原汁原味商務英語播客 第74課:談論培訓計劃(下)

This is the second part of our Business English Pod series on training and development vocabulary and collocations.
這是系列商務英語課程的第2節課，將要學習與培訓和發展相關的詞彙和搭配。

Good training is crucial for any company, big or small. How can we expect people to do a good job if they don’t have the right knowledge, skills, and tools? Providing employees with these tools is a key function of training.
好的培訓無論對大公司還是小公司都很重要。如果員工沒掌握正確的知識，技巧和工具，我們怎能期望他們做好工作？爲員工提供這些工具是訓練的一個重要功能。

And training is what we’ll be talking about today. We’ll be looking at some important vocabulary and collocations related to training. Remember, collocations are natural combinations of words that native speakers commonly use. There are no clear rules to collocation, only patterns. When you learn a new word, you should try to learn what other words are used with it. For example, you might think that “crime” is a useful word to know, but it will be difficult to use it if you don’t know that we usually use the verb “commit” before it, as in: “commit a crime.”
培訓是我們今天將要談論的話題。我們會來看下與培訓有關的重要詞彙和搭配。搭配是母語說話者使用的詞彙的自然組合。對搭配沒有明確的限定，只有模式。當你學習新詞是，你應該學習和它搭配使用的其他詞。比如，你知道“crime(犯罪）”是一個有用的詞，但如果不知道用commit動詞和它搭配，構成“commit a crime(犯罪）”，你就不會用這個詞。

In the last episode, you heard many useful training collocations. We listened to Jeff, who works in HR at an engineering firm, talk with David, who has just given a presentation on new approaches to training. We heard Jeff explain how his company wants to improve their learning and development program. Today, David will explain more about learner-centered training.
在上節課中，我們聽到許多有用的培訓搭配。Jeff在一家工程顧問公司擔任人事，他正和剛剛介紹完新培訓方法的David談話。Jeff解釋了公司如何來提高學習和發展的項目。今天David會更多地介紹以學習者爲中心的培訓。

Listening Questions：
1) What is a traditional approach to training?
2) What does David say another company has recently started?
3) What is David’s biggest piece of advice for Jeff?