Corporate culture英语

1、Corporate culture词形 谈论 corporate culture 时，values、ethics 和 responsibility 等概念非常重要。 value 一词既能作名词，也能作动词。 I was strongly influenced by the companys values.我深受公司价值观的影响。Managers always value passion.经理人员始终看重热情。 value 和 responsibility 可变为形容词。使用后缀 -able 或 -ible。 We feel that effective communication is mos

2、t valuable.我们认为，有效的沟通极为宝贵。We are responsible for giving back to the community.我们负有回报社区的责任。词形 谈论 corporate culture 时，values、ethics 和 responsibility 等概念非常重要。 value 一词既能作名词，也能作动词。 I was strongly influenced by the companys values.我深受公司价值观的影响。Managers always value passion.经理人员始终看重热情。 value 和 responsibili

3、ty 可变为形容词。使用后缀 -able 或 -ible。 We feel that effective communication is most valuable.我们认为，有效的沟通极为宝贵。We are responsible for giving back to the community.我们负有回报社区的责任。 ethics 可变为形容词。请使用后缀 -al。I dont think that such extreme layoffs are ethical. 我认为如此大规模的裁员是不道德的。 名词 cut 可用作动词，词形不变。They cut our pay by 10 p

4、ercent during the recession. 他们在经济衰退时期削减了我们百分之十的工资。 在动词 surround 后加上后缀 -ing，就构成了它的形容词 surrounding。Our company is part of the surrounding community, and we should be aware of that. 我们的公司是周围社区的一份子，这一点我们应该清楚。 动词 lay off 常用于过去式被动语态：Thousands of employees were laid off. 数以千计的员工被解雇了。 Lay off 的名词形式为：layoff

5、。Similot announced layoffs today. Similot 今天宣布了裁员。Confusable verbs易混淆动词有些动词的词形相近，意义相似但不完全相同。它们常常被混淆和误用。通过记住动词是否后接宾语，可能有所帮助。Lie 可以指 to recline，不直接后接宾语。Lay 可指 to place 或 to put，始终后接宾语。以下是它们的现在时和过去式形式： 现在时过去式过去分词lielaylainlaylaidlaid You can lie on the couch in the break room if youre not feeling well.

6、要是你感觉身体不适，可以躺在休息室里的沙发上。When I arrived at the office, I laid my jacket on the couch.我到办公室后，把外套放在沙发上。 注意，lay off 一词源于动词 lay，意思是 to put someone out of employment。During the recession, they were forced to lay off employees.在经济衰退时期，他们被迫裁员。动词 rise 和 raise 也常常被混淆。Rise 意为 to go higher，从不后接直接宾语。raise 意为 to l

7、ift higher，几乎始终后接宾语。以下是它们的现在时和过去式形式： 现在时过去式过去分词riseroserisenraiseraisedraised When profits rose, the company rewarded everyone.利润上升时，这家公司给所有人发奖金。We encourage everyone to express their opinions. Just raise your hands.我们鼓励大家表达自己的观点。举手就行。Prefixes for business terms 商务术语的前缀 re- 和 fore- 等前缀改变它们所附单词的意义。 R

8、e- 意为 again。 The company wants to rehire me with a competitive benefits package. 那家公司希望重新聘请我，给我提出了极具竞争力的福利待遇。Were going to relocate the office to Stockholm, and establish factories and a distribution center in Copenhagen. 我们打算把办公室前往斯德哥尔摩，在哥本哈根建厂，设立分销中心。We need to reorganize the company to increase e

9、fficiency. 我们需要重组公司，提高效率。They restructured the company last year. 他们去年对公司进行了改组。Fore- 可以指 in front of 或 before， Forefront 意思是领先其他所有人。 Our company is at the forefront of sustainable energy. 我们公司处于可持续能源的前沿。 Forecast 意为 to predict。 The CFO is forecasting an increase in profits. 这位首席财务官正在预测利润会有所上升。Future

10、 continuous: will and going to将来进行时：will 和 going to 使用 will be 或 be going to be 搭配动词 + -ing 形式，谈论将来持续一段时间的动作。be going to 和 will 的意义并不显著区别。 In her new company, she will be working at the forefront of biotechnology. 在新公司，她的工作将处于生物技术的前沿。Zach wont be restructuring the Madrid office until spring. Zach 在春

11、季之前都不会重组马德里的办事处。Were going to be establishing new development guidelines. 我们计划制订新的发展方针。Were not going to be relocating to New Delhi. 我们不打算前往新德里。 将来进行时：will 和 going to 使用 will be 或 be going to be 搭配动词 + -ing 形式，谈论将来持续一段时间的动作。be going to 和 will 的意义并不显著区别。 In her new company, she will be working at the

