Nisso vocabulário de inglês para negócios lição, veremos alguns termos macroeconômicos importantes, esse PIB e PNB. Vamos explorar o ciclo natural dos negócios, que inclui períodos de expansão, recessão e às vezes até depressão. Também veremos a ideia de balança comercial entre países, que pode ser descrito como um superávit comercial ou um déficit comercial.
Nesta lição sobre inglês para negócios, continuamos nosso olhar sobre vocabulário e colocações para 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. Então, how do we do this? Bem, in today’s dialog, we’ll learn some of the common expressions we use when we discuss budgets.
Antes de ouvirmos, vamos falar um pouco sobre Colocações em inglês. Uma colocação é um grupo de palavras que os falantes nativos costumam usar juntos. Uma colocação correta parece natural, enquanto uma colocação incorreta parece não natural. Por exemplo, 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.
Você ouvirá muitas colocações úteis na caixa de diálogo de hoje. Enquanto você escuta, tente escolher essas combinações naturais de palavras. Em seguida, explicaremos o que eles significam e como usá-los no debrief.
Today we’ll rejoin Kate, atormentar, and Linda as they discuss the budget for their IT department. Kate and Harry are managers, and Linda is their supervisor. Última vez, they talked about the past year’s budget. Hoje, you’ll hear them making a plan for the upcoming year.
Perguntas de escuta
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?
Bem-vindo de volta ao Pod de inglês para negócios para obter a lição de hoje sobre vocabulário de inglês financeiroand discussing a budget.
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.
Na verdade, 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.
Antes de ouvirmos, vamos falar um pouco sobre colocações. Uma colocação é um grupo de palavras que os falantes nativos costumam usar juntos. Uma colocação correta parece natural, enquanto uma colocação incorreta parece não natural. Por exemplo, 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.
Você ouvirá muitas colocações úteis na caixa de diálogo de hoje. Enquanto você escuta, tente escolher essas combinações naturais de palavras. Em seguida, explicaremos o que eles significam e como usá-los no debrief.
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.
Perguntas de escuta
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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