公务员口语05

Work Conferences

Dialogue 1

-Do you know the tax meeting will held tomorrow?

-Yes,it will be held at nine in the morning in NO.3 conference room.

-No,it has been postponed¹ to two o'clock in the afternoon.

-Is it still in NO.3 conference room?

-The notice says that it will be in the city government's conference room,and that the mayor may have a speech.

-Thank you for telling me.

-You are welcome.

Dialogue 2

-Does everyone agree about the issue?

-No.I think we have to discuss further.

-Mr. Green,do you have something to say about this issue?

-In my opinion,I think we had better form a system.

-Can you give some suggestions?

-We should have a special person to take charge of the work.

-I agree with you here.

Dialogue 3

-Shall we begin,ladies and gentlemen?We will discuss the issue of the potential market of our new product.First I'd like to have your suggestions.

-To be frank,we haven't got enough research yet.We should see all this a bit further.

-David,may we have your comments?

-We may have a negotiation² with the clients and show them our sample.

-That sounds good.I second the motion.It seems to be the best solution to the problem.

-Can I come in here?In my opinion,it is neccessary to have an immediate³ research.

-Let us end here.We are running a bit short on time.Let's break off for a

cup of tea.

Dialogue 4

-Assistant Luo,have you come up with any ideas about our latest product?

-Yes,as a matter of fact.I have a few ideas to run by you.I think we should have a news conference for our latest development.As I know,there are still many people who are strangers to our latest product.

-You are right ,Assistant Luo.You took the words out of my muth.Well,I need you to arrange a news conference for Friday at 3:00 p.m to introduce our latest product.

-OK,Manager.I'll inform the journalists of the conference.

-Very well,but you should keep some detaild of the product and leave the room for Speculation⁴.Do you understand?

-Yes ,I do

Dialogue 5

-Miss Su,is everything ready now?

-I'm sorry,Manager.I am afraid we are not ready yet.I think we need some more time to have everything in order.

-Well,when can you be ready?

-About two hours later.

-No,I want you to get it ready in an hour.

-Um~all right,I'll do my best.

Dialogue 6

-We are going to set up a new branch in the eastern part of the city.Can you

draft a formal invitation and have it printed before the opening ceremony?

-Sure,if you tell me the time ,the date and the place.

-Oct.The fifteenth,at 10:30 a.m.The address is No.142 Xin Hua Dong Lu.

-Who shall I say the invitation is from?

-Mr. Tian Daxiu,the president of our corporation.

-And how many invitaion cards do we need?

-Let me see~well,I think two hundred invitation cards will be enough.

-All right.I can manage that ,but I hope you'll check them over after I've

finished.

1 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

2 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

3 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。