مرحبًا بكم مرة أخرى في اللغة الإنجليزية للأعمال لدرس اليوم حول مفردات اللغة الإنجليزية المالية and discussing a budget.

Budgets aren’t just for accountants. Almost everyone in business has to talk about money and how to spend it. It doesn’t matter if you’re a manager with a million dollar budget or a field tech just tracking your expenses. You’ll be talking about money and budgets.

في الحقيقة, talk about budgets is everywhere. Turn on the news and it’s not hard to hear people discussing budget “cuts” or budget “reductions.” You can hear about governments with budget “deficits” and budget “surpluses.” Everyone’s worried about money, and in business, earning more often means spending less. These are the topics you’ll hear about today.

قبل أن نستمع, let’s talk a little about المتلازمات. التجميع هو مجموعة من الكلمات التي غالبًا ما يستخدمها المتحدثون الأصليون معًا. يبدو التجميع الصحيح طبيعيًا, بينما يبدو التجميع غير الصحيح غير طبيعي. فمثلا, in English we say “budget cuts” to talk about lower spending. But we can’t say “budget slices” or “budget chops,” even though “slice” and “chop” mean “cut.” Those simply aren’t natural expressions.

سوف تسمع العديد من الاصطفافات المفيدة في حوار اليوم. كما يمكنك الاستماع, حاول انتقاء هذه التركيبات الطبيعية من الكلمات. ثم سنشرح ما يقصدونه وكيفية استخدامه في استخلاص المعلومات.

You’re going to hear a conversation between two managers in the IT department of a large company and their boss. Kate and Harry are the managers, and Linda is the boss. They’re discussing the past year’s budget and how they spent their department’s money.

أسئلة الاستماع

1. What does Linda want to examine first?
2. What does Harry say about the large one-time cost the department had?
3. According to Linda, what is finance concerned about?

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