Staff
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定义
staff (of a company): 员工，职员，雇员（一个公司的）
the teaching staff 全体教师
the serving staff 服务人员
the ground staff 地勤人员
to staff: 配备职员，供给人员
to staff a company 为公司配备人员
Pronunciation examples
UK: The staff are unhappy with their pay and conditions.
US: I used an agency to help staff my company.
示例
- "Let's make your senior staff more accessible, more attractive, more distinguished, and less naked."
- "The friendly CRAP Staff"
- "(to staff) See you guys later...maybe!"
- "While the print media has indeed been critical of your company recently, we propose focusing on Delavigne's Internet presence to shift the narrative from tabloid gossip to the high quality profiles and experience of your staff."
- "My treasured staff"
- "To : Staff"
- "- Staff members are to be treated with respect, and therefore not to be bitten."
- "The friendly CRAP staff"
- "Cc : Delavigne Staff"
- "Dear Staff"
- "Dear staff"
- "Voiceover : Previously, at the Delavigne Corporation: Lucie Lohan, heiress to the Lohan fortune ran away from the company because the staff wouldn't stop singing."
- "I want to thank you for your invaluable help over the last few weeks: Replacing the majority of our workforce with automatons and robots was no easy task, but your help in reducing our fragile, fleshy and weak human staff was done with ruthless, near robotic, efficiency."
- "I have a suggestion that I think would be very helpful in boosting the morale of the staff."
- "Delavigne Staff : Yes."
- "Bruno : Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Delavigne staff parking lot!"
- "Staff : (talking amongst themselves)"
- "Subject: Training services for Delavigne staff members"
- "CRAP staff member : Mr. Oléré, are you ready for a delicious fresh fruit platter?"
练习 1
Bruno mentions resources which will be "allocated" to the Customer Support department.
What are they? There may be more than one!
What are they? There may be more than one!
Bruno mentions resources which will be "allocated" to the Customer Support department.
What are they? There may be more than one!
What are they? There may be more than one!
Bruno says in the dialogue that the "Customer Service Division" will be given (or allocated) "money". "Funds" and "money" are synonymous in this context. The verb "to allocate" means to assign or set aside, however the term is generally used when referring to resources such as time, money or personal. It is usually organizations (or governments) which "allocate" resources.
Bruno says that the Customer Service division will be given "personnel", or human resources. The words "staff" and "personnel" are synonymous. Bruno also mentions that Trey will be managing a team of hotline technicians and sales representatives.
Bruno tells Trey that he will be working closely with the production department to ensure that there are no defects in Delavigne packaging. Bruno is not offering packaging materials to the customer service division.
The term "luggage" is a collective noun which refers to the bags and belongings that one takes with them on a journey. This is not one of the things that Bruno is giving the department. "Equipment" and "luggage" have different meanings.
Bruno says that he will give the department more "equipment". The "equipment" to which Bruno is referring is most likely office equipment (computers, furniture and office supplies).
练习 2
"I'll be inspecting your facilities."
Which of the following could be considered "facilities"?
There may be more than one correct answer!
Which of the following could be considered "facilities"?
There may be more than one correct answer!
"I'll be inspecting your facilities."
Which of the following could be considered "facilities"?
There may be more than one correct answer!
Which of the following could be considered "facilities"?
There may be more than one correct answer!
This is correct. The "facilities (of a place)" refers to the building and the equipment within it. The bank decided to spend a lot of money improving the facilities for customers and employees.
This is incorrect. "Facilities" does not refer to the staff or human element of a building. Curtis is not interested in investigating the Delavigne employees.
This is correct. The "facilities (of an installation)" refers to the building and the equipment within it. Example: the hospital needs to improve its facilities, the beds are old and the coffee machines don't work.
This is incorrect. "Facilities" does not refer to work efficiency. Curtis is not performing an efficiency review at Delavigne Corp.
This is incorrect. "Facilities" does not refer to the training program. Curtis is not interested in investigating Delavigne Corp's training program.
练习 3
Now select the TRUE statements!
There may be more than one correct choice!
There may be more than one correct choice!
Now select the TRUE statements!
There may be more than one correct choice!
There may be more than one correct choice!
This is a false statement. Jean says the food is "disgusting" (=very bad). Despite this fact, he continues eating and says "I don't like (the food), but a man has to eat." This suggests that Jean is more concerned with filling his stomach than the worrying about the quality of the food. Not very French!
This is a false statement. At the beginning of the conversation, Brian says, "isn't it nice to sit down together in the staff canteen?". The "staff" are the employees of a company. A "canteen" is typically the part of a factory, school or hospital where people eat. This means that Brian, Hannah and Jean are eating together at work; they are not out for dinner at a restaurant.
This is a true statement. At the beginning of the conversation, Hannah says, "Good food and good company!". This means she is enjoying the food and also socializing with her colleagues, Jean and Brian. Jean responds by saying, "I agree for the company. But the food? It is disgusting!". This means Jean likes eating with his work colleagues - it is the food he is not sure about (even though he seems to be eating a lot of it!).
This is a true statement. Jean wants Hannah to give him her food. He says to her: "are you going to finish your green bean casserole?". Jean is a very greedy man!
练习 4
Time to fill in the blanks, baby! Listen to the audio clip and complete the dictation exercise.
"In the , I'd like to show you the executive offices, introduce you to the , and answer any questions you may have."
"In the , I'd like to show you the executive offices, introduce you to the , and answer any questions you may have."
Time to fill in the blanks, baby! Listen to the audio clip and complete the dictation exercise.
"In the meantime 1, I'd like to show you the executive offices, introduce you to the staff 2, and answer any questions you may have."
"In the meantime 1, I'd like to show you the executive offices, introduce you to the staff 2, and answer any questions you may have."
1 meantime: "Meantime", or more correctly "in the meantime" describes a simultaneous action or indicate one action which will take place while another is in progress. Example: "I'm going to the shops. In the meantime, please could you cook dinner?".
2 staff: The "staff (of a company)" describes the personnel or employees within it. Example: Please don't hesitate to ask the staff for anything. Note that "staff" can take either a singular or plural verb. Generally in American English, it takes a singular verb (the staff is very helpful), while in British English, a plural verb is generally used (the staff are very unhappy).
练习 5
Nicola speaks of an increase in the Delavigne "market share". She is referring to an increase in
Nicola speaks of an increase in the Delavigne "market share". She is referring to an increase in
This is incorrect and is not the meaning of a company's "market share". A company's "workforce" refers to the number of workers available for labor in that company.
This is not correct. A company's "market share" is not connected to the number of employees that a company has in its marketing department. It is the company's part (or "share") of the overall market for its particular product.
This is not correct. While an increase in market share will often lead to an increase in share values, a company's "market share" is that company's part (or portion) of the overall market for its particular product.
This is correct. A company's "market share" is that company's part of the overall market for its particular product. "Reno Cars has seen its market share in Asia increase by 50% over the past two years." "Share" has a similar meaning with "portion", "percentage" or "part" in this context, for example: Our share of sales in the perfume market is high this year.
