B: Mr. Sun, I’d like you to meet Mr. Johnathan Mitchell, sales manager for Nortern Reflections of Canada.

　(Sun extends hand first; Sun and Mitchell shake hands) Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Steven Sun, general manager of Apex Trading.

　孫先生,讓我為你介紹加拿大Northern Reflections的業(yè)務(wù)經(jīng)理-Jonathan Mitchell先生。(孫先生先伸出手,兩人握手)Mitchell先生,這是Steven孫先生,Apex貿(mào)易公司的總經(jīng)理。

　S: It’s very nice to finally meet you, Mr. Mitchell -after so many phonecalls and faxes. (offers his business card first) I’d like you to have my business card.

　多次電話、傳真往返之后,非常高興終于見到您,Mitchell先生(先遞出名片),請(qǐng)收下我的名片。Bgyedu.CoM

　J: Thanks very much, Mr. Sun. Please accept mine. (offers his own card) And please, call me Johnathan.

　(both look at cards for a few seconds, then put them in wallets-not pockets)

　謝謝您,孫先生。也請(qǐng)收下我的名片(遞上自己的名片),叫我Johnathan就行了。

　(兩個(gè)人都看了一下對(duì)方的名片,放入皮夾而非口袋中)

　B: If you don’t mind, Johnathan, while you and Mr. Sun get acquainted, I’d　like to check the arrangements for the meeting.

　如果你不介意,Johnathan,在你和孫先生互相認(rèn)識(shí)時(shí),我先失陪,看看會(huì)議安排得如何。

　J: You’re certainly on top of things, Brian.

　Brian,一切當(dāng)然在你掌握之中!

　S: (looking at Brian) You’ll find Mr. Tayler-Brian - is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Tradig.

　(看著Brian)Talyer先生,您會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)Brian是Apex貿(mào)易公司的大將。

　B: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr. Sun. I’ll be right back. (leaves room)

　孫先生,謝謝你的信任票,我馬上回來(lái)。(走出房間)

　J: He appears to be a top-notch young man, Mr. Sun. Talent and enthusiasm like that are hard to find.

　孫先生,他看起來(lái)是個(gè)有為的青年,很難找到像他這樣有才干、有熱忱的人。

　S: Don’t I know it. He’s doing a great job for us. And please, call me Steven.

　我完全同意,他在公司表現(xiàn)不凡,請(qǐng)叫我Steven就行了。

　J: Steven, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail market is like in Taiwan?

　Steven,你可以簡(jiǎn)單地告訴我臺(tái)灣零售市場(chǎng)的現(xiàn)況嗎?

　S: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector seems to be in the to-end.

　唔,由于每人的平均收入不斷地增高,市場(chǎng)的發(fā)展領(lǐng)域似乎偏向于高價(jià)位商品。

　J: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.

　此地的零售走入高價(jià)位了?臺(tái)灣的發(fā)展比我想像得要快多了。

　S: Yes. Things certainly have changed since I was a boy. We’ve developed very quickly.

　沒錯(cuò),現(xiàn)在的臺(tái)灣和我小時(shí)候完全不一樣了,這里發(fā)展得非常快速。

　J: Do you think the trend will continue?

　你想這種趨勢(shì)還會(huì)維持下去嗎?

　S: I don’t see why not. We do have some problems, but we are still willing to work hard-and wages aren’t too high at this point.

　我不覺得有什么不行!雖然是有一些問(wèn)題,但我們?nèi)栽敢馇趭^工作,而且現(xiàn)階段工資仍不算太高。

　J: Everything I’ve seen so far is very impressive. Very impressive indeed.

　到目前為止,我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻,真的十分深刻。

　情境短語(yǔ)

　1. get acquainted (with…) (和`……)認(rèn)識(shí),熟悉……

　這個(gè)常用的短語(yǔ)暗示雙方從不認(rèn)識(shí)到熟識(shí), "get"可換 "become"。若是短語(yǔ)之后,要加上被認(rèn)識(shí)的對(duì)象,以介系詞 "with"連接。

　例: Our boss got acquainted with a couple of real estate agents in the golf Club.

　(我們老板在高爾夫俱樂部里結(jié)識(shí)了幾位做房地產(chǎn)的商人。)

　2. on top of things 完全掌握

　字面的意思是將問(wèn)題克服,高高踩在上面,引申為"控制全局"。

　例: The new manager was always worried he wasn’t on top of things.

　(新經(jīng)理一直擔(dān)心自己無(wú)法掌握全局。)

　3. (a) force to be reckoned with 值得注意的人物

　"(a) force","力量",可以指一個(gè)團(tuán)體、事物或個(gè)人; "reckon"在此的意思為"認(rèn)定"。 "a force to be reckoned with"是形容"有成功的條件而值得注意的人物、團(tuán)體"。

　例: The new company will be a force to be reckoned with in the future.

　(這家新公司未來(lái)值得大家注意。)

　4. Don’t I know it. 我完全同意!

　當(dāng)此句型以句點(diǎn)(.)而非問(wèn)號(hào)結(jié)尾時(shí),表示完全同意對(duì)的方意見,為口語(yǔ)用法,強(qiáng)調(diào)的是肯定的含意。意思為"我怎會(huì)不知道!?;我當(dāng)然明白這一點(diǎn)!"。

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