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| INTRODUCTION |
| James: Giving a Business Presentation in Mexico. James Here. |
| Laura: Hola. I'm Laura. |
| James: In this lesson, you’ll learn about business presentations. The presentation is given at a business meeting. |
| Laura: The speaker is Alma Cordero. |
| James: She is presenting the company to potential customers. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Alma Cordero: Es un gusto poder estar aquí ante ustedes el día de hoy para presentarles nuestra compañía. Una compañía de gran impacto positivo en el sector salud. |
| Alma Cordero: La compañía GoCorp se enfoca en tecnología que se aplica a través de todos los sectores de salud. |
| Alma Cordero: La tecnología se llama Gama y su objetivo primordial es agilizar todos los procesos para dar mejor y más amplia cobertura médica, accesible desde cualquier medio tecnológico. |
| Alma Cordero: Es un sistema completamente revolucionario y contamos con una gran variedad de opciones para cubrir las necesidades específicas de cada uno de nuestros clientes. |
| Alma Cordero: Esperemos que nuestro producto sea de su interés. Todo este mes contaremos con un 50% de descuento. |
| Alma Cordero: Gracias por su tiempo, y por favor siéntanse libres de contactarme para cualquier cosa. |
| James: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Alma Cordero: Es un gusto poder estar aquí ante ustedes el día de hoy para presentarles nuestra compañía. Una compañía de gran impacto positivo en el sector salud. |
| Alma Cordero: La compañía GoCorp se enfoca en tecnología que se aplica a través de todos los sectores de salud. |
| Alma Cordero: La tecnología se llama Gama y su objetivo primordial es agilizar todos los procesos para dar mejor y más amplia cobertura médica, accesible desde cualquier medio tecnológico. |
| Alma Cordero: Es un sistema completamente revolucionario y contamos con una gran variedad de opciones para cubrir las necesidades específicas de cada uno de nuestros clientes. |
| Alma Cordero: Esperemos que nuestro producto sea de su interés. Todo este mes contaremos con un 50% de descuento. |
| Alma Cordero: Gracias por su tiempo, y por favor siéntanse libres de contactarme para cualquier cosa. |
| James: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Alma Cordero: Es un gusto poder estar aquí ante ustedes el día de hoy para presentarles nuestra compañía. Una compañía de gran impacto positivo en el sector salud. |
| Alma Cordero: It is a pleasure to be able to be here today to present to you our company, a company of great positive impact on the health sector. |
| Alma Cordero: La compañía GoCorp se enfoca en tecnología que se aplica a través de todos los sectores de salud. |
| Alma Cordero: The GoCorp company is focused on technology that is applied throughout all health sectors. |
| Alma Cordero: La tecnología se llama Gama y su objetivo primordial es agilizar todos los procesos para dar mejor y más amplia cobertura médica, accesible desde cualquier medio tecnológico. |
| Alma Cordero: The technology is called Gama and it's essential objective is to streamline all processes to give better and wider health coverage, accessible from any device. |
| Alma Cordero: Es un sistema completamente revolucionario, y contamos con una gran variedad de opciones para cubrir las necesidades específicas de cada uno de nuestros clientes. |
| Alma Cordero: It is a completely revolutionary system, and we count with a great variety of options to cover the specific needs of every one of our clients. |
| Alma Cordero: Esperemos que nuestros producto sea de su interés. Todo este mes contaremos con un 50% de descuento. |
| Alma Cordero: We hope that our product is of your interest. All of this month we will have a 50% discount. |
| Alma Cordero: Gracias por su tiempo, y por favor siéntanse libres de contactarme para cualquier cosa. |
| Alma Cordero: Thank you for your time, and please feel free to contact me for anything. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| James: This time we heard how Alma gave a speech. |
| Laura: Yes, she gave a business presentation to potential clients. |
| James: What should our listeners keep in mind if they have to do any kind of public speaking in Mexico? |
| Laura: As we’ve said before, passion and emotional sensitivity are admired in Mexico. |
| James: This is the same when speaking publicly. |
| Laura: Make sure to thank everyone in attendance for coming. |
| James: Of course, confidence is important when speaking. |
| Laura: Yes, but still be respectful. |
| James: Are displays of emotion welcomed? |
| Laura: Yes, people will trust you more and think you more credible. |
| James: Is it possible to be too emotional and over the top though? |
| Laura: Definitely! Don’t go overboard, and remember that your body language is important, too. |
| James: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| James: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Laura: gusto [natural native speed] |
| James: "pleasure" |
| Laura: gusto [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: gusto [natural native speed] |
| James: Next we have... |
| Laura: presentar [natural native speed] |
| James: "present" |
| Laura: presentar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: presentar [natural native speed] |
| James: Next we have... |
| Laura: impacto positivo [natural native speed] |
| James: "positive impact" |
| Laura: impacto positivo [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: impacto positivo [natural native speed] |
| James: Next we have... |
| Laura: tecnología [natural native speed] |
| James: "technology" |
| Laura: tecnología [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: tecnología [natural native speed] |
| James: Next we have... |
| Laura: revolucionario, revolucionaria [natural native speed] |
| James: "revolutionary" |
| Laura: revolucionario, revolucionaria [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: revolucionario, revolucionaria [natural native speed] |
| James: Next we have... |
