Office English: Bad News

办公室英语:坏消息

Learning English For Work

语言学习

2025-03-10

12 分钟
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Sometimes we have to give or receive bad news at work. How do you know when your boss is giving you bad news? What’s the difference between being sacked and being made redundant? In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about how to recognise bad news and deliver it to other people. Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/office-english/240304 Note: this programme was originally broadcast in March 2024. (Image credit: BBC/Getty Images) FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
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  • Thanks for listening to the Learning English for Work podcast from BBC Learning English.

  • We're working on a new series of our business podcast, Office English for Now.

  • Here's an episode from last year which teaches you language you can use

  • in everyday situations at work.

  • We hope you enjoy it.

  • Sometimes we have to give or receive bad news at work.

  • Even if you're really kind of grown up about it, it's still a difficult thing to hear.

  • So to give that information is equally difficult.

  • I'd say.

  • It'S important to remember

  • that you're talking to a real person and this bad news is going to affect them in a personal way.

  • And you have to take that into account rather than just following business kind of speak.

  • In this episode of Office English, we're talking about the language of bad news.

  • Welcome to Office English,

  • the podcast where we discuss business language to help you succeed at work.

  • Today we're talking about bad news.

  • Nobody likes talking about bad news, right, Phil?

  • But sometimes at work we have to.

  • Okay, you're talking about bad news.

  • What do we mean by bad news at work?