Office English: Negotiating

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  Thanks for listening to the Learning English for Work podcast from BBC Learning English.

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

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  Here's an episode from last year which teaches you language you can use in everyday situations at work.

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  We hope you enjoy it.

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  Sometimes at work, we need to be able to negotiate.

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  I guess the important thing is to be sure of what you actually want,

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  so you don't want to come away feeling that you've negotiated badly.

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  I find negotiating very awkward because my main instinct is to be polite and kind.

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  So I find it quite difficult to be direct in what I want.

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  Today on Office English, we're talking about the language of negotiating.

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  Hello and welcome to Office English from BBC Learning English.

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  I'm Phil.

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  And I'm Pippa.

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  And in this podcast, we discuss the business English that you can use to do well at work.

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  Today we're talking about negotiations.

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  This means discussions, which we use to get what we want.

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  So, for example, if we wanted to buy a car,

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  we might negotiate with the salesperson to get the best price.

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  Okay.

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  So do you ever negotiate at work, Phil?

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