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Woman: Well, that was an interesting visit to Sandfords this morning.
今天上午對桑福德公司的訪問很有趣。
Man: Yes, I'd really like to get the contract with them.
是的，我真的很想和他們簽訂合同。
They'd be an excellent company for our portfolio.
對于我們的投資組合來說，他們將是一家優秀的公司。
Woman: Absolutely. Talking to the department managers was extremely useful.
當然。跟部門經理們的談話非常有用。
How did you get on in discussion with the senior management team?
你和高級管理團隊討論得怎么樣?
Man: A similar experience, very informative. I was impressed.
跟你體驗類似，談話非常有益。我印象很深刻。
They're operating in a highly competitive market, yet they're totally committed to investment in training.
他們公司處在一個競爭激烈的市場，但他們完全致力于投資培訓。
Woman: Not all companies take that view, of course, especially when the economy is on a downturn.
當然，并不是所有公司都持這一觀點，尤其是當經濟處于下滑的時候。
Man: Quite. Sandfords' view is long-term. Instead of being satisfied that they're already known as a good company to work for,
確實。桑福德考慮的是長遠的發展。他們不滿足于自己已經被認為是一家值得為之工作的好公司，
they want their management programmes to create an established, committed team and keep those people in the company.
他們希望自己的管理課程能夠創建一個成熟、忠誠的團隊，并讓這些人留在公司。
Woman: The staff I spoke to had plenty to say about the training they received in the past. So did the senior managers.
跟我談話的員工對于他們過去接受的培訓有很多的想法。高層經理們也是如此。
Man: As you probably found out, they've always tried to run their own in-house programmes before, using the knowledge areas of a number of their own personnel.
或許你發現了，他們以前經常嘗試利用公司內部的一些知識領域的人員來運營自己的內部課程。
They were very keen for management training to be attended by all managers.
他們非常希望所有管理人員都能參加管理培訓。
Of course, they rarely succeeded in getting everyone together at the same time.
當然，他們很少能同時把所有人聚到一塊。
Sessions kept getting cancelled and people were generally irritated by the changes to arrangements,
培訓課程不斷被取消，人們普遍對課程安排的變化感到惱火，
though those sessions that did take place were well received, especially ones on the more specialist topics.
雖然那些舉行的培訓課程受到了良好的歡迎，特別是關于更專業主題的課程。
