2014年ESL之商务英语 02 Using Infographics

 

Using Infographics 

Mario: That’s a lot of text in your proposal. Are you sure people are going to take the time to read all of that? 

Cleo: It’s a complex proposal with a lot of moving parts. I can’t simplify it without leaving out essentials. 

Mario: What you need are infographics. You can encapsulate and communicate a lot of information by using visuals. 

Cleo: This is a serious business proposal. I want people to take it seriously, and I don’t want them to get distracted by a lot of color pictures. 

Mario: That’s precisely² why you have to use infographics. Look at these reports and proposals I’ve received in the past year. Everybody is communicating complex sets of information and statistics in maps and graphics¹. You can even show hierarchies³ and networks easily using infographics. 

Cleo: I didn’t know it could be done in such a professional way, but I don’t know the first thing about creating infographics. 

Mario: Lucky for you, I know an expert. 

Cleo: Who? 

Mario: Someone who is enormously talented, but underappreciated. 

Cleo: I don’t think I know anyone like that. 

Mario: Hmph! 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 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。

2 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

3 hierarchies   

等级制度( hierarchy的名词复数 )； 统治集团； 领导层； 层次体系

参考例句：

• That's a trip of two hierarchies. 那是两个领导层之间的互访。
• Hierarchies of authority, spans of control, long-range plans, and budgets. 等级森严的权力机构，控制范围，长期计划，预算。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