精度英文商务英语3(听力练习+实用词汇学习)

2021年1月8日发(作者：范守中)

商务英语3(听力练习+实用词汇
学习)

Lesson 11

Dialog 1:
New words: Board of Directors, implement
F: Has Mrs. Edison decided whether to retrain
or lay off?
M: She met with the Board of Directors
yesterday. They are making the decision.
F: Fortunately for her, she is not the decision
maker.
M: I’ll say, she will be here soon to give me the
decision.
F: we can help them implement it.
M: Yes. If the board decides to retrain the
current workers, we can help them to organize
their training program.
F: If they decide to hire new employees, we can
help them recruit skilled workers
M: and then help them to train the new workers
for their specific jobs.
F: Either way we have a full plate( either our
plate is full) :我们有好多事情要做

Q: Who makes the decision? ---------The board
of directors

Dialog 2:
F: well, Mr. Green, the board voted to retrain,
the loyalty factor was an important one.
M: Workers’ loyalty to you?
F: And our loyalty to them.
M: It was a tough decision. There would be cost
and time consideration in either case.
F: But we can never replace the lost loyalty.
M: I agree. you have invested a lot of time and
money in your employees.
F: We cannot put a price tag on loyalty. (千金难
买)
M: I am sure your company morale(士气)will be
high now.
F: I hope so, but change always is a problem
though.
M: Yes, no one likes change, but ultimately it’ll
work out for the best.
Q: What is the most important consideration?

------Loyalty.

Dialog 3:
Pros and cons—利弊 option
F: So, what is the next step? Where would we go
from here?
M: Let’s start by looking at your retraining
options.
F: Options?
M: Yes. It shouldn’t surprise you that you have
a couple of options.
F: Both Options with pros and cons?
M: Yes, everything has its advantages and
disadvantages.
F: and Nothing is ever simple.
M: Basically, you can either train your workers
on site or off site. (场内场外)
F: well,without knowing the pros and cons, my
first reaction is to train on site.
M: Let me pool(采集，汇总) some information
together for our next meeting, so you can make
an informed decision.

Q: How many options are there? ------Two.

Small talk:提建议
1） Why don’t we?
E.g. –I am hungry
-- Why don’t we get some lunch..
2） Let’s?
E.g.---I need something to wake me up?
---Let’s take some café.

Lesson 12

Dialog 1:
New words: alternative, convenient, and
disruptive.
M: I’ve told Mrs. Edison she has two training
options.
F: what are these alternatives?
M: Off site training and on-site training.
F: So the quality of the training is the same, only
the location varies.
M: There is also the question of convenience. It

is more convenient for workers to train On-site.
F: There is also the disruption; off-site training
is more disruptive to the employee’s day-to-day
routine.
M: There are advantages and disadvantages to
each option.
F: Have you explained the pros and cons of
each?
M: That is what we are going to discuss today.
F: Brief me on her decision when you finished.
Brief me on the meeting
Q:What are the two retraining options

Dialog 2:
New words: on- the- job training(在职培训)，
schedule(作息) , oops（表示惊讶狼狈）
on- the- job training(在职培训)与on-site
training的区别： 前者还指在正常的工作时间接
受培训。
F: So tell me about on site training, what are the
advantages?
M: with on-the-job training, the workers train

on the new computerized machines.
F: right on the factory floor?
M: on the factory floor with an instructor on
side during normal working hours.
Q: where does the on-the-job training take place?
-----On the factory floor.
F: So there is no disruption in the employees’
work schedule.
M: No disruption, they follow their normal work
schedule.
F: That sounds good.
M: What is the disadvantage?
F: They are learning while doing, they will make
mistakes.
M: and waste materials.
F: Yes, it’s what is called the oops factor,
mistakes will be made and materials wasted
during the training.
Q: What are the disadvantages of on-site
training?

Dialog3:

F: How can we avoid this oops factor?
M: train the workers off-site, then the
production would not be affected.
F: That is a big advantage.
M: With off-site training, workers train in the
evening, (此句型)
F: so our production continues, the work on the
factory floor is not affected.
F: After computers are installed, the workers
will be ready.
M: They’ll work in the factory during the day
and train off-site at night.
F: It’s a long day. that is the big disadvantage. It
‘ll take a lot of energy to work all day and train
at night.
M: It makes me tired thinking about it. (表达各
种感受的句型，想着都累，it makes me happy
/angry thinking about it.)
Q: what is the advantage to off-site training?
A: production will not affected.

Small talks: 表示同意：

1 Good idea!
2 Great!
3 Sure!
4 –Let’s take a break!
--Ok! I can use this break to take some café.

Lesson 13

Dialog 1:
F: I hope Ms. Addison can consider the
employee attitude in her decision.
M: I am sure she will. She understands that
employees have to be happy in their jobs.
F: It they don’t have a good attitude, they won’t
work well.
M: They have to have a good attitude during
training too.
F: absolutely, especially when they are learning
new skills.
M: like learning computer skills.
F: becoming computer literate can be
frustrating.