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商業新聞 07 – 印度的經濟增長

商務英語, 商業新聞, ESL 播客 / 二月 27, 2007

今天的商務英語新聞播客來自一篇關於印孚瑟斯首席執行官最近對印度經濟未來的積極言論的文章.

印度經濟長期被中國和東南亞的快速崛起所掩蓋. 不過最近, 注意力開始轉向印度, 強勁的經濟成長和熟練的勞動力激發了人們的興趣. 許多經濟學家現在預測經濟將穩定成長 8% 每年，印度將成為 1 兆美元經濟 2008.

我們透過這篇文章來看看一些可以用來談論經濟趨勢和人力資源的英文單字和表達方式.

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This Business English News podcast examines the topic of offshoring jobs. “離岸” means to move part of a company’s operations (usually supporting functions such as finance or HR) to another country – literally “off shore.” Another commonly used term related to this topic is “outsourcing” – this means to use a different company to handle some supporting tasks. The key difference is that outsourcing doesn’t necessarily mean the work is done in a different country.

The topic of offshoring, or outsourcing work overseas, is certainly a popular one these days, and many people in Western Europe and North America are quite concerned that this practice will lead to less job opportunities in their countries. 然而, our story details a report from a well know management consultancy that concludes these concerns may be exaggerated or “overblown.”

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