In today’s intermediate Business English Podcast episode you’ll practice reporting on progress. That means informing your boss or colleagues about your current work. This is also called updating someone on the status of a project.
在今天的商務(wù)播客中,你會(huì)練習(xí)如何報(bào)告進(jìn)程。這意味著要告訴你的老板或同事你目前的工作。
這也叫做補(bǔ)充項(xiàng)目的最新信息。
Reporting on progress happens in formal settings, such as at meetings, but often also in informal settings, such as around the water cooler or maybe even over a drink after work.
匯報(bào)進(jìn)程常在正式的場(chǎng)合,比如會(huì)議,但是在非正式的場(chǎng)合,比如在工作后小酌或喝水的時(shí)候。
Today’s listening provides an example of this very common kind of informal project update. It takes place in the offices of AirMech Services, a company that specializes in the maintenance, repair and modification of Passenger Loading Bridges, which are commonly called “jetways”. You’ll hear Rudi, a project manager, update his boss, Wolfgang, on the status of one such project. They meet each other during a break in the coffee room.
今天的聽(tīng)力提供的是在非正式項(xiàng)目的信息補(bǔ)充。今天的會(huì)話發(fā)生在AirMech Services的辦公室,一家專業(yè)維修和安裝乘客登機(jī)橋的工作,也叫做“登機(jī)橋”。你會(huì)聽(tīng)到項(xiàng)目工程師Rudi向老板Wolfgang匯報(bào)項(xiàng)目的進(jìn)程。他們?cè)谛菹⒅械目Х葟d遇見(jiàn)。
As you listen, pay attention to both the vocabulary and the verb tenses Rudi and Wolfgang use to discuss the progress of the project.
聽(tīng)錄音的時(shí)候,要注意 Rudi 和 Wolfgang 用來(lái)討論項(xiàng)目進(jìn)展的詞匯和動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。