VOA 商务英语：第12课

Lesson 12

　　Dialog 1:

　　New words: alternative可选用的方法, convenient方便的 便利的, disruptive有扰乱 有妨碍.

　　M: I’ve told Mrs. Edison she has two training options.
　　F: what are these alternatives?
　　M: Off site training and on-site training.
　　F: So the quality of the training is the same, only the location varies.
　　M: There is also the question of convenience. It is more convenient for workers to train On-site.
　　F: There is also the disruption; off-site training is more disruptive to the employee’s day-to-day routine.
　　M: There are advantages and disadvantages to each option.
　　F: Have you explained the pros and cons of each?
　　M: That is what we are going to discuss today.
　　F: Brief me on her decision when you finished. (Brief me on the meeting)
　　Q: What are the two retraining options --Off site training and on-site training

　　Dialog 2:

　　New words: on the job training(在职培训)，schedule(作息) , oops（表示惊讶狼狈）on- the- job training(在职培训)与on-site training的区别：前者还指在正常的工作时间接受培训。

　　F: So tell me about on site training, what are the advantages?
　　M: with on-the-job training, the workers train on the new computerized machines.
　　F: right on the factory floor?
　　M: on the factory floor with an instructor on side during normal working hours.
　　F: So there is no disruption in the employees’ work schedule.
　　M: No disruption, they follow their normal work schedule.
　　F: That sounds good.
　　M: What is the disadvantage?
　　F: They are learning while doing, they will make mistakes.
　　M: and waste materials.
　　F: Yes, it’s what is called the oops factor, mistakes will be made and materials wasted during the training.
　　Q: What are the disadvantages of on-site training? ---On the factory floor. Dialog3:
　　F: How can we avoid this oops factor?
　　M: train the workers off-site, then the production would not be affected.
　　F: That is a big advantage.
　　M: With off-site training, workers train in the evening, (此句型)
　　F: So our production continues, the work on the factory floor is not affected.
　　F: After computers are installed, the workers will be ready.
　　M: They’ll work in the factory during the day and train off-site at night.
　　F: It’s a long day. That is the big disadvantage. It‘ll take a lot of energy精力 to work all day and train at night.
　　M: It makes me tired thinking about it. (表达各种感受的句型，想着都累，it makes me happy /angry /sad thinking about it.)
　　Q: What is the advantage to off-site training?
　　A: production will not affected.

　　Small talks:表示同意：

　　1 Good idea!
　　2 Great!
　　3 Sure!
　　4 –Let’s take a break!
　　 –Ok! I can use this break to take some café.