商務英語口語對話:研討會

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.

昨天你在研討會上都學到了什麼了?你認爲值得一去嗎?
是的,我真的從會上學到了很多東西.會議主題是解決人事問題,由專業人力資源部主任牽頭討論.那位教師的專業知識很豐富,我認爲一開始就爲我們打下了很好的基礎.
研討會只開了一個下午,你真的認爲你兩三個小時就能學到這麼多東西嗎?
那要看是什麼話題,哪個老師教的,以及課程的組織方式.昨天,儘管我們只有很短的時間討論,但研討會確實讓我們大家都開動了腦筋去思考一些問題.我們學到了一些很基本,但很有用的方法去處理人事問題.
確實如此……我只是希望我能確實運用我們所討論分享的那些好辦法.

Workshop: a period of discussion and practical work on a particular subject, in which a group of people share their knowledge and experience 研討會;講習班
a drama workshop
戲劇研討班
a poetry workshop
詩歌講習班

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）開庭，開庭期；（議會等的）會議，會期
a session of the UN General Assembly
一屆聯合國大會
The court is now in session.
法庭現在正在開庭。
The committee met in closed session(= with nobody else present).
委員會舉行了祕密會議。

Expertise: expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity or job 專門知識；專門技能；專長
professional/scientific/technical expertise
專業／科學／技術知識
They have considerable expertise in dealing with oil spills.
他們在解決溢油問題方面非常在行。
We have the expertise to help you run your business.
我們有幫助你經營自己業務的專門知識。

Personnel: the people who work for an organization or one of the armed forces （組織或軍隊中的）全體人員,職員
skilled/trained personnel
熟練的／訓練有素的人員
sales/technical/medical/security personnel
推銷／技術／醫務／保安人員
army/military personnel
陸軍軍事人員