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BVP 03 商业词汇 – 办公室主管

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Today’s podcast continues our series on business vocabulary, with a special focus on collocations or word partnerships. By focusing on words that are commonly used together you can improve your vocabulary and also your ability to understand your English-speaking colleagues.

当你想到 “office administration”, what are the first things that come to mind? They might be things like paperwork, 备案, copying, and other boring and repetitive tasks. Most people probably don’t think of an office manager’s job as a crucial service that supports the successful running of a company and, 所以, its ability to make money.

出色地, today we’re about to meet Thomas, who’s going to tell us about the role he plays as office manager at the Mexican subsidiary of a multinational chemical company.

听力问题

1) How does Thomas summarize his role as Office Manager?
2) What characteristics does Thomas list as important qualities of an office manager?
3) According to Thomas, what is a common misunderstanding about the best way for an office manager to do his job?

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BEP 97 – 谈论经济

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在本商务英语播客课程中, 我们将研究一些短语和词汇，您可以用来讨论经济和经济问题, 包括发声和使人安心.

我们谨就最近在四川发生的地震向中国听众表达我们的同情和支持，并希望灾区人们能尽快从地震中恢复过来。

没有达成协议, 没有合同签订, 两个人或两个公司之间没有生意可做. 一切都发生在本地关系网络的背景下, 区域性, 和全球规模. 这些价格和生产的关系形成了所谓的 “经济。” 学习经济的人 – 经济学家 – 喜欢指出, 例如, 巴西大豆价格会影响中国肉类价格. 这也难怪, 然后, 各地商人最喜欢的活动都在谈论经济. 只有了解我们开展业务的经济环境，我们才能在其中有效运作.

今天的对话在Kendal Marcus举行, 高档服装和配饰的全球零售商. 零售商将商品出售给最终客户; 配件是指诸如珠宝和皮带之类的东西 “配饰” 服装. 在上海旅行中, 马丁, Kendal's的副总裁, 正在访问Tony Wu, 中国区经理.

听力问题:

1) 马丁为什么要来中国?
2) 托尼对经济前景是否乐观, 那是未来, 在中国?
3) 马丁有什么样的担忧?
4) 托尼如何向他保证?

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BVP 02 – 人力资源: 培训经理

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In the second part of our new ESL podcast series on business vocabulary, we continue with the topic of 人力资源 (人力资源) by looking at useful language and collocations to describe the role and responsibilities of a training manager.

In this fast-changing global world, everything is moving. To make a successful business, it’s not enough just to follow yesterday’s trend. Companies and people need to constantly acquire new skills to succeed in tomorrow’s marketplace. This means driving new training initiatives to enhance performance. However, not all training is equally successful. To ensure training effectiveness, it’s important to track results and to have standard criteria for measuring outcomes.

在这个播客中, we’ll listen to Andrea, a training manager, describing her function and responsibilities. Afterwards, we’ll study some key vocabulary. Then we’ll practice what we’ve learned.

听力问题

1) What kind of training programs does Andrea run?
2) Does Andrea work with vendors? What for?
3) What do the five letters in SMART stand for?

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BVP 01 – 人力资源: 人力资源经理

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Today we’re kicking off a new series of ESL business vocabulary podcasts based on people talking about their jobs. In these episodes, we’ll learn vocabulary and language that are useful across a wide range of different professions and industries.

In this podcast we’ll hear an HR manager, Greg, describe his work and responsibilities. Afterwards, we’ll study some key vocabulary. In particular we’ll be focusing on how words are collocated, or used together. Then we’ll practice what we’ve learned.

When we think about human resource managers, many of us just think of hiring and firing, but actually, as Greg explains, the job involves a lot more than that. HR handles everything from job evaluations to settling disagreements between workers and management.

听力问题

1) What type of employment programs does Greg develop and manage?
2) Are there several HR managers or only one in Greg’s company?
3) Greg says that HR managers play a special role in companies that are unionized. What is this role?

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BEP 74 – 英语习语: 商业就是战争 (2)

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This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series on English idioms related to war.

Everywhere you look in business, you will find the language of war: We often think – and talk – about business competition in terms of attacking and defending, gaining and losing ground.

During the first business ESL podcast in this series, we studied many such war and military related idioms. We learned the meaning of “taking flak,” “reinforcing one’s position,” “laying low,” “making a move” and many others. 在这个播客中, we will continue exploring useful war idioms.

The dialog picks up where we left off at the Luminex management meeting. Jane has just explained that they need to think “strategically.” He explains that this means “laying low,” by which he means waiting to take action until the economy improves.

当你听, pay attention to the war idioms Jane and her colleagues use. You may not understand them the first time. After you hear the debrief, go back and listen again, then things should be much clearer.

听力问题

1) What does Jane mean when she says their competitor, Meyers, is its own worst enemy?
2) The speakers describe their new strategy as an “ambush” that will “surround” Meyers. Why do they say this? What is the strategy?

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