VOA 商务英语 lesson38
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA 商务英语
Confidence,confident
F: There are a number of important areas to consider for a branch office.
M:we measure stability in government and economy.
F: another critical area is business investment.
M: You mean how much investment is going on in an area?
F: Right.and by who,are there other multinational 1 companies in the area?
M: or is all the investment domestic.
F:That’ll indicate if there is confidence in the area.
M: The more confident the economic community(企业界), the more stable the economy.
Q:what does investment by businesses indicate
A: confidence .
Dialog 2:
F: confidence is critical.
M: we also want to consider quality of life issues.
F: absolutely essential in today’s competitive workplace.
M: there is a limited number of skilled workers, where and how they live can make all the difference.
F: They want to be comfortable and have a nice place to live.
M: and have access to good schools.
F: and have culture opportunities(文化生活).
M: skilled workers want a challenging job and good-living conditions
Q： what kind of issues should be considered?
A: Quality of life issues.
Dialog 3
F: we’ve just talked about skilled workforce 2, where can you find them?
M: absolutely, we can’t afford to spend months or years training new employees
F: you don’t want to have any downtime.
M: time is money,
F: you need a site that is in proximity 3 to (close to)good university programs(课程)
M: universities that have good design and production programs.
F: skilled employees are an important investment.
M: we need to open the office and bring in revenue immediately.
Q: where can World Graphics 4 find skilled workers?
A: Good university programs
Small Talks(打算)
――I am going to finish the project today.(表示没把握)、I’ll…
-----I’ll believe it when I see it./Great!
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
- A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
- A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。