原汁原味商务英语播客第106课:办公室主任

 　　Office Manager 办公室主任

　　Today's podcast continues our series on business vocabulary, with a special focus on collocations or word partnerships¹. By focusing on words that are commonly used together you can improve your vocabulary and also your ability to understand your English-speaking colleagues. 我们在今天的节目中将继续学习商务英语词汇，并且主要集中在词语的搭配组合。通过学习这些经常搭配在一起使用的词语，大家的词汇量会得到提升，并且能够更好的与英语为母语的同事交流。

　　When you think of "office administration", what are the first things that come to mind? They might be things like paperwork, filing, copying, and other boring and repetitive tasks. Most people probably don't think of an office manager's job as a crucial service that supports the successful running of a company and, therefore, its ability to make money. 一提到“办公室管理”，你最先想到的是什么？也许是文件处理、档案管理、材料备份等等无聊而又单一的工作。办公室主任的工作至关重要，他为公司的成功运作提供支持，并且创造利润，但大部分人可能并不这么认为。

　　Well, today we're about to meet Thomas, who's going to tell us about the role he plays as office manager at the Mexican subsidiary² of a multinational³ chemical company. 托马斯是一家跨国化工公司墨西哥分公司的办公室主任。今天他会给我们谈一谈他的职位在公司所起到的作用。

　　Listening Questions:

　　1. How does Thomas summarize his role as Office Manager?

　　2. What characteristics does Thomas list as important qualities of an office manager?

　　3. According to Thomas, what is a common misunderstanding about the best way for an office manager to do his job?

1 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

2 subsidiary   

adj.辅助的，附设的；n.子公司，附属机构

参考例句：

• The company placed much money in its foreign subsidiary.那家公司投下巨额资金于国外的子公司。
• This question is subsidiary to the previous one.这个问题是辅助上一个问题的。

3 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。