商务英语考试情景口语对话:谈判会不会破裂

 　　A： labor¹ relations have been getting heated over the last few days. There‘s even talk of a strike if contract negotiations² don’t go smoothly³.

　　B： I would hate to see the negotiations go sour， because the last thing we need is more trouble from the labor union. What do they want this time？

　　A： they are demanding another raise for full-time⁴ employees and more vacation days. They claim there‘s an increase of work-related stress， so there ought to be some kind of compensation for higher perssure on the job.

　　B： hasn’t it always been stressful？ Why make demands now？

　　A： with cutbacks after the recession， there is more workload⁵ per employee， so in actuality they do have more stress now than in the past. I just don‘t know if it warrants a pay raise foe⁶ everyone.

　　B： I guess the labor union seems to think so.

　　最近这些日子劳资关系越来越紧张。有传闻说如果合同谈判不能顺利进行就会举行罢工。

　　我不愿意看到谈判失败，因为我们最不想要的就是公会给我们带来太多的麻烦。这次他们想要干什么？

　　他们要求给全日制的工人在增加一次工资，增加更多的假期。他们，声称工作压力越来越大，所以应该对工作带来的高压给予某种补偿。

　　共组不是一直都很紧张吗？为什么现在才提出要求。

　　由于萧条期之后进行了人员裁减，每个员工的工作量就更大了。所以事实上他们比过去的压力更大。我只是知道这是否就是给大家加薪的正当理由。

　　我想公会也这么认为。

　　Heated： of a person or discussion 人或讨论 full of anger and excitement 愤怒的;激烈的;十分激动的

　　a heated argument/debate

　　激烈的争论／辩论

　　She became very heated.

　　她不禁怒火中烧.Smoothly： without problems or difficulties 顺利地

　　The interview went smoothly.

　　面谈进展顺利。

　　Compemsation： something， especially money， that somebody gives you because they have hurt you， or damaged something that you own; the act of giving this to somebody 补偿（或赔偿）物；（尤指）赔偿金，补偿金；赔偿 uncountable countable ~ （for sth）

　　to claim/award/receive compensation

　　要求╱判给╱得到赔偿金

　　to pay compensation for injuries at work

　　支付工伤赔偿金

　　to receive

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

4 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

5 workload   

n.作业量，工作量

参考例句：

• An assistant one day a week would ease my workload.每周有一天配一个助手就会减轻我的工作负担。
• He's always grousing about the workload.他总是抱怨工作量大。

6 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。