商务英语口语对话:安排公司培训事宜

A: Margaret, I'd like to follow up with the arrangements for our company retreat, to take place next month. We need to book the venue, make arrangements for speakers and door prizes, and set up all the activities and accommodations. Also, very important, we need to determine which of our staff will be eligible and will be available to go. We've got to get a head count in order to make reservations.

B: what's the criteria for staff to attend? Are we only including our management team in this affair? Or will we be extending invitations to lower level employees to attend?

A: lower level employees need not attend. The purpose of this retreat is for training, especially for our management team. We want to develop a well-oiled machine on our executive level. In order to get everyone to jell together, we've got to include some fun. That's the reason for the retreat.

玛格丽特,我想让你继续安排我们公司下个月开始的培训事宜.我们要预定会议地点,安排发言人和奖品,策划所有的活动和食宿安排.此外,非常重要的是我们要确定哪些员工符合条件,并且有时间去.我们要点好人数提前预定房间.

对参加员工有什么标准?这次只包括我们管理层吗?还是我们也邀请低层的员工参加?

低层员工不必参加.这次休假的目的是培训,特别针对的是我们的管理人员.我们要把行政管理变成一个运转良好的机构.为了大家凝聚在一起,我们还要安排一些娱乐活动.这就是培训的目的.

Book: to arrange with a hotel, restaurant, theatre, etc. to have a room, table, seat, etc. on a particular date （向旅馆、饭店、戏院等）预约，预订
Book early to avoid disappointment.
及早预约，以免向隅。
I'd like to book a table for two for 8 o'clock tonight.
我想订一张今晚 8 点钟的二人餐桌。
The performance is booked up (= there are no more tickets available).
演出票被订完了。
I'm sorry─we're fully booked.
对不起，客满了。

Venue: a place where people meet for an organized event, for example a concert, sporting event or conference 聚会地点（如音乐厅、体育比赛场馆、会场）
The band will be playing at twenty different venues on their UK tour.
这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在二十个不同的地点演出。
Please note the change of venue for this event.
请注意：这次比赛易地进行。

Accommodation: somewhere to live or stay, often also providing food or other services 住宿；膳宿
More and more travelers are looking for bed and breakfast accommodations in private homes.
愈来愈多的旅行者在寻找由私人住户提供住宿和早餐的服务。

Eligible: a person who is eligible for something or to do something, is able to have or do it because they have the right qualifications, are the right age, etc. 有资格的；合格的；具备条件的
Only those over 70 are eligible for the special payment.
只有 70 岁以上的人才有资格领取这项专款。
When are you eligible to vote in your country?
你们国家几岁才有资格投票选举呢？

Criterion: a standard or principle by which something is judged, or with the help of which a decision is made （评判或作决定的）标准，准则，原则 noun
The main criterion is value for money.
主要的标准是要划算。
What criteria are used for assessing a student's ability?
用什么标准来评定一个学生的能力？

Follow up
1.把...贯彻到底
He failed to follow up my suggestion. 他没有照着我的建议做下去。
2.对...采取进一步行动
The salesmen usually follow up a letter with a visit. 推销员往往在写了信之后又上门拜访。

Take place: to happen, especially after previously being arranged or planned （尤指根据安排或计划）发生，进行
The film festival takes place in October.
电影节将于十月举行。
We may never discover what took place that night.
我们可能永远不会知道那一夜发生了什么事。

Get a head count:数人数

Make reservations:预定

A well-oiled machine:上了润滑油的机器;运转良好的机构

Jell together:凝聚在一起