商务交际高手08

Salary and bonus

Useful sentences

Salary

What is your salary now?

I earn 5000 Yuan per month.

I am willing to start with a small salary.

He is teaching¹ Physics in a technical college at a small salary.

He has an income of 200 dollars a week.

I require 2000 Yuan per month as a start.

I would be glad to start at 4000 Hong Kong dollars per month plus commission².

I require 6oooo a year plus 1 % commission on all sales.

It’s not polite to ask an American how much he earns per month.

I won’t stay here if I want to make good money.

Bonus

What is the bonus like in your company?

We get our bonus at the end of each season.

I can get a handsome bonus every month.

We regard bonus as a formal salary.

We like to go to shopping malls during the bonus season.

I am sure the boss will cut off our bonus this month.

Our company offers bonus, health insurance, loans³ and so on.

How many bonuses you can get depend on your performance in your company.

Our bonuses depend on our company performances.

You never told me that you could get so much bonus.

I will quit my job as soon as I get my bonus.

Situational conversations

Dialogue one what is your salary at present

A: what was your salary last year?

B: 100000 Yuan per year.

A: what is your salary at present?

B: My bosses promise me 110000 Yuan, raises will be given after 3 months’ pervasion⁴ according to my performance.

A: Quite reasonable.

Dialogue two did you get bonus this year

A: Did you get bonus this year?

B: Yes, got the equivalent⁵ of 3 months salary.

A: It’s quite amazing that you received so much.

B: If you have an idea of how many hours of overtime⁶ I have done, you wouldn’t say so.

Dialogue three do you have position compensation⁷?

A: How much was the average increase of annual salary in your new company last year?

B: 10%.

A：How about the compensation and benefits?

B: Better than my old job.

A: Do you have position compensation?

B: Yes, but I never received it.

Dialogue four employee expenses area the largest cost

A: I was told that employee expenses area the largest cost of doing business in western companies like yours.

B: Exactly, western salaries and benefits usually constitute⁸ at least 50% of company expenses.

A: How can that be?

B: You know, for each employee the company has to pay a basic salary, make contributions for patient plans, medical plans, and pays for office space and furniture and things like that.

A: These things could cost quite a lot.

B: Besides, the company has to cover the cost of other benefits such as paid vacations and sick days.

A: I see, so running a company is not an easy job in itself.

1 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

2 commission   

n.委托，授权，委员会，拥金，回扣，委任状

参考例句：

• The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
• The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成，其中包括两名妇女。

3 loans   

n.借出物，借款( loan的名词复数 )v.借出，贷与（尤指钱）( loan的第三人称单数 )；出借（贵重物品给博物馆等）

参考例句：

• They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest. 他们在放高利贷。
• Government loans have been the salvation of several shaky business companies. 政府的贷款救活了几家濒临倒闭的公司。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 pervasion   

n.扩散，渗透

参考例句：

• The inter-pervasion and inter-impact of those value orientations have many types. 各要素价值取向的相互渗透和影响表现方式各异。 来自互联网
• The main reason is that cavitation erosion occurred in pervasion pipe of lubricator. 经检查发现，主要原因是注油器扩散管汽蚀，以致注油器工作不正常，润滑油压偏低。 来自互联网

5 equivalent   

adj.（to）相等的，等价的；n.相等物，等值物

参考例句：

• Nodding your head is equivalent to saying "yes".点头就等于说“赞同”。
• You will receive the full equivalent of your money.你将收到与你的款项价值完全同等的物品。

6 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

7 compensation   

n.补偿（或赔偿）的款物，补偿，赔偿

参考例句：

• Workers who have been unfairly dismissed may claim compensation.被无理开除的工人可以要求补偿。
• Equal compensation should be given to men and women for equal work.男女同工应同酬。

8 constitute   

vt.组成，构成，形成，设立，建立，任命

参考例句：

• A whole consists of parts,the parts constitute the whole.整体由部分组成，部分构成整体。
• The company will constitute you captain of the ship.公司将任命你担任这艘船的船长。