{"id":4052,"date":"2016-11-17T12:10:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:42:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:42:42","slug":"learn-business-english-with-cnn-money-english-names-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/learn-business-english-with-cnn-money-english-names-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Business English With CNN Money: “English Names” in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

I often use CNN Money<\/a>, an American business news website, to teach business English to my students.<\/p>\n

Today, I have an especially interesting article for our readers. The article looks at the business practice of adopting a personal “English name,” a name your English-speaking colleagues can easily pronounce when they address you or refer to you.<\/p>\n

Choosing an English name is especially common at companies in\u00a0East Asia, where local names have\u00a0very different sounds and tones than names in English. But this practice can be useful for international business people from all around the world. To find out more, read CNN Money’s article, “Meet the entrepreneur helping Chinese people avoid names like ‘Furry’<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

To help you understand this article, I’ve made a mini-dictionary of this news story’s key words and phrases. I’ve also recorded myself reading the article aloud. You can use the audio in this post for listening practice, and you can also treat it as a model for your own spoken pronunciation. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Key terms<\/h2>\n