Good morning everyone.

大家早上好.

My name's Janet Parker and I'm the human resources manager.

我叫珍妮特·帕克，是人力资源部经理。

We're very happy to welcome you to your new apprenticeship.

我们非常欢迎你们加入学徒期。

I hope that the next six months will be a positive and enjoyable experience for you.

我希望接下来的六个月对你们来说是一次积极愉快的经历。

I'd like to start with some general advice about being an apprentice.

首先我来说一下对学徒们的一些建议。

Most of you have very little or no experience of working for a big organisation and the first week or so may be quite challenging.

你们中的大多数人只有很少或完全没有在大公司工作的经验，因此第一周对于你们来说可能是相当具有挑战性的。

There will be a lot of new information to take in but don't worry too much about trying to remember everything.

你们将会消化很多新信息，但是不用太担心自己记不住所有的事情。

The important thing is to check with someone if you're not sure what to do - you'll find your supervisor is very approachable and won't mind explaining things or helping you out.

重要的是，如果你们不确定该做什么，就主动询问，你们会发现你们的主管很平易近人，他们不会介意为你们解释或提供帮助。

You're here to learn so make the most of that opportunity.

你们是来学习的，所以要好好利用这个机会。

You'll be spending time in different departments during your first week so make an effort to talk to as many people as possible about their work - you'll make some new friends and find out lots of useful information.

在第一周，你们会在不同的部门呆上一段时间，所以要努力和尽可能多的人谈论他们的工作——你们会结交一些新朋友，并且会找到很多有用的信息。

As well as having a supervisor, you'll each be assigned a mentor.

除了一位主管外，你们每人还将被分配一位导师。

This person will be someone who's recently completed an apprenticeship and you'll meet with them on a weekly basis.

导师们将是最近刚结束学徒期的人，你们将每周与他们见面。

Their role is to provide help and support throughout your apprenticeship.

他们负责在你们的整个学徒期提供帮助和支持。

Of course, this doesn't mean they actually do any of your work for you - instead they'll be asking you about what goals you've achieved so far, as well as helping you to identify any areas for improvement.

当然，这并不意味着他们会为你做任何具体的工作，他们会问你们到目前为止你实现了什么目标，以及帮助你们明确任何需要改进的领域。

You can also discuss your more long-term ambitions with them as well.

你们也可以和他们讨论自己更长远的抱负。