VOA Station ID
Functioning In Business(FIB 8E-4)
Lao Opening
FIB Opening
MUSIC lead-in and then background
Eliz: Hello, I’m Elizabeth Moore. Welcome to Functioning in Business!
MUSIC swells and fades
Larry: Functioning in Business is an intermediate level business English course with a focus on American business practices and culture.
Today’s unit is “Keeping in Touch, Part 2.”
This program focuses on Talking about the future.
Saly: Functioning in Business is an intermediate level business English course with a focus on American business practices and culture.
Today’s unit is “Keeping in Touch, Part 2.”
This program focuses on Talking about the future.
(In Lao)
MUSIC
Story Interlude: Talking about e-mail
Larry: OK... and we’re off the air.
SFX: Door opening, footsteps.
Kathy: (VO) You know, I really like it when our listeners send us e-mail.
Max: Yes, it’s great.
Eliz: I love e-mail too.
Kathy: Hi, Elizabeth. So do you use e-mail in your radio show, too?
Eliz: Oh yes, I couldn’t do my show without e-mail.
Max: Do you use e-mail at home, Elizabeth?
Eliz: Yes, I do. I keep in touch with all my friends that way.
Boris and I send e-mail to each other all the time.
Even my mother.
Kathy: Your mother uses e-mail?
Eliz: Oh yes, she decided one day that she wanted to give it a try.
Now she e-mails me almost every day.
Kathy: That’s great that you can stay in touch that way.
Eliz: Well, excuse me. It’s time for my show.
Larry: Alri-i-i-ght. Quiet please. Music...
Interview: Blake and Epstein Parting
Larry: Interview
Saly: Interview in Lao
Epstein discusses his final meeting with Mr. Blake(in Lao).
· a prospective customer Lao translation
We wanted to stay in touch. Lao translation
Eliz: Today, we are talking again to Mike Epstein from his San Jose office.
SFX: Phone beep
Eliz: Hello again, Mr. Epstein.
Epstein: Hello.
Eliz: Today, we’re listening to your conversation with Mr. Blake.
It took place after Ms. Graham rejected Mr. Blake’s proposal.
Epstein: Oh, yes. I remember that we were both a little sad.
Eliz: Yes, and you talked quite a bit about the future.
Epstein: That’s right! We wanted to stay in touch.
Eliz: Let’s listen to that conversation.
MUSIC
Dialog: FIB Dialog,
Larry: Dialog
Saly: Dialog (in Lao)
Epstein: So listen, what are your plans from here?
Blake: Well, tomorrow I’m flying to New York in the afternoon to meet with some prospective customers.
Epstein: I certainly wish you the best of luck out there.
Blake: Thank you.
Epstein: Also, I’d like to ask if you could just keep in touch later.
I’m very interested to know what happens.
In the future, we never know what’s going to happen.
But it may be possible for us to work together.
Blake: Okay. I certainly will, Mike.
MUSIC
Language Focus: Variations
Larry: Variations.
Listen to these variations.
Saly: Listen to these variations (in Lao).
Eliz: What are your plans from here?
Larry: What are you going to do next?
(pause)
Eliz: I wish you the best of luck.
Larry: Best of luck to you.
(pause)
Eliz: I’d like to ask if you could keep in touch.
Larry: I’d appreciate it if you could keep in touch.
(pause)
Eliz: I’m very interested to know what happens.
Larry: I’d like to know what happens.
(pause)
Eliz: It may be possible for us to work together.
Larry: We may be able to work together.
(pause)
MUSIC
Saly: Learing specials words: blanket and bleed(instructions in Lao)