外贸英语话题王 第2期:客户会议

 　　2.Meet with customers 2.客户会议

　　Susan.can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail¹ market is like in China? 苏珊，你可以简单地告诉我中国零售市场的现况吗?

　　Well. as per capital income goes up and up. 哦，由于人均收入不断提高，市场的成长领域

　　the growth sector² seems to be in the high-end. 似乎偏向于高价位商品。

　　Retail is going upscale here?  此地的零售进入高价位了?

　　China is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined. 中国的发展比我想象得要快多了。

　　Yes. Things certainly have changed since I was a boy. 没错.现在的中国和我小时候完全不一样了

　　We've developed very quickly 这里发展得很快。

　　Do you think the trend will continue? 你想这种趋势还会继续下去吗?

　　I don't see why not. We do have some problems.  我觉得会!虽然是有一些问题

　　but we are still willing to work hard and wages aren't too high at this point. 但我们仍愿意勤奋工作，而现阶段工资仍不算太高。

　　Everything l've seen so far is very impressive³. Very impressive indeed. 到目前为止，我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻，的确十分深刻。

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 impressive   

adj.给人深刻印象的，感人的

参考例句：

• This cinema is so impressive that we can't help crying.这影片如此感人以至我们禁不住流下泪来。
• The suit made him look especially impressive.他穿上这套衣服真精神。