VOA商务英语第13课

VOA 商务英语Lesson 13

T: I hope Ms.Edersion considers employees attitude in her decision.

G: I’m sure she will. She understands that employees have to be happy in their jobs.

T: if they don’t have good a attitude, they won’t work well.

G: they have to have a good attitude during training too.

T: absolutely ,especially when they are learning new skills.

G: like learning computer skills.

T: becoming computer literates can be frustrating.

G: talking about having a bad attitude.

A: this is a difficult decision for the board

G: the bottom line is always time and money

A: true ,we are concerning with the initial costs

G: there are costs to both alternatives

A: costs in both time and money

G: and of course ,you don’t want any downtime

A: there will be some lost time, but we have to minimize it

G: as I said , it all boils down to time and money

A: to minimize downtime, we are going to do both on the job and off site training

G: how ? by spliting the workforce into two groups?

A: half will train off site but during normal working hours

G: and the other half will tain on the factory floor with new machines

A: by alternating two groups, we can keep the productions going

G: that will minimize the downtime but you still have the oops factor, do you know ?

A: yes, but production will increase as soon as the workers are up to speed

G: then you will be able to keep up with relailors demand

A: and keep our workers

G: sounds like a win-win situation

对一个提议表示不同意

A: let’s take a break and get some lunch

B: I’d like to but I can’t ,I’m too busy

That soulds like fun, but I can’t ./ what a good idea, but I can’t / I wish I could but I can’t .

I have too much work to do/ I don’t fell well /I have another appointment