VOA 商务英语 lesson34

Dialog 1:
Operation(业务，经营)
F：World Graphics² has quite an operation.(经营很不错
M: Thank you. But as you can see, we don’t have any more room.
F: you mean you’ve run out of space.( ideas,time)
M: we grow so fast, we don't have any more office space.
F:That’s a good problem to have , isn't it?
M: we grow by leaps and bounds.but you are right, it’s a good problem to have.
F: so you want our help.
M: not a moment too soon(正是时候). We have to do something.
Q:what is a good problem to have?
A:to grow too fast.
Dialog 2:
Core business
F: you’ve been in the graphic¹ industry for a long time.
M: that’s our core business, we only recently expanded to video production.
F: you’ve leveraged(use) your graphic experience into the video industry
M: yes,we help companies to promote (宣传) themselves and their products.
F: Ah,so you produce commercial videos.
M: we’ve been so successful that expansion is a must.
F: you need more studio space for video production
M: that’s right, even more space or outsourcing.
Q:how have world Graphics expanded
A: they’ve leveraged(use) their graphic experience into the video industry

Dialog 3:
F: Your customers come from all around the country,right?( all over=all around the city,region…)
M: two or three years ago, that was the case, now we have clients all around the world.
F: How have you attracted so many different clients?(client与customer的区别，client指专业人员的顾客，比如银行，咨询师)
M: Technology has helped, we do a lot of business through the internet.
F: Clients find you through the Internet?
M: but the majority of our clients come form good old－fashioned word of mouth.(by word of mouth口头传播)
F: Happy clients are effective advertisers.
M: someone else does the work for you.
Q: how do clients find World Graphics
A: by Internet and word of mouth.

Small talk:(表赞赏)
――it’s wonderful.

1 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

2 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。