12、 forefront of biotechnology. 在新公司，她的工作将处于生物技术的前沿。Zach wont be restructuring the Madrid office until spring. Zach 在春季之前都不会重组马德里的办事处。Were going to be establishing new development guidelines. 我们计划制订新的发展方针。Were not going to be relocating to New Delhi. 我们不打算前往新德里。 你可以使用将来进行时礼貌地询问他人的计划。比较下面两个疑问句。注意进行时结构是如

13、何增强礼貌程度的。 Will you reorganize the company? 你会重组公司吗？Will you be reorganizing the company? 你会重组公司吗？ Business jargon 商业行话 使用下列表达谈论人与人或企业不同部门之间的交流。注意，商业行话常常是习语。 Ive got to touch base with Jared about relocating. 我得就公司迁址一事接洽 Jared。I want to talk about rehiring Tara Vang. When can we sync up? 我希望谈谈重新聘请 Ta

14、ra Vang 一事。我们什么时候可以同步交流一下？Thanks for keeping me in the loop. 谢谢你让我知道。商业行话 使用下列表达谈论人与人或企业不同部门之间的交流。注意，商业行话常常是习语。 Ive got to touch base with Jared about relocating. 我得就公司迁址一事接洽 Jared。I want to talk about rehiring Tara Vang. When can we sync up? 我希望谈谈重新聘请 Tara Vang 一事。我们什么时候可以同步交流一下？Thanks for keeping

15、me in the loop. 谢谢你让我知道。 使用 straight shooter 谈论一位诚实坦率的人。 Shes a straight shooter. Even during the layoffs, she told the complete truth. 她是个正派人。就连裁员的时候，她都实话实说。 Behind my back 和 stab in the back 指秘密的行动或背叛。使用 screw up 谈论他人的错误。它们语气非常强烈，可能显得无礼，因此务必谨慎使用。 Her assistant canceled the meeting behind her back.

16、 她的助手背着她取消了会议。He stabbed me in the back and then said hed make it up to me. 他背后中伤我，然后跟我说会做出补偿。Rob really screwed up that project. Rob 把那个项目彻底搞砸了。商业行话 使用下列表达谈论人与人或企业不同部门之间的交流。注意，商业行话常常是习语。 Ive got to touch base with Jared about relocating. 我得就公司迁址一事接洽 Jared。I want to talk about rehiring Tara Vang. Wh

17、en can we sync up? 我希望谈谈重新聘请 Tara Vang 一事。我们什么时候可以同步交流一下？Thanks for keeping me in the loop. 谢谢你让我知道。 使用 straight shooter 谈论一位诚实坦率的人。 Shes a straight shooter. Even during the layoffs, she told the complete truth. 她是个正派人。就连裁员的时候，她都实话实说。 Behind my back 和 stab in the back 指秘密的行动或背叛。使用 screw up 谈论他人的错误。它

18、们语气非常强烈，可能显得无礼，因此务必谨慎使用。 Her assistant canceled the meeting behind her back. 她的助手背着她取消了会议。He stabbed me in the back and then said hed make it up to me. 他背后中伤我，然后跟我说会做出补偿。Rob really screwed up that project. Rob 把那个项目彻底搞砸了。 使用类似表达谈论个人在公司的职责。 The sales team keeps track of customer accounts. 销售团队留意客户账户的

19、变动。The business development manager answers to the chief operations officer. 商务开发经理向首席运营官汇报。You have to pull your own weight. 你们必须各尽其力。 使用下列表达强调一份出价的丰厚。 Im going to make you an offer that you cant refuse. 我要给你一个难以拒绝的开价。 文化点：make you an offer that you cant refuse 是 1972 年影片The Godfather中的著名台词，不过剧中人物

20、Michael Corleone 说这句话时意思更贴近其字面意思。Explaining company structure解释公司构成基于法律和经济上的考虑，公司按照不同的方式构成。corporation 是指法律权利和责任独立于所有者或股东之外的大型企业。此类著名的法人公司有微软和谷歌。在公司名称后，你可能见到它的缩写形式 Corp. 或 Inc.。LLC（有限责任公司）与法人公司的不同在于所有者的责任。limited liability意思是公司负责的人并不负担公司全部的债务责任。你可能看到 Ltd.、LC、LLC 或 Co 等缩写形式。 general partnership 是指所有合

21、伙人共同承担债务的企业。sole proprietorship 是指只有一位所有者的企业。请听这些不同公司种类的完整形式和缩略形式的读法。 corporation Corp. 法人公司 - 公司incorporated Inc. 股份有限公司 - 股份有限公司limited Ltd. 有限公司 - 有限公司limited company LC 有限公司 - 有限公司limited liability company LLC 有限责任公司 - 有限责任公司company Co. 公司 - 公司general partnership 普通合伙sole proprietorship 独资使用类似表达

