商务英语(BEC)综合辅导:课堂笔记 unit 9

来源:微学外语考试频道发布时间:2008-09-17

Benefits 福利
  词语准备
  benefits system 福利制度
  day care 日间托儿所
  childcare 儿童保育、托儿的
  annual leave 年假
  company car公司配给的汽车
  benefits package一揽子福利、福利套餐(指工资之外的福利,如健康保险、住房或股票等)
  base pay 基本工资
  benefit premium (基本工资外的)福利津贴
  reward 报酬、奖金
  core benefits 核心福利项目
  additional benefits funding 附加福利基金
  life assurance 人寿保险
  accident insurance 意外险
  health insurance健康保险
  medical insurance 医疗保险
  monthly pay月薪
  call center 呼叫中心、电话中心
  bulk discount 大宗购买折扣、批量折扣
  bargaining power 议价能力、讨价还价的能力
  provider 供应商
  payroll 员工薪水名册、在职人员工资表
  optional 可供选择的
  recruitment 招聘、征募员工
  lump sum 一次性(付款)
  stuff turnover 人员流动率、人员更新
  pension scheme 养老金计划、退休金计划(也作pension plan)
  consultancy 咨询公司、顾问公司
  roadside show 路演、路演推介会(也作 roadshow)
  口语练习
  Speaking
  Work in pairs. What benefits does your partner’s company offer?
  结对练习。了解你搭档的公司提供什么样的福利项目?
  参考词语和表达
  benefits provided for all our staff include 向全体员工提供的福利包括
  defined benefit 固定福利
  employee services benefits 雇员服务福利
  employee stock ownership plan(ESOP) 员工持股计划
  supplement pay benefits 补充报酬福利
  supplemental unemployment benefits 补充失业福利
  business travel accident insurance 公差意外险
  health care benefits 健康保健福利
  retail vouchers 购物券
  disability insurance 残疾保险
  How flexible benefits work弹性福利制度的运作

口语练习
  Speaking
  How important are benefits to you when considering a job offer?
  考虑选择一份工作时,福利制度对你有多重要?
  参考词语和表达
  employee’s pension insurance gives you a sense of security (retirement income
  insurance) 职工退休养老保险(退休收入保险)给你一种安全感
  additional holidays help me to relax 额外休假可使你得到放松
  a company car ensures easy mobility 公司提供的汽车确保你来去方便
  individual accident insurance 个人伤害保险
  unemployment insurance (jobless insurance) 失业保险
  medical expense insurance 医疗费保险
  The advantages of flexible benefits弹性福利制度的优点
  The role of appraisal 评估的任务
  词语准备
  job description 工作性说明、职务说明
  qualification 资格证明、合格证书、学历
  working environment 工作环境
  feedback 反馈、反应
  to miss deadlines 没赶上最后期限、赶不上最后期限
  to meet deadlines 赶上最后期限
  management (企业、机关等的)管理人员、管理部门、经理部
  vacancy 空职、空缺
  promotion prospects 升职、提升前景
  monitor 监控、检测、跟踪
  appraisal interview 评估面试
  be supposed to  希望、应该、推测
  tackle  解决、处理(问题)
  pinpoint  确认、精确地定位
  accompany 附加、补充
  legal guidelines 法律准则
  focus on  集中在……
  resentment 怨恨、愤恨
  go through 举行、完成
  exchange ideas 交流思想、看法
  nothing more than 只不过、只是(意同only)
  pretext 藉口、托词
  lead to  导致、造成
  pay rise 加薪
  people management 人事管理
  human resources manager 人力资源部经理(亦简作HR manager)
  build up 积累、收集

口语练习
  Speaking
  Do you have appraisals in your company? What is their purpose?
  Work in pairs. Look at the list of reasons for appraising staff. Which do you think are the three most important? Why?
  你公司举行评估活动吗?其目的是什么?
  结对练习。看下面列出的对员工进行评估的各种理由。你以为下列理由中哪三个
  ●To assess training and development needs
  ●To help improve current performance
  ●To review past performance
  ●To assess promotion prospects
  ●To set performance objectives
  ●To review pay
  ● 对员工的培训需要和个人发展需要进行评估。
  ● 帮助员工改进目前的工作表现。
  ● 评定过去的工作表现。
  ● 对升职前景进评估。
  ● 制定工作表现目标。
  ● 审核报酬情况。
  参考词语和表达
  appraisals offer the manager and the member of staff the opportunity to sit down and discuss how they work together 评估使经理和员工有机会坐下来讨论怎样合作
  identify the staff member’s training needs 明确员工的培训需要
  encourage personal growth and challenge among the staff 鼓励员工的个人发展和员工之间的相互竞争
  foster a spirit of teamwork 培养员工的团队精神
  enable staff to jointly agree on performance areas that need attention 使员工一致明确需要关注的工作范围
  non-performers are weeded out or challenged to new development by fellow employees rather than superiors 工作表现差的员工被淘汰、或者因为受到来自同事而非领导的压力而接受新的挑战
  reach an understanding and agreement between management and staff 管理部门和员工之间达成相互理解
  find out what are the factors that affect performance 找出影响工作业绩的因素
  understand the specific objectives you would like to set yourself 明确自己定出的具体目标
  think about your personal development objectives 考虑个人发展的目标
  Monitoring performance 监测工作业绩
  写作训练
  Writing
  You work in the Human Resources Department. Write a 40-50 word e-mail about
  staff appraisal to managers.
  你在人力资源部工作,给各部门经理写一篇40-50字的有关员工评估的电子邮件,内容包括
  Telling them when the appraisals should take place.
  Asking them to send a copy of the appraisal report to you.
  Reminding them to book an interview room if necessary.
  告诉他们开展评估的时间。
  要求他们送一份评估报告给你。
  提醒他们如果需要,可以预定一间面试室。
  参考例文
  (To all managers)
  (Subject: Staff Appraisals)
  I would like to remind you that you should be holding your staff appraisals this month. Once you have completed them could you please send me a copy of each report? If you would like to use a interview room please remember to reserve it in advance. Thank you.