商务英语口语对话:研讨会

A: what did you learn at the workshop you went to yesterday? Do you think it was worth the investment to go?

B: yeah, I really got a lot of the session. The workshop topic was resolving personal problems. It was led by a professional human resoureces director. The teacher had a lot of experience, and I think we were all given a really good base to start with.

A: the workshop was only one afternoon long, do you really think you can learn that much in only a couple of hours?

B: it depends on the topic, the teacher, and the way the course is set up. Yesterday, even though we only had a short time to discuss the issues, the workshop got us all thinking. We learned some very basic, but very useful methods of dealing with personnel issues.

A: sounds like you really learned a lot.

B: I did… I just hope I can implement all these great ideas that we shared.

昨天你在研讨会上都学到了什么了?你认为值得一去吗?
是的,我真的从会上学到了很多东西.会议主题是解决人事问题,由专业人力资源部主任牵头讨论.那位教师的专业知识很丰富,我认为一开始就为我们打下了很好的基础.
研讨会只开了一个下午,你真的认为你两三个小时就能学到这么多东西吗?
那要看是什么话题,哪个老师教的,以及课程的组织方式.昨天,尽管我们只有很短的时间讨论,但研讨会确实让我们大家都开动了脑筋去思考一些问题.我们学到了一些很基本,但很有用的方法去处理人事问题.
确实如此……我只是希望我能确实运用我们所讨论分享的那些好办法.

Workshop: a period of discussion and practical work on a particular subject, in which a group of people share their knowledge and experience 研讨会;讲习班
a drama workshop
戏剧研讨班
a poetry workshop
诗歌讲习班

Session: a formal meeting or series of meetings of a court of law, a parliament, etc.; a period of time when such meetings are held （法庭的）开庭，开庭期；（议会等的）会议，会期
a session of the UN General Assembly
一届联合国大会
The court is now in session.
法庭现在正在开庭。
The committee met in closed session(= with nobody else present).
委员会举行了秘密会议。

Expertise: expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity or job 专门知识；专门技能；专长
professional/scientific/technical expertise
专业／科学／技术知识
They have considerable expertise in dealing with oil spills.
他们在解决溢油问题方面非常在行。
We have the expertise to help you run your business.
我们有帮助你经营自己业务的专门知识。

Personnel: the people who work for an organization or one of the armed forces （组织或军队中的）全体人员,职员
skilled/trained personnel
熟练的／训练有素的人员
sales/technical/medical/security personnel
推销／技术／医务／保安人员
army/military personnel
陆军军事人员