实用商务英语会话 场景22:电子杂志

Excuse me,I noticed you are reading a magazine about electronics¹.

对不起，我注意到您在看一本电子杂志。

Have you heard about the coming electronics exhibition?

您听说过即将举行的电子产品展览吗？

Sure!That's why I'm going to Chicago.Hi,my name is Tom Smith.What's your name?

当然了！那正是我去芝加哥的原因。我叫汤姆?斯密斯，您尊姓大名？

Mary Clinton.I'm a sales representative² for Richards Company,based in Hong Kong.Are you looking forward to the exhibition?

我是香港理查德公司的销售代理，您想去参加这个展览吗？

I've been waiting for the exhibition for more than 3 months.

我等这个展览都等了三个多月了。

There are going to be companies from more than 50 countries in it.That is great.Don't you think so?

届时将有来自五十多个国家的公司参展，真是一件盛事。难道您不这样认为吗？

I see.I'm really expecting to see what products will be on show next year.

我明白了。我正等着看明年有什么产品面市呢。

I'm more interested in what new discoveries are being made in the electronics industry.

我对电子工业的新发现更为感兴趣。

Really? Do you mind if I ask which part of the electronics industry you belong to?

是吗？您介意我问您是电子行业哪一个部门的吗？

Not at all.I am employed in the Research and Development Department of a company based in Detroit.

一点也不。我受雇于底特律一家公司的研究与拓展部。

We specialize³ in producing new-style printers.

我们专门生产新式印刷机。

What's the name of your company?Maybe I've heard of it.

您公司叫什么名字？我可能听说过。

I don't think so.It is just a small company called"Welsh".

我不这样认为。它只是一家叫威而希的小公司。

Hmm,Oh,didn't you come out with an pretty small but strong high-tech⁴ printer at the exhibition last year in Taiwan?

哦，你们是不是去年在台湾展出过一种超小型，但使用了高科技的打印机？

Yeah,that turned out to be our best seller⁵ of the year,but it remains⁶ unknown abroad.

是的，那是去年最畅销的牌子。但它在国外还不知名。

One of my jobs is to keep an eye on the products with the potential to be successful.and then find Out why.

我的工作之一就是关注那些有潜力成功的产品，找出其成功的原因。

So I even keep in mind some small companies names.

因此我记得一些小公司的名字。

I enjoy talking with you.How about getting together for a dinner after we arrive in Chicago,so we have a chance to talk more about this?

很高兴和您交谈。到达芝加哥我们聚一聚，吃顿饭怎样？我们将有机会详谈。

That's a great idea.

好提议。

1 electronics   

n.电子器件，电子学，电子技术

参考例句：

• About 45000 people worked in electronics in Scotland.苏格兰约有4.5万人在电子行业工作。
• He wants to brush up his knowledge of electronics.他想温习他的电子学知识。

2 representative   

n.代表，众议员，典型；adj.描写的，表现的，代理的，代表性的，代议制的，典型的

参考例句：

• He is a representative for a large steel company.他是一家大型钢铁公司的代理人。
• We have a representative sample.我们有一个代表性的样品。

3 specialize   

v.专化，特化 ；(in)专攻；专门研究

参考例句：

• What did you specialize in?你的主修科目是什么？
• After his first degree he wishes to specialize.获得学士学位之后，他希望专攻某科。

4 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

5 seller   

n.售货者，畅销品

参考例句：

• I hope for this book to become a best seller.我希望这本书会成为一本畅销书。
• She drove a hard bargain with the seller.她狠杀卖主的价。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。