BBC英語六分鐘-每天堅持口語Corporate team building

Corporateteambuilding?BBC英語六分鐘練起來（2023.03.04）TranscriptNote:Thisisnotaword-for-wordtranscriptSophie

Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish.I'mSophie…Neil

AndI'mNeil…Sophie–didyougoonthecorporateawaydaylastweek?Sophie

Yes…youdidn'tmissanything.Ateambuildinggurulecturedusonhowtoworkmoreeffectivelywitheachother.Wegavesomepresentations,hadafewdrinksafter…

Neil

Right.OK.An

awayday

isadaythatemployeesspendtogetherawayfromtheirusualworkplace.Anda

guru

isanexpertinsomething.Sodidthisguruteachyouanythingnew,Sophie?Sophie

No…notreally.Neil

Shame.Iwashopingforsometipsonhowtoworkmoreeffectivelywithmyco-presenter.Sophie

Ithinkweworkveryeffectivelyalready,Neil.Now,today'sshowisabout

teambuilding

–orencouragingemployeestoworkwelltogetherasateambygettingthemtoengageindifferenttypesofactivities.Neil

Andapparently,somecompaniesintheUKareofferingtheiremployeesactivitiessuchas…

HungerGames-stylecombatdayswhereteamsmustworktogetherto'kill'asmanyoftheopposingteamaspossible.HaveyouseentheHungerGamesmovies,Sophie?Sophie

Yes.Neil

There'realsoZombiebootcampswheremilitaryinstructorstrainyouonhowtofightzombies–that'sdeadpeoplewhohavecomebacktolife.Forthemore

cerebral

–orbrainy–amongstus–therearecrimeinvestigationsmodelledonpopularTVdramaslikeSherlockHolmes.Sophie

Well,I'mnotsureabouttheZombiebootcamp–a

bootcamp

isashortcourseofhardphysicaltraining–buttheSherlockHolmesawaydaysoundslikefun.Neil

I'ddefinitelygofortheZombieexperience.ThoughI'mnotsurehowitconnectswithmostpeople'sworkinglives.Violence,death,thelivingdead…Sophie

Goodpoint.Neil

Solet'smoveonandhavetoday'squizquestion.WhatdidChairmanMaointroduceinChinain1951asacompulsoryactivityforworkersandwasreintroducedbythegovernmentafewyearsago?Wasit…

a)calisthenics?

b)calligraphy?

Orc)Englishlanguagelessons?Sophie

Calisthenics,bytheway,isatypeofgentlephysicalexercise…Neil

…and

calligraphy,bytheway,istheartofwritingbyhandwithaspecialbrush.Sophie

Well,I'mgoingfora)calisthenics.Neil

NotEnglishlanguagelessons,Sophie?Sophie

No.I'llstickwithcallisthenics,thanks.Neil

OK.Well,we'llfindoutlaterifyou'rerightornot.Now,whilstEnglishlessonsmightsoundlikehardwork,

ukulele

lessonsareapparentlycatchingon.Aukuleleisamusicalinstrument.TopbusinessmenBillGatesandWarrenBuffettbothdoit,andstressed-outcityworkersarefollowingtheirlead.HereintheUK,anumberofcompanieshavebeenholdingukuleleteambuildingsessions.Sophie

Thatsoundsamazing.Andisthereanythingabouttheukuleleinparticularthatleavespeoplefeelingbetterafterthey'veplayedit?Neil

Let'shearmoreaboutthisfromLorraineBow,whoteachespeopletoplaytheinstrument.Butlistenwithattentionbecauseshespokeonthephoneandthelinewasn'tgreat.INSERT

LorraineBow,ukuleleteacher

Well,Iguessit'sjustthefactthatyouknowpeopledon'toftensingintheireverydaylivesandit'sthefactthatyoucanplayandsing–playamusicalinstrument–withinanhour–it'squitea…youknow…it'squiteafulfillingthingreally.It'snotcompetitive–it'squiteeasytodoandabitlessintimidatingthanaguitar…Sophie

