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The word “poll,” in this podcast, means a survey or questionnaire that collects people’s opinions about something: “This is an interesting poll about whether people think that watching television is bad for children.” We use the word “poll” with the verb “to conduct”: “Do you know if anyone has conducted a poll to find out why country music is becoming so popular?” As a verb, “to poll” means to ask a lot of people what they think about something: “A research company is polling more than 2,000 people to find out what they think about the president’s plan to give more money to health and education.” The phrase “at the polls” means in an election: “How did your uncle do at the polls? Was he elected?”
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 260: Business Trends.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 260. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Remember to visit our website at eslpod.com for more information about this podcast and to download the Learning Guide for this episode.
Our episode is called “Business Trends.” Let's get started.
Today, I’m going to be giving you a brief overview of the trends that are likely to affect our industry in the next ten years. It’s difficult to predict the fads that affect how the general public thinks and behaves. However, by looking at recent polls, we have a good idea about one area that is likely to have a dramatic influence on the way we do business down the line.
The trend that I’m talking about is the environment. The biggest concern right now across major business industries here and in other parts of the world is about how “going green” will affect company outlook.
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