原汁原味商務英語播客第90課:培訓經理

In the second part of our new ESL podcast series on business vocabulary, we continue with the topic of human resources (HR) by looking at useful language and collocations to describe the role and responsibilities of a training manager.
在新的有關商務詞彙的系列課程的第2節課，我們會繼談論人力資源的話題，來看下描述培訓經理角色和職責的有用詞彙和搭配。

In this fast-changing global world, everything is moving. To make a successful business, it’s not enough just to follow yesterday’s trend. Companies and people need to constantly acquire new skills to succeed in tomorrow’s marketplace. This means driving new training initiatives to enhance performance. However, not all training is equally successful. To ensure training effectiveness, it’s important to track results and to have standard criteria for measuring outcomes.
在當今飛速變化的全球，萬事都在變化。想在商務上獲得成功，僅遵循昨天的趨勢是不夠的。公司和人們都需要不斷掌握新的技巧以便在未來的市場上取得成功。這意味着要激發新的培訓能動性以獲得最佳表現。儘管如此，並不是所有的培訓都會成功。爲了確保培訓效果，追蹤結果併爲衡量結果制定標準都是很重要的。

In this podcast, we’ll listen to Andrea, a training manager, describing her function and responsibilities. Afterwards, we’ll study some key vocabulary. Then we’ll practice what we’ve learned.
在這節課中，我們會聽到培訓經理Andrea，描述她的職能和職責。然後，我們來學習下重要的詞彙。最後聯繫下所學內容。

Listening Questions:

1) What kind of training programs does Andrea run?
2) Does Andrea work with vendors? What for?
3) What do the five letters in SMART stand for?