Lorraine,theukuleleteacher,alsosaysherclassesaren'tcompetitiveor

intimidating…Neil

…whichmeanssomethingthatmakesyoufeelnervous.Sophie

Now,beforeweheartheanswertotoday'squizquestion,let'shearaboutacompanyinAbuDhabiwhereleadershipistaughtthroughhorsetraining.Basically,youhavetogointheyardwithahorseandpersuadeitthatyou'rethebossbyusingbodylanguage.Here'sKellyEide,co-founderofthecompany,explainingwhyshethinksthisapproachworks.INSERT

KellyEide,Co-founderofTrueLeadership,AbuDhabi

Thehorsesdon'tcareifyourhairispurple,ifyou'reamanorawoman,ifyou'reoldoryoung,ifyouare…whatreligion.Soittranscendsallofthoseculturalboundaries–ittranscendsage,gender,religion,traditionetc.–sothat'saperfectfit.Andinanorganizationwhereyoureallyneedgroupsofpeopletogel,whocomefrombackgroundswhichhavenocommonnorms,youcanteachthatmostefficientlywithahorse.Neil

To

gel

withsomeonemeanstoconnectorgetonwellwithsomeone.Soyoutryandgetthehorsetodowhatyouwantusingbodylanguage.Andthehorsefeelsinstinctivelywhetherornotyouareanaturalleaderbecauseitdoesn'trecognizeculturaldifferences,haircolourandage.Sophie

Probablyeasiersaidthandone.Neil

Indeed.NowrememberIasked:WhatdidChairmanMaointroduceinChinain1951asacompulsoryactivityforworkersandwasreintroducedbythegovernmentafewyearsago?

Wasit…a)calisthenics?b)calligraphy?Orc)Englishlanguagelessons?Sophie

Isaida)calisthenics.Neil

Well,you'rerightonthebutton!Welldonethere,Sophie!Calisthenicsareusedatschoolsasawarmupforphysicaleducationclasses,duringsportsdayactivities,andbysomecompaniesasawayofbuildingmoraleandasenseofgroupunity,aswellastoraiseenergylevelsandencouragegoodhealth.Now

shakealeg

–orinotherwords–getmoving–andtellusthewordswelearnedtoday,Sophie.Sophie

Theyare:

awayday

guru

teambuilding

cerebral

bootcamp

callisthenics

calligraphy

synchronise

intimidating

gel

shakealegNeil

Well,that'stheendofthis6MinuteEnglish.Wehopeyouenjoyedit.Anddon'tforgettojoinusagainsoon!Both

Bye.

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intellectualor'brainy'bootcamp

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getmovingTranscript（雙語版）Sophie:Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish.I'mSophie…

大家好，歡迎收聽英語六分鐘。我是索菲……

Neil:AndI'mNeil…Sophie–didyougoonthecorporateawaydaylastweek?

我是尼爾……索菲，上周公司放松旅行日你去了嗎？

Sophie:Yes…youdidn'tmissanything.Ateambuildinggurulecturedusonhowtoworkmoreeffectivelywitheachother.Wegavesomepresentations,hadafewdrinksafter…

去了……千萬不要錯過任何好事。一位團隊建設方面的大師為我們開了一個講座，教我們如何更有效地與他人合作。我們也做了演講，然后喝了飲料……

Neil:Right.OK.Anawaydayisadaythatemployeesspendtogetherawayfromtheirusualworkplace.Andaguruisanexpertinsomething.Sodidthisguruteachyouanythingnew,Sophie?

好的。放松旅行日是公司員工一起在非日常工作場合聚會放松的日子。某方面的大師是指某方面的專家。他給你們講了什么新鮮的東西嗎，索菲？

Sophie:No…notreally.

基本上沒有。

Neil:Shame.Iwashopingforsometipsonhowtoworkmoreeffectivelywithmyco-presenter.

