商務英語口語對話:那家公司的福利真不是蓋的

A: the company that Ghad works for really takes care of him.
B: what do you mean?
A: well, not only does he have two weeks vacation every year, but he also has sick leave which includes 5 optional days off a year for mental health days.
B: mental health days? Jeeze, I wish my company had some plan like that. Sometimes the corporate world cares more about money than anything else. I think it’s great to see some companies, like the one Chad works for, that are caring about the quality of life of their employees.
A: no kidding. Chad’s company also has a gym in their office building to encourage all employees to keep fit. They provide medical and dental insurance for all full-time workers, and they also organize company social gatherings.
B:like what kind of social gatherings?
A: once a year they’ll have a company picnic, they also sponsor a company Christmas party and New Year’s party. They focus on continuing educatiuon by having 8 company-wide training events every year, and encouraging staff to apply for conferences and training meetings outside the company.
B: wow, the welfare of the employees seems top priority to management…
A: needless to say, company morale is very high…

查德工作的那家公司真的非常照顧他.
你是什麼意思?
是這樣,他不但每年有2周的假期,而且還能休病假,包括一年可以任意休息5天的精神健康假.
精神健康假?哎呀,我希望我的公司也有類似的計劃.有時大公司更關心的是錢而不是其它東西.令人欣慰的是看到一些像查德工作的公司就非常重視員工的生活質量.
沒錯,查德任職的公司在辦公樓裏還有個體育館,鼓勵員工鍛鍊身體保持健康.他們爲所有全日制的職工都提供了醫療和牙齒保險,而且還組織各種公司社交晚會.
什麼樣的社交晚會?
他們每年舉辦一次公司野餐,還主辦公司聖誕節晚會和新年晚會.他們重視繼續教育,每年有8個公司範圍內的培訓項目,而且還鼓勵員工參加公司外面的討論會和培訓會議.
哇,看來公司領導最先考慮的還是員工的福利待遇.
不用說,公司的士氣一定很高.

Gathering: a meeting of people for a particular purpose 聚集;聚會;集會 countable
a social/family gathering
社交／家庭聚會
a gathering of religious leaders
宗教領袖的集會

Sponsor: of a company, etc. 公司等 to pay the costs of a particular event, programme, etc. as a way of advertising 贊助(活動、節目等)VN
sports events sponsored by the tobacco industry
由菸草業贊助的體育賽事

Priority: something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first 優先事項;最重要的事;首要事情
a high/low priority
重點／非重點項目
Education is a top priority.
教育是當務之急.
Our first priority is to improve standards.
我們的頭等大事是提高水平.
Financial security was high on his list of priorities.
在他的心目中,財政穩固是十分重要的一環.
You need to get your priorities right(= decide what is important to you).
你需要把自己的事情分出輕重緩急.
You need to get your priorities straight.
你需要把個人事情的輕重緩急分清楚.