VOA Station ID
Functioning In Business, FIB 8D-6
Lao Opening
FIB Opening
Language Focus: Questions Based on FIB Dialog
Larry: Questions.
Listen to the question, then listen to the dialog.
Saly: Listen to the question, then listen to the dialog in Lao.
Eliz: Is Mr. Epstein happy with Ms. Graham’s decision?
(short pause)
Epstein: Well, it’s too bad, but I guess things worked out the way we thought they might.
Blake: Yeah, but this has been a valuable experience for us.
Now we know what our biggest problem will be with the North American market.
Epstein: Well, for me, of course, I’m still not happy.
Eliz: Is Mr. Epstein happy with Ms. Graham’s decision?
(ding)
(pause for answer)
Eliz: No, he isn’t. He is disappointed.
(short pause)
Larry: Listen to the question, then listen to the dialog.
Saly Listen to the question, then listen to the dialog in Lao.
Eliz: In Mr. Epstein’s opinion, what was Shirley’s main concern?
(short pause)
Epstein: It’s just too bad that I... we couldn’t convince Shirley.
Still, I can understand her point, too.
She’s under a lot of pressure here to get this new operation going by October.
Eliz: In Mr. Epstein’s opinion, what was Shirley’s main concern?
(ding)
(pause for answer)
Eliz: He felt that her main concern was the October deadline.
(short pause)
MUSIC
Culture Tips: Empathy
Larry: Culture Tips
Saly: Culture Tips in Lao
This Culture Tip answers the question: “How do American managers deal with their employees’ personal problems?” (in Lao)
· an idiom Lao translation
· “to put yourself in someone else’s shoes” Lao translation
Eliz: Welcome again to “Culture Tips” with Gary Engleton.
Today, our e-mail question is “How do American managers deal with their employees’ personal problems?”
Gary: Most managers understand that personal problems can prevent
workers from doing a good job.Good managers will talk with their employees and get to know them.
And if there’s a problem, they will try to help find a solution.
Eliz: So they’ll try to understand the employee’s problem.
Gary: Yes. There is an important idiom in English.
It’s “ to put yourself in someone else’s shoes.”
Eliz: So you imagine yourself in that person’s situation?
Gary: Yes, if you can do that, then you can really understand them.
Eliz: Thanks, Gary. That was very interesting.
MUSIC
Language Focus: True/False
Larry: True or False.
Saly : True or False in Lao.
Eliz: Good managers try to understand other people’s feelings.
(ding)
(pause for an answer)
Eliz: True. Many American managers think it is important to get to know their employees.
(pause)
Eliz: Personal problems can affect a person’s job performance.
(ding)
(pause for an answer)
Eliz: True. Personal problems outside of work can prevent workers from doing a good job.
MUSIC
Saly: Explanations in Lao
FIB Closing