BEC剑桥商务英语辅导 交际高手08

　　Situational conversations
　　Dialogue one what is your salary at present
　　A: what was your salary last year?
　　B: 100000 Yuan per year.
　　A: what is your salary at present?
　　B: My bosses promise me 110000 Yuan, raises will be given after 3 months’ pervasion according to my performance.
　　A: Quite reasonable.
　　Dialogue two did you get bonus this year
　　A: Did you get bonus this year?
　　B: Yes, got the equivalent of 3 months salary.
　　A: It’s quite amazing that you received so much.
　　B: If you have an idea of how many hours of overtime I have done, you wouldn’t say so.
　　Dialogue three do you have position compensation?
　　A: How much was the average increase of annual salary in your new company last year?
　　B: 10%.
　　A：How about the compensation and benefits?
　　B: Better than my old job.
　　A: Do you have position compensation?
　　B: Yes, but I never received it.
　　Dialogue four employee expenses area the largest cost
　　A: I was told that employee expenses area the largest cost of doing business in western companies like yours.
　　B: Exactly, western salaries and benefits usually constitute at least 50% of company expenses.
　　A: How can that be?
　　B: You know, for each employee the company has to pay a basic salary, make contributions for patient plans, medical plans, and pays for office space and furniture and things like that.
　　A: These things could cost quite a lot.
　　B: Besides, the company has to cover the cost of other benefits such as paid vacations and sick days.
　　A: I see, so running a company is not an easy job in itself.