VOA 商务英语：第13课

Lesson 13

　　Dialog 1:

　　attitude 态度

　　F: I hope Ms. Addison can consider the employee attitude in her decision.
　　M: I am sure she will. She understands that employees have to be happy in their jobs.
　　F: It they don’t have a good attitude, they won’t work well.
　　M: They have to have a good attitude during training too.
　　F: absolutely, especially when they are learning new skills.
　　M: like learning computer skills.
　　F: becoming computer literate can be frustrating使人感到沮丧的.
　　M: talk about having a bad attitude. (句型talk about ….. 表示深有同感)
　　―My employees have been with me for 25 years.
　　---Talk about loyalty.
　　Q: what should Ms.Addison consider? ---Employee attitude

　　Dialog 2:

　　New Words: minimize, initial cost初期费用, Bottom-line(实质问题;最终结果)，downtime(停产时间)

　　F: This was a difficult decision for the board.
　　M: The bottom-line is always time and money.
　　F: True. We are concerned with the initial cost.
　　M: There are costs to both alternatives.
　　F：Costs in both time and money.
　　M: and of course, you don’t want any downtime.
　　F: There will be some lost time, but we have to minimize it.
　　M: As I said before, it all boils down to time and money。(归结为)
　　Q：What is the bottom-line? ----Time and money.

　　Dialog 3:

　　New words: split(分成),alternate(轮换)

　　F：To minimize downtime, we are going to do both on-the-job and off-site training.
　　M: How? By splitting the work force into two groups?
　　F：Half train off-site but during normal working hours
　　M: And the other half will train on the factory floor with new machines.
　　F: by alternating the groups, we can keep production going.
　　M: that will minimize downtime, but you still have the oops factors.
　　F: But the production will increase as soon as the workers are up to speed. (达到熟练程度，使知晓。)
　　――Hey, what are you talking about?-----Let me bring you up to speed.
　　M: Then you’ll be able to keep up with the detailer’s demand.
　　F: And keep our workers.
　　M: Sounds like a win-win皆大欢喜 situation.
　　Q: when will workers be trained? ---Both on the job and off-site.

　　Small talk:回绝提议。

　　-----Let’s have a break and get some lunch.
　　----- I’d like to, but I can’t. I am too busy (I’d like to, but not with you).
　　(I have another appointment)
　　(I don’t feel well)
　　--How do you think the meeting went?
　　--Fantastic.
　　--Let’s come to another one.