2011年ESL之商务英语 16 Trademarks and Logos

16 Trademarks and Logos GLOSSARY logo an image used to identify a company or organization * Dont forget to put the companys logo at the top of the press release. to design to create the image, form, shape, or style of something * Who designed her wed

2011年ESL之商务英语 17 Types of Business Entities

17 Types of Business Entities GLOSSARY tax accountant a person who helps many clients record their financialtransactions and fill out forms for paying taxes * Tax accountants have to work a lot of hours in March and April right beforetaxes are due, b

2011年ESL之商务英语 18 Working Without Supervision

18 Working Without Supervision GLOSSARY to oversee to monitor and supervise; to carefully watch how other people aredoing their work, making sure everything is running smoothly * The regional sales manager will be responsible for overseeing all of th

2011年ESL之商务英语 15 Reselling Products for Profit

15 Reselling Products for Profit GLOSSARY to stand in line to stand with many other people, one in front of another,waiting to do or receive something when only one person at a time can do orreceive that thing * We had to stand in line at the bank fo

2011年ESL之商务英语 14 Starting a New Workweek

14 Starting a New Workweek GLOSSARY rough difficult; challenging; not easy or smooth * Last year, Adolfo lost his job and his mother passed away. It was a rough year. weekend Saturday and Sunday; the days of the week when most offices areclosed and m

2011年ESL之商务英语 13 Investing Your Money

13 Investing Your Money GLOSSARY 401(k) a plan that helps people save money for retirement, offered by acompany to its employees so that individuals can put a certain amount of moneyinto the plan each month, where it is invested, without paying taxes

2011年ESL之商务英语 12 Recommending Someone for a Job

12 Recommending Someone for a Job GLOSSARY to put in a good word for (someone) to say something good about anotherperson; to recommend someone for an opportunity or position * The committee is going to review my artwork tomorrow. Could you please put

2011年ESL之商务英语 11 Ending a Business Relationship

11 Ending a Business Relationship GLOSSARY to break the news to tell someone something he or she does not want to hear;to share bad news with someone * The hardest part of being a doctor is having to break the news to the familywhen the patient has p

2011年ESL之商务英语 03 Ordering Business Stationery

03 Ordering Business Stationery GLOSSARY investor a person who gives money to a project or business to help it grow,with the expectation that he or she will receive that money back plus additionalmoney once the project or company is successful * With

2011年ESL之商务英语 01 Working on Commission

01 Working on Commission GLOSSARY sales the field and profession of persuading people to buy something * Melissa makes 10-20 sales calls per week, but usually only one or two peoplewant to hear about the products shes selling. to make a bundle to ear

2011年ESL之商务英语 02 Outdoor Advertising

02 Outdoor Advertising GLOSSARY advertising campaign an effort to make people aware of ones products orservices and want to buy them by using many different kinds of relatedadvertisements * An advertising campaign designed to reach young consumers mi

2011年ESL之商务英语 09 Recognizing an Unsung Hero

09 Recognizing an Unsung Hero GLOSSARY to fool (someone) to trick or deceive someone; to make someone believesomething that isnt true * The salesman fooled me! I should have known the price was too good to betrue. to work behind the scenes to do some

2011年ESL之商务英语 08 Selecting a Health Insurance Plan

08 Selecting a Health Insurance Plan GLOSSARY open enrollment a period of time once a year when employees can sign up forone of several health insurance plans and other benefits offered by the employer * We wont be allowed to change our health insura

2011年ESL之商务英语 07 Asking for More Time

07 Asking for More Time GLOSSARY status the current condition; the most up-to-date information about the quality,timing, or progress of something * All of the employees are supposed to send weekly reports on the status of theirwork. on schedule on ti

2011年ESL之商务英语 06 Having Cash Flow Problems

06 Having Cash Flow Problems GLOSSARY to crunch the numbers to make a calculation, especially in accounting orfinance; to perform a mathematical operation, such as adding, subtracting,multiplying, or dividing to get an result or answer * I wonder whe

2011年ESL之商务英语 05 Preparing a Video Resume

05 Preparing a Video Resume GLOSSARY video resume a short video created to present information about onesqualifications, education, experience, and skills, to be viewed by the people whoare hiring for a particular job * Why did you decide to send a v

2011年ESL之商务英语 04 Work-Related Injuries

04 Work-Related Injuries GLOSSARY seminar conference; workshop; a class where many people gather to learnabout and discuss a particular topic * Would you like to attend this seminar on direct sales techniques? work-related injury painful damage of pa

2011年ESL之商务英语 10 Asking for Information About a Coworker

10 Asking for Information About a Coworker GLOSSARY lowdown the interesting, possibly secret information about someone orsomething * When I asked Eiko for the lowdown on the business deal, she refused to tell meanything. to fill (someone) in to give

2011年ESL之商务英语 22 Preferring Different Work Styles

22 Preferring Different Work Styles GLOSSARY to work out to be successful; to be effective; to be the way people hope orexpected it would be * Ahmed tried to become a rock musician, but when that didnt work out, he wentback to school. work style the

2011年ESL之商务英语 20 Being Impolite in Conversation

20 Being Impolite in Conversation GLOSSARY to ignore to not pay attention to something or someone; to act as if somethingdoes not exist or is not happening * If we ignore our leaking roof, the problem will keep getting worse. to sneer to smile in a m