BEP 285 – 个性和性格的习语 1

BEP 285 - Business English Idioms for Describing Personality 1

欢迎回到Business English Pod,今天的课程 商务英语习语 for describing people’s personality and character.

In English we have a saying that “it takes all sorts to make a world.” This means that the world is made up of many different people and different personalities. And every company or organization needs different personalities for different roles and different kinds of work. This diversity of personality in the workplace is a popular and interesting topic of conversation, as you surely know from listening to your colleagues.

Whether we’re discussing which job applicant to hire or gossiping after hours about coworkers, we all talk about personalities. And English has lots of great idioms for describing personality and character, which is what we’ll look at in this lesson.

You will hear a conversation between three colleagues: 萝拉, 尚恩, 和安妮. They are trying to figure out who to send to South Korea to work in their company’s office there. As they discuss the different possibilities, they use a lot of different idioms for describing personality.

听力问题

1. Why won’t they send David overseas?
2. What do the speakers say about Paula?
3. How does Shane seem to feel about Douglas?

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商务英语新闻 33 – 就业惯例

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在今天的 商务英语新闻课, 我们着眼于就业实践的发展以及这些发展如何影响工作稳定性和职业发展机会.

世界最近悄悄地通过了一个重要的里程碑 – 全球失业总人数超过 200 万人, 根据联合国的一项研究. 把它放在眼里, 那是 30 与经济衰退高峰时期相比,失业人数增加了 100 万 2008. 正如加拿大广播公司新闻报道的那样, 这些数字可能对未来产生严重影响.

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维维 44 – 人力资源英语词汇 (2)

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在这个 视频词汇课, 我们将研究与人力资源有关的词汇.

人力资源, 或HR, 与人才管理和员工发展有关. 这可能涉及绩效评估以及学习和发展以改善员工’ 熟练程度. 员工可以通过在职培训和辅导来发展. 我们还将介绍机会均等计划和领导力发展.

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维维 43 – 人力资源英语词汇 (1)

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在这个 视频词汇 课, 我们看 English for human resources, 或HR. 从事人力资源工作的人会考虑公司的员工人数,以及如何招聘新员工或从其他公司中猎头. 我们将研究诸如职位描述之类的想法, 以及补偿和福利, 以及这些与激励措施有何不同.

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BEP 257 – 讨论人员配备的英语搭配 (2)

欢迎回到Business English Pod,参加今天的讨论课 招聘和人员配备 需要.

每一家优秀公司的核心都是优秀的员工. 但是如何获得优秀的员工? 您如何确保在正确的地方拥有足够的合适的人来使企业成功? 这些是在讨论人员配备需求时需要回答的重要问题. 不仅仅是因为劳动力是大多数公司的最大成本之一, 但是因为人是任何企业的真正支柱.

在今天的对话中, you will hear the speakers use many different expressions that we call “collocations.” A collocation is simply a natural combination of words. Native English speakers commonly use these collocations as “chunks” of language, 因为实际上记住它们比单独单词更容易. 例如, in business you might hear the expression “fixed costs” for business costs that don’t change from month to month. People don’t say “unchanging costs” or “solid costs” or “same costs.” Those just aren’t natural collocations. Everyone says “fixed costs.”

当您听对话时, 尝试挑选一些 英语搭配 我们将稍后在汇报中讨论它们.

在对话框中, 我们将重新加入一家光纤公司的三位经理之间的对话. 该公司正计划生产一种新产品, 他们需要决定如何为项目配备人员. 您会听到金融界的卡拉, 人力资源部的汉克, 和保罗, 新产品线的生产经理. 上次我们听到这三个关于雇用新员工或从另一个部门调动人员的话题. 今天,他们正在更具体地谈论人数和费用.

听力问题

1. 他们如何获得新企业的首席工程师?
2. 保罗如何看待公司可以节省一些新项目的招聘费用?
3. Hank为什么认为雇用新工人会很困难?

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