| Laura: agilizar [natural native speed] |
| James: "streamline" |
| Laura: agilizar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: agilizar [natural native speed] |
| James: Next we have... |
| Laura: interés [natural native speed] |
| James: "interest" |
| Laura: interés [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: interés [natural native speed] |
| James: Next we have... |
| Laura: descuento [natural native speed] |
| James: "discount" |
| Laura: descuento [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: descuento [natural native speed] |
| James: Next we have... |
| Laura: medio tecnológico [natural native speed] |
| James: "technological device" |
| Laura: medio tecnológico [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: medio tecnológico [natural native speed] |
| James: And last... |
| Laura: variedad [natural native speed] |
| James: "variety" |
| Laura: variedad [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Laura: variedad [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| James: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is... |
| Laura: sistema completamente revolucionario |
| James: meaning "absolutely revolutionary system." |
| James: Let’s break down this phrase. |
| Laura: First is sistema, it means "system." Next is completamente. |
| James: That means "completely." The final word means "revolutionary." |
| Laura: That is revolucionario. Sistema completamente revolucionario, |
| James: "absolutely revolutionary system." You can use this to describe an innovative product. |
| Laura: It’s usually used in formal settings. |
| James: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Laura: Sure. For example, you can say... El auto tiene un sistema completamente revolucionario y ecológico. |
| James: … which means "The car has a completely ecological and revolutionary system. " |
| James: Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Laura: accesible desde cualquier medio tecnológico |
| James: meaning "accessible from any technological device." |
| James: Can you tell us about this, Laura? |
| Laura: First is accesible, which means "accessible." Next is desde, it means "from." Then is cualquier. |
| James: That means "any." The final part means "technological device." |
| Laura: medio tecnológico, accesible desde cualquier medio tecnológico |
| James: "accessible from any technological device." You can use this to say that something can be accessed through many different types of devices. |
| Laura: It’s usually used in formal settings. |
| James: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Laura: Sure. For example, you can say... La página web es accesible desde cualquier medio tecnológico. |
| James: ... which means "The web page is accessible from any device." |
| James: Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Laura: contamos con una gran variedad de opciones |
| James: meaning "we count with a great variety of options." |
| James: This is our last phrase. |
| Laura: First is contamos, it means "we count." Next is con una, this means "with a." Then is gran. |
| James: It means "great." The next word means "variety." |
| Laura: That is variedad. Finally is de opciones, "of options". Contamos con una gran variedad de opciones, |
| James: "we count with a great variety of options." You can use this to say that something is very versatile. |
| Laura: It’s usually used in formal settings. |
| James: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Laura: Sure. For example, you can say... Contamos con una gran variedad de opciones para todas las edades. |
| James: ... which means "We count with a great variety of options for all ages." |
| James: Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| James: In this lesson, you'll learn about business presentations. |
| James: We have no prepositions or other grammar topics to review in this closing lesson, so we’re just going to jump right in and start by talking about how to open a business presentation. Here are some sentences that you can use. |
| Laura: Ante todo, gracias por asistir el día de hoy. |
| James: "First and foremost, thank you for attending today." A very common opening line is: |
| Laura: El día de hoy... platicaré sobre una empresa revolucionaria. |
| James: "Today... I will be talking about a revolutionary company." If you want to dive into the first topic, say: |
| Laura: Comenzaré con... un corto video para darles una idea. |
| James: "I will begin with... a short video to give you an idea." Next, let’s learn some phrases and sentence patterns to help with closing a business presentation. The most common way to close a formal presentation is: |
| Laura: Eso es todo, gracias por su atención. |
| James: "That is all, thank you for your attention." But first, if you want to give the audience the opportunity to ask questions, say: |
| Laura: Cualquier pregunta que tengan,... por favor levanten su mano. |
| James: "Any questions,... please raise your hand." If you want to politely thank the audience, |
| Laura: Fue un placer... poder estar con ustedes el día de hoy. |
| James: "It has been a pleasure... to be here with you today." If you want to let them know you are available to any inquires, you can use the phrase: |
| Laura: No duden en contactarme. |
| James: "Do not hesitate to contact me." Finally, here are some sentence patterns you can use during the presentation itself to help keep your audience engaged and listening. |
| Laura: Incluye___ |
| James: "It includes…" |
| Laura: Incluye más de veinte destinos. |
| James: "It includes over twenty destinations." |
| Laura: Sobre todo_ |
| James: "Above all…" |
| Laura: Sobre todo, es fácil de usar. |
| James: "Above all, it is easy to use." |
| Laura: Es útil para_ |
| James: "It is useful for…." |
| Laura: Es útil para uso diario. |
| James: "It is useful for daily use." |
Outro |
| James: Okay, that’s all for this lesson |
| Laura: and for this series! |
| James: Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Laura: Hasta la próxima. |
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