太遺憾了。我還想學一些東西以便更有效地和我的搭檔主持合作呢。

Sophie:Ithinkweworkveryeffectivelyalready,Neil.Now,today'sshowisaboutteambuilding–orencouragingemployeestoworkwelltogetherasateambygettingthemtoengageindifferenttypesofactivities.

我覺得我們很有效率啊，尼爾。今天的節(jié)目和團隊建設有關。團隊建設是通過不同類型的活動鼓勵員工更好地在一起工作。

Neil:Andapparently,somecompaniesintheUKareofferingtheiremployeesactivitiessuchas…HungerGames-stylecombatdayswhereteamsmustworktogetherto'kill'asmanyoftheopposingteamaspossible.HaveyouseentheHungerGamesmovies,Sophie?

顯然，英國的一些公司為員工舉辦了各種活動，比如類似“饑餓游戲”的對抗賽，在這種比賽中每個團隊要“殺死”盡可能多的敵人團隊里的成員。你看過電影《饑餓游戲》嗎，索菲？

Sophie:Yes.

看過。

Neil:There'realsoZombiebootcampswheremilitaryinstructorstrainyouonhowtofightzombies–that'sdeadpeoplewhohavecomebacktolife.Forthemorecerebral–orbrainy–amongstus–therearecrimeinvestigationsmodelledonpopularTVdramaslikeSherlockHolmes.

還有僵尸訓練營，在那里將有軍隊的教官培訓你如何打僵尸。僵尸是死而復生的人類。而對于我們這些更機智、更有腦子的人，還會組織那種模仿電視劇《神探夏洛克》中的犯罪案件調查活動。

Sophie:Well,I'mnotsureabouttheZombiebootcamp–abootcampisashortcourseofhardphysicaltraining–buttheSherlockHolmesawaydaysoundslikefun.

呃，我不確定我會不會喜歡僵尸訓練營。訓練營是進行艱苦的體能訓練的場地。但是《神探夏洛克》聽起來不錯。

Neil:I'ddefinitelygofortheZombieexperience.ThoughI'mnotsurehowitconnectswithmostpeople'sworkinglives.Violence,death,thelivingdead…

盡管我不知道這和人們的日常工作有什么聯系，我還是一定會選打僵尸。暴力、死亡、還有活死人……

Sophie:Goodpoint.

想法不錯。

Neil:Solet'smoveonandhavetoday'squizquestion.WhatdidChairmanMaointroduceinChinain1951asacompulsoryactivityforworkersandwasreintroducedbythegovernmentafewyearsago?Wasita)calisthenics?b)calligraphy?Orc)Englishlanguagelessons?

讓我們接著看我們今天的問題吧。1951年毛主席規(guī)定了以下哪項為員工的義務活動，而且中國政府在幾年后又將這項活動重新引入？是a)健美操?b)書法?還是c)英語課？

Sophie:Calisthenics,bytheway,isatypeofgentlephysicalexercise…

解釋一下，健美操是一種較為溫和的體育鍛煉……

Neil:…andcalligraphy,bytheway,istheartofwritingbyhandwithaspecialbrush.

書法，是用一種特殊的筆刷寫字的藝術。

Sophie:Well,I'mgoingfora)calisthenics.

我要選a)健美操。

Neil:NotEnglishlanguagelessons,Sophie?

不選英語課嗎，索菲？

Sophie:No.I'llstickwithcallisthenics,thanks.

不用了，我還是堅持我選的健美操，謝謝。

Neil:OK.Well,we'llfindoutlaterifyou'rerightornot.Now,whilstEnglishlessonsmightsoundlikehardwork,ukulelelessonsareapparentlycatchingon.Aukuleleisamusicalinstrument.TopbusinessmenBillGatesandWarrenBuffettbothdoit,andstressed-outcityworkersarefollowingtheirlead.HereintheUK,anumberofcompanieshavebeenholdingukuleleteambuildingsessions.

