I had listened one podcast:
“East German echoes” at BBC World Service, broadcast on 28 July2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p003r5zz/Business_Daily_East_German_echoes/
Now I can say that it was the most interesting podcast for me for this time. I had wasted a lot of time looking for it. But it wasn’t vainly. In addition, as I had an aim to self-assess it wasn’t difficult to understand the whole podcast. However, there were some difficulties. I couldn’t understand some words connecting the petroleum industry.
The theme of this podcast is about a small town in eastern Germany. Business Daily visited East Germany and an oil refinery which had seen extraordinary and sometimes painful change since Soviet days. Is capitalism still popular - even in a crushing recession? Now I can answer this question. And I want to say that twenty years ago there was a state controlled corporation but nowadays it had become an eastern profitable business. Capitalism isn’t any more popular here. People are very happy as they have really good and exciting jobs. But there are some problems, too. Let’s speak about them. Unemployment here is higher than it is in the west. The government has to close kindergartens and schools in order to build up houses for younger generation. More flexible people are leaving the town. Alongside with these problems we can speak about good business relationships with Berlin and fine opportunities for small business.
“East German echoes” at BBC World Service, broadcast on 28 July2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p003r5zz/Business_Daily_East_German_echoes/
Now I can say that it was the most interesting podcast for me for this time. I had wasted a lot of time looking for it. But it wasn’t vainly. In addition, as I had an aim to self-assess it wasn’t difficult to understand the whole podcast. However, there were some difficulties. I couldn’t understand some words connecting the petroleum industry.
The theme of this podcast is about a small town in eastern Germany. Business Daily visited East Germany and an oil refinery which had seen extraordinary and sometimes painful change since Soviet days. Is capitalism still popular - even in a crushing recession? Now I can answer this question. And I want to say that twenty years ago there was a state controlled corporation but nowadays it had become an eastern profitable business. Capitalism isn’t any more popular here. People are very happy as they have really good and exciting jobs. But there are some problems, too. Let’s speak about them. Unemployment here is higher than it is in the west. The government has to close kindergartens and schools in order to build up houses for younger generation. More flexible people are leaving the town. Alongside with these problems we can speak about good business relationships with Berlin and fine opportunities for small business.
