Advanced week 130

写在前面的话

“ScalersTalk 口译进阶小组”的前身是“ScalersTalk 交传小组”，成立于 2015 年 2 月，现阶段，小组继续专注高级阶段的交替传译与同声传译训练，在巩固语言基本功的同时训练各类口译技能，从而为承担正式场合的口译打下坚实基础。96 周起，小组全面引入 CATTI 新版二口教材的训练，时间为每天晚上 8 点到 9 点，训练期间播放录音、记笔记，在空白处按暂停键后做口译，用 QQ 发群语音，然后对照文档，查找漏译和错译的部分，标出口译时较为困难的词汇和表达，随时发到群里；每天早上 6 点到 7 点训练复述。

本周复盘说明

第 130 周训练为同声传译和复述，本日志整理的是复述材料Why You Should Hold Your Boss Accountable的部分内容。

第 130 周——复述材料知识点整理

段落一

When an organization is working diligently to have accountability as part of its culture, accountability is not just a top-down strategy. It’s also not a negative thing. Accountability in an organization, when executed properly, actually has a positive impact on morale, efficiency, and even the profitability and success of an organization. But again, it’s not just about leaders holding their team members and subordinates accountable, in a really truly accountable organization that is successful, they have a culture of upward management and upward leadership.

短语词组

• have … as part of … 作为……的一部分

• accountability: someone who is accountable is completely responsible for what they do and must be able to give a satisfactory reason for it 问责

• a top-down strategy 自上而下的策略，与后文 upward management 相对

• hold someone accountable 问责

• subordinate: having a lower or less important position 下属

• in a really truly accountable organization 此处用了 really and truly

• upward management and upward leadership 自下而上的管理和领导方式

• 注意本段中的行文连接：先表明观点，即问责对企业的道德（社会责任感）、效率、盈利能力和成功会产生积极影响；用 but 表示转折，强调自下而上的管理模式。

段落二

Trust is an extremely important component of an organizational culture today now more than ever. And trust is often a cultural factor that is overlooked or not properly managed and measured. But it has an impact, for better or worse, on the financial health of an organization. And the two areas that trust affects most in any company are productivity and engagement. And according to global Gallup research from last year, employee disengagement is at a whopping 67%. Only 15% of the workforce can be defined as engaged, leaving 18% or what we call actively disengaged– meaning they’re working against the organization. And more Gallup research shows that employee disengagement here in the United States, oftentimes due to low levels of internal trust and internal accountability and discipline of leadership in organizations, costs us upwards of 550 billion dollars a year in lost productivity. So, one could theorize and conclude that trust is not a nice to have social variable, but it drives the financial performance and growth and success of any organization.

短语词组

• an extremely important component of an organizational culture企业文化中极其重要的组成部分

• be overlooked or not properly managed and measured 被忽视或者没有妥善管理和重视的

• for better or worse 无论好坏

• financial health/performance 财务状况

• productivity and engagement 生产力和参与度

• according to global Gallup research from last year 根据去年一项盖洛普的研究，注意介词from

• and more Gallup research shows that 另一项盖洛普的研究表明，与前文是递进关系

• employee disengagement 员工的疏离

  • disengagement: to become physically separated from something, or to make two things become physically separated

• cost upwards of 550 billion dollars a year in lost productivity 注意两个介词 upwards 和 in

  • upwards表示向上的趋势

  • in lost productivity 在生产力方面每年损失5500亿美元

• one could theorize and conclude that 得出结论，用在写作最后一段，表明作者观点

• a nice to have，也可写作 a nice-to-have 可有可无，must-have 必须拥有的，必备品

• drive the financial performance and growth and success of any organization 注意 drive 的用法

  • 表示推动、促进的词汇有：promote, propel, stimulate, strengthen, enhance, put forward, boost, expedite, speed up, accelerate, advance.

• oftentimes due to 常常因为，due to 一般接不好的方面，慎用

• low levels of internal trust （团队）内部信任水平低

• internal accountability 内部问责