【观点类 + 工作类】
The most important investment for a big company is to improve the efficiency and proficiency of its employees. 提高员工技能是公司最重要的投资，是否认同?(2012年9月16日)
【解析】efficiency n 效率;proficiency n 精通;熟练
【薛鹏点评】
对于学术类论文写作，SAT推荐一边倒支持或者反驳的写法，雅思推荐让步反驳的写法，
一边倒支持主题明确;逻辑清晰;易得高分，但要用三个论据和饱满的论证去证明作家立场，绝非易事。本题小鹏哥分享的是一边倒支持原题观点的写法，希望可以抛砖引玉。
【头脑风暴导言】
有谁愿躲在避风的港口，宁愿波涛汹涌的自由。小鹏哥最佩服的两类人：一是文学家;二是企业家。曾经，我和欧亚总裁曹和平交流，他的话语记忆犹新：“男人就是要走一条披荆斩棘之路。”企业的企字，上面为人，下面为止，众归则才聚，才聚则企业强。21世纪最贵的是人才。企业间的竞争，终归还是人才的竞争。巨人集团的史玉柱破产之时，还有百人的创业团队坚守在其身旁，坚信东山再起。马云创业之处，依赖是18罗汉。
【作家立场】促进企业发展的方式有很多，提高员工的效率和能力是最佳的选择。
【思路拓展】
为何提高员工技能是企业发展的最佳选择：
1. 企业家也是战略家，应该具有前瞻性和忧患意识。企业的竞争其实就是人才的竞争，每个创业者都渴望企业强大，而企业强劲发展的基石就是不断地提高员工的效能。《企业家》曾经采访过很多成功的创业者，很多人表达：吸引人才和培养人才为企业的发展注入了新鲜的活力。
2. 企业高效运行和提高效率的方式之一就是建立标准化的管理流程。换言之，一流的企业都有标准化的员工培训项目，对于高管，也会定期提供提升职业技能的机会。很多入职教师都会定期接受培训，同时，对于很多优秀的教学管理者，他们还有机会去英美国家定期学习。因此，规律的员工培训项目是提高员工效能，增强企业员工归属感和凝聚力的重要因素。
3. 争议使我想起叔叔保罗创业的故事，叔叔是创业者。创业之初，新职员被雇佣后要花费很长时间去适应工作以及熟悉工作流程。叔叔开始花费重金提供职业技能培训，以使他们精通业务。使叔叔无比欣慰的是：培训后的新职员很少犯错，可以更快地适应工作。
【薛鹏原创语料库】
1. enterprisers = businesses leaders = entrepreneurs n企业家
2. have great future-mindedness = is extremely far-sighted v有前瞻性
3. strengthen one’s sense of belongs v增强员工的归属感
4. inject fresh vitality into the prosperity of an enterprise v为企业的成功注入新鲜活力
解析：prosperity n 繁荣;成功
5. on-the-job training for the internal employees n在职员工的培训
6. to learn managerial skills and accumulate relevant experiences v学习管理技能和积累相关经验
7. be competent at managerial position v可以胜任管理职位
解析：be competent at v胜任
8. sb could have the particular skills and experiences required for the job 某人可以具备工作所需要的技能和经验
点评：叔叔保罗的故事;
9. impose a good impact on = have a really positive influence on v对于……有积极的影响
点评：推挤背诵;万能支持
10. play a more important role in v在……方面发挥重要的作用
11. motivate employees to work even harder v激发员工更加地努力工作
12. entice and encourage employees v吸引和激励员工
解析：entice v吸引
13. create feelings of optimism v带来乐观情绪
14. those employees with highest skills and richest experiences n具有高超技能和丰富经验的的职员
15. high achievers = highly efficient workers n高效员工
16. invest in the training of their employees v 投入员工培训
17. generate more economic value v带来更多的经济价值
18. enhance the reputation of the firms in the fierce competition v在激烈竞争中，提高公司的美誉度
点评：reputation = fame n 美誉度
19. produce more professionally well-trained staff v培养更多高效员工
20. lay a solid foundation for the further development of the company v为企业的发展打下坚实的基础
解析：lay a solid foundation for v 为……打下坚实的基础
【薛鹏原创语料库】
1. The competitions among corporations have been becoming increasingly fierce nowadays. 现在，公司之间的竞争变得日益激烈。
点评：句法用到了现在完成进行时
2. Whether the most worthwhile investment for a company is the cultivation of internal employees’ abilities and skills has ignited public debate. 是否公司最有价值的投资就是内部员工的能力和技能培养引起公众的争议。
解析：worthwhile adj 值得做的
解析：Whether …… has ignited public debate 是否……引起了公众的争议
