BEC商務(wù)英語活學(xué)活用：Relocation

Ⅰ.核心學(xué)習(xí)：Relocation 公司遷址

Steve: Good morning Mike.

史蒂夫：早上好，麥克。

Mike: Good morning to you Steve. You seem like you are in a good mood today.

麥克：你也早上好，史蒂夫。你今天看起來不錯。

Steve: I sure am. I will be out of the office all day today.

史蒂夫：我的確是。我今天一天都不會在辦公室里。

Mike: Why? Where are you going?

麥克：為什么?你要去哪?

Steve: A real estate agent is going to show me around some new office space.

史蒂夫：一個房地產(chǎn)代理要帶我去看一些新的辦公地點。

Mike: That sounds cool. At least you won't be stuck in this cramped office all day.

麥克：聽起來棒極了。至少，你不需要一整天都呆在這狹窄的辦公室里。

Steve: And neither will you for much longer Mike. The company is relocating.

史蒂夫：沒多久你也不必了，麥克。公司要搬家了。

Mike: That's the best news I have heard for weeks my goombah!

麥克：這是我這個周聽到的最好的消息，老兄!

Ⅱ.單詞簡析

1) Good mood: happy, smiling

好心情：高興，微笑著

ex:Some people are always in a good mood while others never seem to smile.

有些人永遠(yuǎn)都有好心情，而有些人從來不笑。

2) Real estate agent: a person who sells or leases property

房地產(chǎn)代理：一個賣或出租房產(chǎn)的人

ex:A good real estate agent knows what's happening in the local property market.

一個好的房地產(chǎn)代理知道當(dāng)?shù)胤康禺a(chǎn)市場上的動向。

3) Cramped: having too little room to be comfortable

狹窄的：空間太小而很不舒服。

ex:I have to share my office with three other people so we are very cramped for room.

我必須和另外三個人公用我的辦公室，所以我們的空間很狹窄。

4) Goombah: a buddy, trusted friend

必需品：一定要有的東西

ex:This is my goombah - you could trust him with your life.

這是我的老兄-你可以把生命托付給他。

Ⅲ.課文篇

As a company grows, management needs to carefully watch and evaluate whether the office space can accommodate staff comfortably. If your staff is not comfortable, they will not be productive.

隨著公司的成長，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層們要仔細(xì)地觀察和評估辦公的空間是否能讓員工們舒服地工作。如果你的員工決得不舒服，他們不會有很高的生產(chǎn)力。

When looking for a new office, here are some simple things to keep in mind:

當(dāng)尋找一處新的辦公地址時，要注意以下這些簡單的事情：

Is it large enough for your current staff? Work out how much space each staff member needs and then add around 50 percent for extra people and things like meeting rooms etc.

它能容納現(xiàn)有的員工嗎?計算出每一個員工所需的空間，然后加上百分之五十左右，來預(yù)備額外人員和會議室之類所需。

Does the new office have adequate infrastructure? Are there enough lifts? Will the telephone system be suitable? Can you install high speed Internet access services?

新辦公室有適當(dāng)?shù)南到y(tǒng)架構(gòu)嗎?有足夠的電梯嗎?電話系統(tǒng)適當(dāng)嗎?你可以安裝高速互聯(lián)網(wǎng)接入服務(wù)嗎?

Is the office near public transport, either the subway or a bus station?

新辦公室離公共交通工具，地鐵或者公共汽車站近嗎?

Is there a good range of restaurants for all staff - not just managers on high salaries? What about banks and office supply companies?

周圍有適合于所有員工的各種檔次的餐館嗎?-不能只考慮高薪的經(jīng)理們。

Will your clients be able to find the building easily? Does the building have parking for guests?

你的客戶們會很容易找到辦公大樓嗎?辦公大樓能給來訪者提供停車位嗎?

Finally, the decision about whether to buy or rent has to be made. Buying means that you have a permanent base and a tangible asset but you could have to borrow heavily to fund it. Leasing is more flexible financially but leaves you open to being asked to leave the building by the owner.

最后，一定要做出是購買還是租用的決定。購買意味著你會有一個永久的基地和切實的資產(chǎn)，但是為了這項投資，你可能要投入很多錢。租賃融資更靈活，但是你可能隨時有可能被大樓所有者要求搬離。

Ⅳ.對話篇

Beth: Did you see the carpet and paint samples Sally?

貝絲：莎莉，你看到地毯和油畫的樣本了嗎?

Sally: I did. What were they for?

莎莉：我看到了。它們是用來干什么的?

Beth: I had to choose the color scheme for the new office.

貝絲：我要為新辦公室選擇配色方案。

Sally: What did you end up choosing?

莎莉：你最終選擇了什么?

Beth: I couldn't decide so I asked all of the staff to vote.

貝絲：我決定不下來，所以我讓所有的員工投票。

Sally: Great idea. That way no one can complain about the final choice!

莎莉：好主意。這樣，沒有人會抱怨最后的結(jié)果!

Beth: That's exactly why I asked for everyone's ideas.

貝絲：這正是我為什么要問每一個人的主意。

Sally: It is always a good idea to get everyone's feedback and thoughts on decisions that affect them.

莎莉：對于能影響所有的人的決定，征求每一個人的反饋和意見永遠(yuǎn)是一個好主意。