Down to Business English

a Business English podcast with Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan

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Download AUDIO SCRIPT .pdf This is Dez here reporting from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. You have probably all heard of Dubai with its 7 star hotel and houses that stretch into the sea like the fronds of a palm tree. Well Abu Dhabi is Dubai’­s less showy but oil rich neighbour to [...]

The Irish Bailout

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Download the Audio Script PDF Hello everyone, this is Dez and I will be recording by myself today as Skip is increasingly busy at the moment and it has been difficult for us to record together. As I’m sure you all know there has been a lot going on in the worlds of business and [...]

Currency Wars

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Download Audio Script PDF Dez: Hello this is Dez Morgan reporting from Newcastle in Britain’s Northeast. Skip: And this is Skip Montreux in Tokyo, Japan, where the weather has been surprisingly mild over the last week or so. Dez: And you’re listening to Down to Business English. Dez: So the weather is holding up over [...]

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(download audio script PDF) Skip:     Hello everyone, this is Skip Montreux reporting from Tokyo. Dez:     Yes, welcome back everyone. This is Dez Morgan reporting from Newcastle in the UK’s northeast. Skip:    And you are listening to another episode of Down to Business English. Skip:     Dez, you really are playing some north – [...]

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Life in Greece post-bailout (download audioscript pdf) Skip:     Welcome back everyone. My name is Skip Montreux and I’m coming to you from Tokyo, Japan. Dez:     And this is Dez your UK based correspondent reporting from Leeds. Skip:    And you are listening to Down to Business English. Skip:    Dez, I am guessing that you [...]

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Dez Morgan talks about the U.K. Election (download audioscript PDF) Skip: Hello everyone. This is Down to Business English. My name is Skip Montreux and I’m coming to you from Tokyo, Japan. Today, Dez Morgan will be filing a special report on the recent National Election in the United Kingdom.  This was a historic election [...]

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Skip Montreux examines the relationship between the Chinese Yuan and U.S. debt (download audioscript pdf) My name is Skip Montreux and this is Down to Business English. Welcome to the program. Today I’m reporting from Tokyo with Part 2 in Down to Business English’s series on the Foreign Exchange Market, or Forex for short. Last [...]

Forex Explained

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Dez Morgan takes a in-depth look at the Foreign Exchange Market (download audioscript pdf) Hello and this is Dez reporting in from Madrid with a different format to our show this week. As Skip is out doing some research we have decided to record this show in two halves. To begin, our topic today is [...]

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Dez Morgan explains what P.I.G.S means, the financial problems the Eurozone currently finds itself in, and the possible future of the European currency. (download audioscript) Skip:   Hello, This is Skip Montreux in Tokyo, Japan. Dez:     I’m Dez Morgan reporting from Leeds in the UK. Skip:     And this is Down to Business English. [...]