好的。稍后我們看你選的是否正確。現在上英語課似乎是一個苦差事，但是現在學習尤克里里琴好像挺流行。尤克里里琴是一種樂器。世界頂尖商人比爾·蓋茨和沃倫·巴菲特都在學，城市里承受著巨大工作壓力的員工們也在效仿他們。在英國還有一些公司通過讓員工上尤克里里琴課建設團隊。

Sophie:Thatsoundsamazing.Andisthereanythingabouttheukuleleinparticularthatleavespeoplefeelingbetterafterthey'veplayedit?

聽上去不錯。尤克里里到底有什么奇妙的地方，人們彈完它之后會感覺好一些嗎？

Neil:Let'shearmoreaboutthisfromLorraineBow,whoteachespeopletoplaytheinstrument.Butlistenwithattentionbecauseshespokeonthephoneandthelinewasn'tgreat.

讓我們聽教這種樂器的老師洛林·鮑為我們介紹更多這方面的內容。請仔細聽，因為她是在電話里說的，信號不是很好。

Well,Iguessit'sjustthefactthatyouknowpeopledon'toftensingintheireverydaylivesandit'sthefactthatyoucanplayandsing–playamusicalinstrument–withinanhour–it'squitea…youknow…it'squiteafulfillingthingreally.It'snotcompetitive–it'squiteeasytodoandabitlessintimidatingthanaguitar…

啊，我想可能是因為人們平時生活中不是經常唱歌。而尤克里里課可以讓他們在一個小時內學會邊彈奏一種樂器邊唱歌，這讓他們感覺很充實，而且沒有競爭性，這很容易學，而且也沒有像吉他那樣復雜到讓人感到害怕……

Sophie:Lorraine,theukuleleteacher,alsosaysherclassesaren'tcompetitiveorintimidating…

教尤克里里的老師洛林說她的可能沒有競爭感也不嚇人……

Neil:…whichmeanssomethingthatmakesyoufeelnervous.

嚇人是指某件東西讓你感到緊張。

Sophie:Now,beforeweheartheanswertotoday'squizquestion,let'shearaboutacompanyinAbuDhabiwhereleadershipistaughtthroughhorsetraining.Basically,youhavetogointheyardwithahorseandpersuadeitthatyou'rethebossbyusingbodylanguage.Here'sKellyEide,co-founderofthecompany,explainingwhyshethinksthisapproachworks.

在我公布今天問題的答案之前，我們來聽一聽關于阿布扎比一家通過訓練馬匹來培養(yǎng)影響力的公司的消息?；镜牧鞒淌?，你把一匹馬帶去馬場，并用肢體語言說服它聽你的話。以下是凱利·埃德，這家公司的合伙創(chuàng)始人之一，為我們解釋為什么這種方法有效。

Thehorsesdon'tcareifyourhairispurple,ifyou'reamanorawoman,ifyou'reoldoryoung,ifyouare…whatreligion.Soittranscendsallofthoseculturalboundaries–ittranscendsage,gender,religion,traditionetc.–sothat'saperfectfit.Andinanorganizationwhereyoureallyneedgroupsofpeopletogel,whocomefrombackgroundswhichhavenocommonnorms,youcanteachthatmostefficientlywithahorse.

馬兒不會關心你是否留著紫色的頭發(fā)、不管你是男是女、是老是少，也不關心你屬于哪個宗教。這跨越了年齡、性別、宗教、傳統(tǒng)等方面的界線。所以這完全適合作為團隊建設的方法。在一個機構中如果你真的需要在來自不同背景、不同團隊、擁有不同風俗習慣的人們之間培養(yǎng)團結精神，你可以選擇馴馬這種有效的方式。

Neil：Togelwithsomeonemeanstoconnectorgetonwellwithsomeone.Soyoutryandgetthehorsetodowhatyouwantusingbodylanguage.Andthehorsefeelsinstinctivelywhetherornotyouareanaturalleaderbecauseitdoesn'trecognizeculturaldifferences,haircolourandage.

團結某人是指和某人很好地聯系、相處。所以你要通過肢體語言讓馬兒做