As we usher in the New Year, it’s worth taking a moment to see how this year’s major business themes have played out. While smatterings of growth and dips in unemployment have brought relative stability to Europe and the US, analysts at Nomura foresee policy changes that may reshape global prosperity in the long-term.
Explore the impact of Big data on business in this商务英语新闻 课.
By now, odds are you’ve heard the term “Big Data”. The thousands upon thousands of giga, tera, and peta bytes that are collected everywhere around us has caused concern for some, and jobs and wealth for others.
在21世纪, 世界各国都紧密相连. 一家总部设在美国的公司. 在中国航运公司的帮助下,可能会雇用印度尼西亚的工厂工人生产他们卖给欧洲人的产品. 在这个全球经济中, 我们不只是谈论在我们自己国家境内发生的事情. 我们谈论所有经济体, or “the economy” in general. 我们经常谈论它!
The expressions we’ll practice today are examples of “collocations.” A搭配 是我们通常一起使用的一组两个或多个单词. 例如, maybe you have heard the expression “to have an interview.” We can’t say “do” an interview or “make” an interview. 常见的表达, 或词的组合, is “have an interview.” Learning collocations like these is very important, 因为它们会让你听起来更自然. 当你听到今天的对话, 听听说话者如何自然地组合单词. 然后我们将解释它们的含义并练习使用它们.
在我们听之前, 让我们谈谈 搭配. 搭配是母语人士经常一起使用的一组词. 正确的搭配听起来很自然, 虽然不正确的搭配听起来不自然. 例如, in English we say “go online” to talk about using the Internet. But we can’t say “proceed online” or “travel online,” even though “proceed” and “travel” mean “go.” Those simply aren’t natural expressions.
在这个 商务英语新闻 课, we look at trends in the workplace, particularly changing attitudes to telecommuting.
The question of “live to work or work to live” has been around for decades, with many employees trying to strike that perfect work-life balance. Employees around the world benefit from the use of modern technology to do their work in the comfort of their own homes.
Recently though, Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, made some waves with her decision that all employees must work their 9 to 5s in the office.