原汁原味商務英語播客 第55課:源自足球的習語(上)

This Business English Pod lesson is the first in a two-part series on idioms that come from football, or soccer.
這是2節英語商務播客中的第1節，將學到源自足球的習慣用語。

Groups of employees work together as teams. Teams, or companies, compete against each other, trying to win recognition, profits, or new clients. Given these similarities, it’s not surprising that language would be similar when we talk about business and sports. And a number of different sports have contributed idioms to the English language.
很多員工按團隊來工作。團隊，公司，彼此競爭爭取認同，利潤或新的客戶。有這些相同點，談論商業和運動的語言有很多相似處也就不足爲奇了。許多不同的運動都爲英語貢獻了很多習慣用語。

Today, our focus will be on football idioms. As you listen to the dialog, you might hear some phrases that are new to you. Remembering the relationship between business and sports may help you out. Of course, we’ll go over all of them in the debrief and you’ll have a chance to practice them, too.
今天我們來學習與足球相關的習慣用語。聽對話時，你可能聽到一些陌生的短語。明白商業和運動的關係會幫助你理解。當然，我們會重溫這些習語，同時你會有機會來練習使用它們。

We’ll be listening to Karl and Marilyn, two friends that work at a publishing firm. Karl is thinking about applying for a manager’s job at the company’s Sydney location. He’s not sure about it, though, so he asks Marilyn what she thinks.
我們會聽到工作在同一家出版公司的Karl和 Marilyn之間的談話。Karl想申請公司悉尼分佈的經理職位。但是他拿不定注意，所以他詢問Marilyn的建議。

Listening Questions：

1. Why does Karl want to leave his current job?
2. What are two things Marilyn knows about the Sydney branch?
3. What has Karl heard about the Sydney branch?