在此商务英语播客课程中，我们将介绍如何自然说话以及如何强调, 或突出显示, 关键语言和想法. 此外, 我们将研究一些关键的英语表达方式和短语，您可以使用这些短语和短语为英语演讲增加更多的重点.
今天的聆听是在PharmaTek进行的, 位于瑞士的国际制药商. 一群欧洲记者正在参观PharmaTek在北京新建的高效能生产中心, 计划开始生产PharmaTek的新型重磅炸药, 佐拉克斯, 在秋天 2007. “大片” 意味着巨大的成功. “高效率生产” 指使用强效或非常强的化学物质. 这是一种制造技术，需要 “最先进的” 或非常先进的技术.
我们将听到PharmaTek员工介绍新工厂. 让我们从几个不好的例子开始, 声音需要很多工作. 听Gunter Schmidt, PharmaTek公司事务部经理. 当你听, 专注于他的声音. 他做错了什么?
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在很多国家, 下班后与同事喝一杯是流行的放松方式: 这种社交活动有助于我们相互了解并建立团队精神. 为了吸引刚下班的顾客, 许多酒吧和俱乐部都有 “欢乐时光。” 这是傍晚时分的促销活动, 通常持续一个小时左右, 当酒吧和酒吧提供特价饮品时, 如 “买一赠一” 或者 “所有饮料半价。” 所以在这个商务英语播客中, 我们将探索在欢乐时光或其他非正式场合与同事社交时可以使用的语言.
无论你是否喝酒, 在世界各地的许多地方，您可能会被邀请与同事一起去酒吧或酒馆. 重要的是要知道如何提出为别人买饮料，以及当你喝够了或该走的时候如何礼貌地找借口. 同样的技能对于其他类型的下班后社交活动也很有用.
在对话框中, 我们加入格雷格, 经理, 和他的团队中的三个人 – 乔安娜, 加里, 和本 – 正如他们所订购的.
听力问题:
1) 谁支付第一轮饮料的费用? 你怎么知道?
2) 不喝酒的人是谁?
3) 当她该走的时候, 乔安娜找什么借口?
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这是两部分中的第二部分 商务英语播客 上课 performance appraisals. In the first lesson, we covered giving feedback. 在这个 ESL播客, we will discuss setting goals.
The American poet Carl Sandberg once said, “Nothing happens unless first we dream.” To this we can add the words of time management expert Diana Scharf Hunt: “Goals are dreams with deadlines.”
To reach our dreams, it’s necessary to set goals. Without goals, there is no change, no development, no success. This is just as true for an individual as it is for an organization. 这就是为什么, along with feedback, goal setting is a very important part of the appraisal process. So in this follow-up podcast on job appraisals, we’ll be focusing on strategies and expressions for setting goals during the appraisal interview. Much of the language we’ll be learning in this lesson is also useful in any meeting where we need to discuss and set targets.
Wendy and Derrick, Wendy’s manager, have already discussed her progress and set goals for the areas of customer satisfaction and job training. As the listening continues, they turn to talking about two important productivity measurements.
Pay attention to the language Derrick uses to structure the conversation and to negotiate and agree goals with Wendy.
听力问题
1) What are the two important productivity measurements that Derrick discusses with Wendy?
2) How does Derrick feel about Wendy making one-off (那是, special) solutions for each customer?
3) What does Derrick advise Wendy to tell a customer who has not booked enough bandwidth?
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绩效评估 – 有时称为工作绩效评估或评论 – 是开发员工潜力的有力方法. 这些技能不仅对 人力资源 (人力资源) 专业人士, 但对于负责其他人员的经理或主管.
绩效考核成功, 然而, 必须以结构化的方式进行. 此外, 重要的是要运用技巧和外交来处理评估的两个主要任务 – 提供有效的反馈并设定目标.
因此，这是分为两部分的商务英语播客课程的第一部分，该课程侧重于结构, 绩效考核的技巧和外交. 在这个播客中, 我们将处理提供反馈. 在第二, 我们将处理设定的目标.
本集着重于提供有效的反馈，以创建积极的环境并建立信任. 这些反馈技巧不仅对绩效评估有用, 而且在任何需要对某人的工作发表重要评论的情况下.
温迪是ConStar视频会议呼叫中心的新员工. 她已经在那里工作了大约 10 月, 包括训练, 现在是时候进行她为期六个月的绩效评估了. 德里克, 运营部经理, 将对温迪进行评估.
作为一个 “电视会议协调员” 对于ConStar, Wendy的工作需要使用专用设备来建立和连接Fortune视频会议 500 客户. ConStar的客户在世界各地的多个地方定期举行远程会议. Wendy的工作是在地点之间建立联系，并解决客户致电服务台时遇到的问题.
德里克将给温迪什么样的反馈? 她真的很聪明, 但是她在压力下工作时容易在衣领下变热. 那意味着, 当她感到工作压力时，她会难过. 有时候她发脾气, 和她的同事对此抱怨.
听力问题
1) 目前，温迪每天要处理多少次会议?
2) Derrick希望向Wendy提供反馈的主要问题是什么?
3) 德里克给温迪提供什么建议来帮助她纠正问题?
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This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series on English idioms related to war.
Everywhere you look in business, you will find the language of war: We often think – and talk – about business competition in terms of attacking and defending, gaining and losing ground.
During the first business ESL podcast in this series, we studied many such war and military related idioms. We learned the meaning of “taking flak,” “reinforcing one’s position,” “laying low,” “making a move” and many others. 在这个播客中, we will continue exploring useful war idioms.
The dialog picks up where we left off at the Luminex management meeting. Jane has just explained that they need to think “strategically.” He explains that this means “laying low,” by which he means waiting to take action until the economy improves.
当你听, pay attention to the war idioms Jane and her colleagues use. You may not understand them the first time. After you hear the debrief, 回去再听一遍, then things should be much clearer.
听力问题
1) What does Jane mean when she says their competitor, 迈耶斯, is its own worst enemy?
2) The speakers describe their new strategy as an “ambush” that will “surround” 迈耶斯. Why do they say this? What is the strategy?
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