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商务英语口语对话:安排公司培训事宜  

A: Margaret
I'd like to follow up with the arrangements for our pany retreat
to take place next month. We need to book the venue
make arrangements for speakers and door prizes
and set up all the activities and acmodations. Also
very important
we need to determine which of our staff will be eligible and will be available to go. We've got to get a head count in order to make reservations.
B: what's the criteria for staff to attend? Are we only including our management team in this affair? Or will we be extending invitations to lower level employees to attend?
A: lower level employees need not attend. The purpose of this retreat is for training
especially for our management team. We want to develop a well-oiled machine on our executive level. In order to get everyone to jell together
we've got to include some fun. That's the reason for the retreat.



Book: to arrange with a hotel
restaurant
theatre
etc. to have a room
table
seat
etc. on a particular date （向旅馆、饭店、戏院等）预约，预订
Book early to avoid disappointment.
及早预约，以免向隅。
I'd like to book a table for o for 8 o'clock tonight.
我想订一张今晚 8 点钟的二人餐桌。
The performance is booked up (= there are no more tickets available).
演出票被订完了。
I'm sorry─we're fully booked.
对不起，客满了。
Venue: a place where people meet for an anized event
for example a concert
sporting event or conference 聚会地点（如音乐厅、体育比赛场馆、会场）
The band will be playing at enty different venues on their UK tour.
这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在二十个不同的地点演出。
Please note the change of venue for this event.
请注意：这次比赛易地进行。
Acmodation: somewhere to live or stay
often also providing food or other services 住宿；膳宿
More and more travelers are looking for bed and breakfast acmodations in private homes.
愈来愈多的旅行者在寻找由私人住户提供住宿和早餐的服务。
Eligible: a person who is eligible for something or to do something
is able to have or do it because they have the right qualifications
are the right age
etc. 有资格的；合格的；具备条件的
Only those over 70 are eligible for the special payment.
只有 70 岁以上的人才有资格领取这项专款。
When are you eligible to vote in your country?
你们国家几岁才有资格投票选举呢？
Criterion: a standard or principle by which something is judged
or with the help of which a decision is made （评判或作决定的）标准，准则，原则 noun
The main criterion is value for money.
主要的标准是要划算。
What criteria are used for assessing a student's ability?
用什么标准来评定一个学生的能力？


Take place: to happen
especially after previously being arranged or planned （尤指根据安排或计划）发生，进行
The film festival takes place in October.
电影节将于十月举行。
We may never discover what took place that night.
我们可能永远不会知道那一夜发生了什么事。
Get a head count:数人数
Make reservations:预定
A well-oiled machine:上了润滑油的机器;运转良好的机构
Jell together:凝聚在一起