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6 Minute English

Building rapport with others

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We discuss four styles of communication and teach you related vocabulary along the way.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a download from BBC Learning English.

0:03.1

To find out more, visit our website.

0:13.5

Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

0:18.0

And I'm Georgina.

0:19.3

Georgina and I have got to know each other very well after working together for so long.

0:24.1

I know what sandwiches Neil has for lunch.

0:26.6

Egg and tomato, right, Neil?

0:28.7

Right, and I know it really annoys Georgina when people don't wash up their cups in the staff kitchen.

0:35.1

So unhygienic.

0:36.8

But just as important as getting to know someone socially or at work is getting on with people.

0:42.5

To get on with someone is a useful phrasal verb, meaning to like someone and enjoy a friendly

0:47.9

relationship with them.

0:49.7

Which is really important if you work with them every day.

0:53.1

And there's another word to describe the good understanding and communication between two friends.

0:58.1

Rappore.

0:59.6

Yes, how you build rapport and get on with people has been the subject of many self-help books over

1:04.9

the years and is the topic of this programme.

1:08.0

Well, you and I must have great rapport, Georgina, because that leads perfectly into my quiz question.

1:14.1

In 1936, American writer Dale Carnegie wrote a famous self-help book on building rapport.

1:20.7

It sold over 30 million copies, making it one of the best-selling books of all time.

1:26.4

But what was it called?

1:28.4

Is it A, how to get rich quick?

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