental impact and a goal to travel like a local and learn cultures.

Explore culture shock and adaptive travel experiences across destinations like Moldavia, China toilets, dala dala buses in Tanzania, Delhi dust, and New York first impressions.

An on-the-go professional uses the iPhone calendar and a diary to plan the day and manage time. He notes how cultural differences affect punctuality between Latin America and the UK.

The speaker shares a lifelong hobby of painting portraits and landscapes, selling select pieces, while enjoying football and polo on horseback as favorite high-energy pastimes.

Explore how childhood dreams evolve and diverge from current careers, from loving history and vet work to banking, becoming an astronaut, or a policewoman, and ultimately entering fashion.

The speaker contemplates starting a sweet shop, a bar on the beach, a publishing house, a football team, or a TV company, reflecting reading and football interests.

Identify which celebrity to hang out with among Demi Lovato, Jessie J, Steven Gerrard, Caitlin Moran, Jon Snow, Will Smith, and Oprah, focusing on inspiration and business lessons.

Balance college creativity with entrepreneurial drive, producing to pay the rent, network to secure future work, and start now to build self-made reports that save time and money.

Experience Newcastle as a top european party city, famed for friendly Geordies, a lively weekend scene, Grey's Monument, Trafalgar Square comparisons, and hen and stag parties at Logo Bay.

Explore Oxford's university and college teaching, from one-to-one tutorials to lectures, and see how tourism and English language teaching shape the city's libraries and landmarks.

Learn to operate a pulley-based cable system, lifting to ride and pulling down to brake across 96m, 85m, and 94m cables, with waterfall safety and drinkable mountain water explained.

Engage with Barcelona landmarks through questions about Tibidabo, Sagrada Familia, Montjuïc, and Gaudi's lizard symbols, exploring an evening tour and rooftop viewpoints.

Discover the Pont Neuf, Paris's oldest stone bridge, begun in 1578 under king Henry III, notable for its single span and its evolution into a popular tourist landmark.

Discover the Saint-Ouen flea market, Paris's historic first antique market with vintage goods, accessible by the Paris metro line 4 to Porte de Clignancourt in the 18th district.