3. Large companies typically have established standards for management and employees and thus have recognized employee-training programs and standardized dispute resolution strategies. 大型企业对于管理层和员工都有明确制度，并且确立了员工培训计划以及标准化的争端解决策略。
解析：strategies = methods = approaches n 方法
4. In order to generate more economic value and realize the sustainable development , the companies should constantly allocate more financial budget to the training programs for their employees. 为了创造更多的经济价值以及实现可持续性发展，公司应该不断地在员工培训方面投入更多财力。
解析：realize the sustainable development v实现可以持续发展
5. The most striking advantage is that the motivation of the employees will be highly inspired if they could be well-versed in work, therefore, they can fulfill their tasks efficiently.最明显的利好就是这可以激发员工的工作效能，因此，他们可以高效完成任务。
解析：be well-versed in v精通……
6. Qualified and frequent trainings enable the labors to work more actively, so, the profits the corporations could make will be greatly multiplied. 高效的惯常的培训使员工积极努力地工作，因此，公司可以获利。
解析：multiply v 增加
7. New teachers usually have more passion and confidence after receiving relevant trainings，meanwhile， the sense of being valued and respected by the corporations they are serving could successfully stabilize those high achievers。接受相关培训后，新教师更加热情和自信。同时，他们会有被企业重视和尊敬的感觉，因此，高效员工不会流失。
点评：写作
8. Paul has been carving out his own career after working for several companies . In the past, when green hands were hired, they needed a long period of time to adapt to the working conditions and familiarize themselves with the procedures 叔叔保罗，经历职场，自我创业。在过去，新职员被雇佣后花费很长时间适应工作以及熟悉工作流程。
解析：green hands n职场新人
解析：familiarize themselves with v使熟悉
9. Then my uncle begun to invest large sums of money providing professional trainings to make them excel professionally. 叔叔开始花费重金提供职业技能培训，以使他们精通业务。
拓展：excel academically v学业优异
10. Much to his relief, new employees are less likely to make mistakes and more likely to be adept at new jobs. 使叔叔无比欣慰的是：新职员很少犯错，更快擅长工作。
解析：be adept at v擅长
11. Polishing up the skills of the workers can, to larger extent, enhance the competitiveness of the firms. 提高员工技能，在很大程度上，可以提高公司的竞争力。
解析：polish up v改善
12. There are a great many things business leaders can do to stabilize and prosper their corporations. 企业家可以做很多事情来实现公司的稳定和繁荣。
点评：英汉翻译;词性不同
13. More precisely, managers can allocate the budget to advertisement or betterment of the facilities. However， it is the individual who has the most significant role to play in making companies function smoothly and efficiently, the benefits other activities bring in are obviously dwarfed. 具体而言，管理者可以分配预算投资广告，可以改善设备，但是，因为人才是公司平稳地高效地运转的关键，其他的利好明显微不足道。
解析：dwarf v矮小
14. High achievers can inject new life into the further development of the corporations.高效员工可以为企业的发展注入新鲜活力。
15. Therefore，the companies have to spend time and money training internal employees for their jobs. 因此，公司理应花时间和财力培训内部员工。