22、谈论公司的构成： The company is divided into five main departments. 这家公司分为五大部门。Its broken down into three main business units, each headed by a VP who reports to the president. 公司分为三大业务部门，各由一位副总裁领导，并对总裁负责。As a corporation, our costs are higher because of regulations, but we have less liability. 作为一家法人公司，根据规

23、定，我们的成本更高，但债务更少。Upper management, including the CEO, answers to the board. 包括首席执行官在内的高层管理人员对董事会负责。Its organized as a general partnership, with five partners who manage the company. 公司按普通合伙的形式构成，由五位合伙人共同管理。使用类似表达描述公司的机构： The headquarters is located in Seoul. 总部位于首尔。Our overseas branch offices are in

24、Sao Paulo and Toronto. 我们的海外办事处位于圣保罗和多伦多。Were relocating our domestic distribution center to Salt Lake City. 我们打算将国内分销中心迁往盐湖城。Teamwork谈论团队协作使用含有team的复合词谈论团队协作。Eachteam memberexcels in different areas.每一位团队成员各擅其长。Teamworkcreates better results.团队协作创造更好的成果。We should organize weekendteam-buildingactivi

25、ties.我们应该在周末组织一些团队建设活动。I need employees who are goodteam players.我需要具有团队精神的员工。使用incorporate和promote谈论建设高效团队的策略。Get ideas from your team, andincorporatethe ideas into your project.在团队中集思广益，然后在你的项目中加以采纳。We need topromotethe teams creativity.我们需要提高团队的创造能力。谈论团队协作使用含有team的复合词谈论团队协作。Eachteam memberexcels

26、in different areas.每一位团队成员各擅其长。Teamworkcreates better results.团队协作创造更好的成果。We should organize weekendteam-buildingactivities.我们应该在周末组织一些团队建设活动。I need employees who are goodteam players.我需要具有团队精神的员工。使用incorporate和promote谈论建设高效团队的策略。Get ideas from your team, andincorporatethe ideas into your project.在团

27、队中集思广益，然后在你的项目中加以采纳。We need topromotethe teams creativity.我们需要提高团队的创造能力。mission statement传达了一家公司的主要目标，并且在其principles或values总结了公司信奉的原则或价值观。To achieve our goals, we need to write amission statementthat clearly outlines our principles.为了实现目标，我们需要制订公司宗旨，明确列出我们的原则。One criticalprincipleis that each employ

28、ee has to make a commitment to the company.每位员工都必须为公司作出贡献，这是一项关键的原则。goal可分成以一系列为实现目标而设立的tasks。Before we hire a new manager, the firsttaskis to write a job description.在聘请新经理前，我们的第一项工作是撰写职务说明。Negotiation updateFrom: camTo: UMTHi, all.As the executive team, we all think a lot about effective and innov

29、ative ways to prevent and solve business problems. Id like to toss around a few ideas and perhaps propose some additional management strategies for some of the specific issues were experiencing.First, Im sure that were all very familiar with Albert Humphreys SWOT analysis, the management-strategy pr

30、ocess where managers evaluate a projects strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). However, Im also very aware that we havent ever used it here. Perhaps everyone is just too busy, but I think we can really learn a lot from SWOT. What Im proposing is that we try SWOT as we begin the Cr

31、e8or Software project. For example, what if we carry out a SWOT analysis and include it in the written proposal for Cre8or? I think Cre8or would very much appreciate knowing about the internal and external elements that might threaten their business, and which elements could be opportunities. There

32、may be similar software already in development, or maybe theres a product thats full of holes that Cre8or could improve on.Second, weve been talking a lot about expanding the business. In order to encourage expansion, I think we need to develop a greater feeling of mutual trust between employees and

33、 managers. What Im proposing is that we be willing to allow employees to take on greater responsibility; we should be willing to allow them to make more decisions. The more we can trust our employees to perform certain tasks without supervision, the more upper management can devote to expansion and

34、profit strategies.Third, Id like to bring up the issue of our work environment here at the office. I think we all feel that our day is full of interruptions and distractions meetings, phone calls, nearby discussions between colleagues or even a tap on the arm. Although collaboration is valuable, I t

35、hink we may all need some quiet time to focus on our work and be creative. My thought is to schedule some time where we dont have meetings, formal or informal, so that we can all just get work done. Maybe we could even have a no-meeting day thats devoted to each individual working alone, uninterrupt

36、ed, undistracted. Just a suggestion.Sorry for the long email, but I wanted to get us all on the same page, thinking about more effective management techniques. I very much value your feedback on these ideas and would like to hear your ideas, too.Best regards,Cam提出管理策略的建议 使用含有 be、need 或 say 等词的表达，提出你坚信或确信的建议。 Mutual trust is a key element. 相互信任是关键因素。An easy solution would be to hire a new project manager. 一种简单的办法是聘请一位新的项目经理。We need to be sure managers are on the same page. 我们需要确认各位经理达成共识。I say we require that departme