在本課中, 我們將聽取一家製藥公司的銷售團隊會議. 團隊正在討論過去的表現和未來的戰略. 在他們的討論中, they use many expressions that we call “collocations.” A collocation is just a natural combination of words that native speakers learn as one expression. 例如, the first collocation you’ll hear is “sales volume,” which refers to the number of units sold in a given period of time.
在他們的討論中, you’ll hear many English expressions that we call “collocations.” 搭配是單詞的自然組合. 例如, you’ll hear people talking about making a “smooth transition.” We don’t say “soft” transition or “clean” transition. Native English speakers always say “smooth transition” because that’s what they grew up hearing, so now it’s a natural collocation.
變化是永恆的. Nowhere is this more true than in business. Just look at the list of Fortune 500 companies from 50 幾年前. You might be surprised by how many of those well-known companies are now gone. So what’s the difference between a company that survives and one that dies? A lot of it is about how they manage change.
在本課中, we’ll listen to a meeting featuring three colleagues who are trying to figure out how to restructure their company. 在討論中, you’ll hear lots of useful expressions that we call “collocations.” And what is a collocation? 出色地, it’s just a group of words that go together naturally. You heard me use the expression “restructure a company.” That’s a collocation. The words go together as one expression.
Native speakers learn collocations naturally. They simply repeat expressions that they’ve heard hundreds of times. If English is your second language, 然而, it might not come so automatically. 但, by studying collocations, you can improve your vocabulary and sound more fluent at the same time. 當您收聽今天的對話時, 嘗試挑選一些 商務英語搭配 我們將稍後在匯報中討論它們.
在對話方塊中, we’ll hear Jake, 芬蘭人, and Lauren. The company they founded has grown, and now they need to carefully manage the transition to a larger company.
聽力問題
1. What does Finn think is required to manage change in their company? 2. What does Lauren say is the first step in change management? 3. What does Jake believe is driving change in the company?
歡迎回到 商務英語播客for today’s商務英語詞彙lesson on how to describe company performance.
Every company’s goal is to make a profit. But how they go about that is different. Different industries, different business models, different approaches – There’s no simple recipe for success. And there’s no simple, single way to measure whether a company is performing well.
代替, we look at many different factors when we measure company performance. We’ve also got a lot of different expressions in English for discussing the topic. And many of theseEnglish expressionsare what we call “collocations.”
What’s a collocation? 出色地, it’s just a natural combination of words. Ever heard the expressions “turn a profit” or “boost the bottom line?” We don’t say “grow a profit” or “up the bottom line.” Those simply aren’t natural collocations. And if you say something like that, you won’t sound natural.
So studying collocations is a great way to sound more natural with your vocabulary. You can learn combinations of words, rather than single words on their own. As you listen to the dialog today, try to pick out some of these collocations, 我們將稍後在匯報中討論它們.
在對話方塊中, we’ll rejoin a meeting at a private equity firm. Three colleagues, 瑪麗亞, 克勞迪婭, 和泰勒, are talking about some of the companies they’ve invested in. They’ll use lots of great collocations as they discuss the performance of these companies.
聽力問題
1. What does Claudia think about SmartMoney? 2. What does Taylor think they should do before selling off SmartMoney? 3. What has Claudia been focusing on with Byron Industries?
