GDP 03 비즈니스 어휘 – 사무실 관리자

Today’s podcast continues our series on business vocabulary, with a special focus on collocations or word partnerships. By focusing on words that are commonly used together you can improve your vocabulary and also your ability to understand your English-speaking colleagues.

생각할 때 “office administration”, what are the first things that come to mind? They might be things like paperwork, 줄질, copying, and other boring and repetitive tasks. Most people probably don’t think of an office manager’s job as a crucial service that supports the successful running of a company and, 그러므로, its ability to make money.

잘, today we’re about to meet Thomas, who’s going to tell us about the role he plays as office manager at the Mexican subsidiary of a multinational chemical company.

듣기 질문

1) How does Thomas summarize his role as Office Manager?
2) What characteristics does Thomas list as important qualities of an office manager?
3) According to Thomas, what is a common misunderstanding about the best way for an office manager to do his job?

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BEP 97 – 경제에 대해 이야기

이 비즈니스 영어 팟 캐스트 레슨에서, 우리는 경제와 경제 문제를 논의하기 위해 사용할 수있는 몇 가지 문구와 어휘를 공부할 것입니다, 목소리와 안심을 포함.

최근 쓰촨성 지진에 대한 중국 관중들에게 동정과지지를 표하고 싶습니다,재난 지역의 사람들이 가능한 한 빨리 지진에서 회복 될 수 있기를 바랍니다.。

거래가 이루어지지 않습니다, 계약서에 서명이 없다, 두 사람 또는 두 회사 사이에 사업이 이루어지지 않습니다. 모든 것은 지역 관계 네트워크의 배경에서 발생합니다., 지역, 그리고 세계적 규모. 가격과 생산의 관계는 소위 “경제.” 경제를 연구하는 사람들 – 경제학자 – 지적하고 싶다, 예를 들어, 브라질 콩 가격이 중국 고기 가격에 영향을 줄 수 있다는 점. 놀라운 일이 아닙니다, 그때, 전세계 모든 사람들이 좋아하는 활동이 경제에 대해 이야기하고 있다는 것입니다.. 비즈니스를 수행하는 경제 환경을 이해해야 만 효과적으로 운영 할 수 있습니다.

이 대화는 오늘 Kendal Marcus에서 열립니다, 고급 의류 및 액세서리의 글로벌 소매 업체. 소매 업체가 최종 고객에게 상품을 판매; 액세서리는 보석류 및 벨트와 같이 또는 “액세서리” 의류. 상하이 여행 중, 남자 이름, Kendal의 부사장, Tony Wu를 방문 중입니다, 중국 국가 관리자.

듣기 질문:

1) 마틴이 중국에 온 이유?
2) Tony는 경제 전망에 대해 낙관적입니까?, 그게 미래 야, 중국에서?
3) Martin은 어떤 관심사를 가지고 있습니까?
4) 토니는 어떻게 그를 안심 시키는가?

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GDP 02 – 인적 자원: 교육 관리자

In the second part of our new ESL podcast series on business vocabulary, we continue with the topic of 인적 자원 (HR) by looking at useful language and collocations to describe the role and responsibilities of a training manager.

In this fast-changing global world, everything is moving. To make a successful business, it’s not enough just to follow yesterday’s trend. Companies and people need to constantly acquire new skills to succeed in tomorrow’s marketplace. This means driving new training initiatives to enhance performance. 하나, not all training is equally successful. To ensure training effectiveness, it’s important to track results and to have standard criteria for measuring outcomes.

이 팟 캐스트에서, we’ll listen to Andrea, a training manager, describing her function and responsibilities. Afterwards, we’ll study some key vocabulary. Then we’ll practice what we’ve learned.

듣기 질문

1) What kind of training programs does Andrea run?
2) Does Andrea work with vendors? What for?
3) What do the five letters in SMART stand for?

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GDP 01 – 인적 자원: HR 관리자

Today we’re kicking off a new series of ESL business vocabulary podcasts based on people talking about their jobs. In these episodes, we’ll learn vocabulary and language that are useful across a wide range of different professions and industries.

In this podcast we’ll hear an HR manager, Greg, describe his work and responsibilities. Afterwards, we’ll study some key vocabulary. In particular we’ll be focusing on how words are collocated, or used together. Then we’ll practice what we’ve learned.

When we think about human resource managers, many of us just think of hiring and firing, but actually, as Greg explains, the job involves a lot more than that. HR handles everything from job evaluations to settling disagreements between workers and management.

듣기 질문

1) What type of employment programs does Greg develop and manage?
2) Are there several HR managers or only one in Greg’s company?
3) Greg says that HR managers play a special role in companies that are unionized. What is this role?

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BEP 74 – 영어 숙어: 사업은 전쟁이다 (2)

This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series on English idioms related to war.

Everywhere you look in business, you will find the language of war: We often thinkand talkabout business competition in terms of attacking and defending, gaining and losing ground.

During the first business ESL podcast in this series, we studied many such war and military related idioms. We learned the meaning oftaking flak,” “reinforcing one’s position,” “laying low,” “making a moveand many others. 이 팟 캐스트에서, we will continue exploring useful war idioms.

The dialog picks up where we left off at the Luminex management meeting. Jane has just explained that they need to thinkstrategically.He explains that this meanslaying low,” by which he means waiting to take action until the economy improves.

들으면서, pay attention to the war idioms Jane and her colleagues use. You may not understand them the first time. After you hear the debrief, go back and listen again, then things should be much clearer.

듣기 질문

1) What does Jane mean when she says their competitor, Meyers, is its own worst enemy?
2) The speakers describe their new strategy as anambushthat willsurroundMeyers. Why do they say this? What is the strategy?

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