VOA 商务英语：第10课

Lesson 10

　　Dialog 1:

　　in store for即将(coming in the future) ,process(过程)

　　F: I see some major changes in store for style plus factory workers.
　　M: Yes, they have two choices really. (Realistically speaking.
　　F: learn to use computers.
　　M: right, learn to use computers or find another job.
　　F: either choice’s difficult.
　　M: the employees are skilled at their work, they understand the process of making clothing.
　　F: They just need to learn computer skills.
　　M: Right, they need to be skilled with computers.
　　Q: What are the workers choices?
　　A: learn to use computers or find another job.

　　Dialog 2:

　　trade off(权衡)，loyal 忠心的→loyalty忠心

　　F: As I asked you before, what do I do with my workers?
　　M: You could retrain them or you can hire new workers.
　　F: I don’t want to lay off people; some of our employees have been working for us for 20 years. I was laid off/downsized/my position was terminated(表示客观原因)
　　I was fired/I was let go/I was asked to resign(表示主要雇员主观原因)
　　M: That loyalty is hard to replace.
　　F: but it may be difficult to retrain these people.
　　M: true, it may be easier to find new ones.
　　F: there’s really a trade off here.
　　M: If you hire new workers, you lose time rebuilding loyalty.
　　F: and if I retrain my old workers, I lose time while they are in training.
　　M: The bottom line (归跟到底)is that you are going to lose time.
　　F: and time is money.
　　Q: What are Ms.Anderson’s choices?
　　A: retrain workers or hire new workers.

　　Dialog3 :

　　factor(因素)

　　M: There are three factors to consider, cost, time and loyalty.
　　F: Cost? You mean how much it’ll cost to retrain the workers?
　　M: and how much it’ll cost to train the new ones.
　　F: Both will take time.
　　M: No.2, time. Time spent in retraining is time lost in production.
　　F: and lost time means lost revenue(收入).
　　M: The third factor is loyalty; we talked about worker loyalty already.
　　F: and our loyalty to them, our factory is like a family.
　　M: So your choice boils down to(归结为) these factors: Cost, time and loyalty.
　　Q: What are three factors Ms.Anderson should consider?
　　A: cost, time and loyalty

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