ESL-NEWS Tencent Bond Sale in Dollars and Yuan
ESL-NEWS Tencent Bond Sale in Dollars and Yuan presents a short business report on the Chinese technology company Tencent and its plan to raise money by selling bonds in United States dollars and in offshore yuan. The report is published at six levels from A1 to C2, runs about one hundred and sixty words at B1, and carries a recording in an American or a British voice, a six-word glossary, nine reading questions and five speaking tasks.
100% Free (unlimited): The report is free to read at all six levels without an account, and so are its recording in either accent, the immersive reading that highlights each word as it is spoken, the glossary with pronunciation, the nine reading questions, the five speaking tasks and the printable version of the page.
How It Helps Your Business English
The page gives the Tencent bond story in about one hundred and sixty words, with buttons for the six levels from A1 to C2 and a link to a level test. Under the text sit a six-word glossary with phonetic spelling and short definitions, a notebook for saving the words, nine reading questions in multiple-choice, true-false and gap-fill form, and five speaking tasks.
You read the report at your own level, then switch a level up or down to meet the same news in longer or simpler sentences. You can listen in an American or a British voice while each word is highlighted as it is spoken, learn the six finance words before you read the text again, answer the nine questions to check your understanding, and use the speaking tasks to tell the story in your own words.
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