W tym biznesowe słownictwo angielskie lekcja, przyjrzymy się niektórym kluczowym terminom makroekonomicznym, taki PKB i PNB. Zbadamy naturalny cykl biznesowy, który obejmuje okresy ekspansji, recesja, a czasem nawet depresja. Przyjrzymy się również idei równowagi handlowej między krajami, które można określić jako nadwyżkę handlową lub deficyt handlowy.
W tej lekcji Business English Pod, kontynuujemy nasze spojrzenie na słownictwo i kolokacje dla discussing a budget.
A budget is a plan for spending money. And you’ll often hear the word “budget” used as a noun. But “budget” is also a verb. We can budget carefully or poorly. We can budget not only money but also time. And how we budget can help or harm our business. If we spend too much money, we may decrease profits. But if we don’t spend enough money, the business may not grow or thrive. It’s all about balance.
A typical budget includes a long list of items that we need to spend money on. And in a budget meeting, you’ll hear people talk, or argue, about where to spend more and where to spend less. Więc, how do we do this? Dobrze, in today’s dialog, we’ll learn some of the common expressions we use when we discuss budgets.
Zanim posłuchamy, let’s talk a little aboutAngielskie kolokacje. Kolokacja to grupa słów, których native speakerzy często używają razem. Prawidłowa kolokacja brzmi naturalnie, podczas gdy nieprawidłowa kolokacja brzmi nienaturalnie. Na przykład, 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.
W dzisiejszym dialogu usłyszysz wiele przydatnych kolokacji. Jak słuchasz, spróbuj wybrać te naturalne kombinacje słów. Następnie wyjaśnimy, co oznaczają i jak ich użyć w podsumowaniu.
Today we’ll rejoin Kate, Złupić, and Linda as they discuss the budget for their IT department. Kate and Harry are managers, and Linda is their supervisor. Ostatni raz, they talked about the past year’s budget. Dzisiaj, you’ll hear them making a plan for the upcoming year.
Pytania do słuchania
1. What does Kate say the finance department wants to focus on? 2. What is Harry’s concern about replacing the workstations? 3. What does Kate think can be changed to save money?
Budgets aren’t just foraccountants. Almost everyone in business has totalk about moneyand 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 aboutmoney and budgets.
w rzeczywistości, 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.
Zanim posłuchamy, let’s talk a little aboutkolokacje. Kolokacja to grupa słów, których native speakerzy często używają razem. Prawidłowa kolokacja brzmi naturalnie, podczas gdy nieprawidłowa kolokacja brzmi nienaturalnie. Na przykład, 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.
W dzisiejszym dialogu usłyszysz wiele przydatnych kolokacji. Jak słuchasz, spróbuj wybrać te naturalne kombinacje słów. Następnie wyjaśnimy, co oznaczają i jak ich użyć w podsumowaniu.
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.
Pytania do słuchania
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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