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[1:02] English Listening Practice: A Business Meeting Discussion on Opening a New Store

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This article provides an English listening practice material based on a business meeting scenario discussing the opening of a new store, helping learners improve their comprehension of business English conversations.

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Okay, well, I don't know where Eric is, but let's get started anyways. We have lots of things to discuss, but I'd like to start with where to locate our new store, so I'd like to throw this open. What do you guys think?

Well, I've been reading it open for you. We said the economy is really in a downed condition. Sorry. Oh, Eric. Yes. Well, let me recap. We were just talking about where we should open a store. Yeah. And I was saying that it's stupid to expand when the economy isn't a downturn.

I thought we already made this decision at our last meeting. Didn't you wait a minute, I sent out minutes. Why did you send them? So what do you want to do? Should we discuss this again? No!

Listening Comprehension

locate
verb
1. take up residence and become established
e.g. The immigrants settled in the Midwest
Synonym: settle
2. discover the location of
determine the place of
find by searching or examining
e.g. Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?
My search turned up nothing
Synonym: turn up
3. assign a location to
e.g. The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles
Synonym: placesite
4. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
e.g. Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space
Locate the boundaries of the property
Synonym: situate