职场英文口语 第176期:电梯游说(1)

 　　Hello and welcome to English at Work. 你好，欢迎回到“职场英语”。

　　The company's computer system has been fixed¹ and Anna seems to have found a new friend in Dave, the IT support man. 公司的电脑系统已经修好了，安娜似乎交到了一个新朋友，技术部门的戴夫。

　　But her main concern now is pitching³ her new idea for a plastic aubergine, to Paul the boss. 但现在她最关心的是把塑料茄子的想法说给老板保罗。

　　So Anna, that guy didn't really know what he was doing did he? 安娜，那家伙真不知道他到底在做什么，是不是？

　　You mean Dave? 你是说戴夫？

　　Dave – was that his name? 他叫戴夫吗？

　　He had a really bad smell. 他身上的味好难闻。

　　No he didn't. He's done a great job. 不，才没有，他做得很好。

　　Look everything is working so, if you don't mind, I think we should get this pitch² for Paul finished. 一切都好了。如果你不介意，我们该向保罗推销宣传了。

　　You'd better hurry up. 你们最好快点。

　　Paul's taking the afternoon off to go to his biscuit lovers⁴' convention⁵. 保罗下午要去他的饼干爱好者大会。

　　Oh right. Well, we might as well leave it until tomorrow then Anna. 好的。我们最好明天再去做，安娜。

　　No Tom. 不行，汤姆。

　　There's no time like the present – I heard someone say that once – we've got to get our idea to Paul as soon as possible. 机不可失，时不再来。我听别人这么说过。我们要尽快把想法告诉保罗。

　　Then we might have time for a drink, or shall I ask Dave? ! 然后我们可能有时间去喝一杯，我要叫上戴夫吗？

　　No, no, you're right. 不，你说的没错。

　　Look, I'll design some pictures of the aubergine and you get the results of our survey together, yeah? 我设计一些茄子的照片，你整理出研究结果，好吗？

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

2 pitch   

n.球场；声音的高低度；沥青；程度；v.投掷

参考例句：

• The pitch is too small to play football on.球场太小了，无法踢足球。
• People just pitch their rubbish over the wall.人们径直把垃圾扔过墙去。

3 pitching   

n.铺地石，俯仰v.投( pitch的现在分词 )；用沥青涂；排列；把…定于特定角度

参考例句：

• The ship was rolling and pitching heavily in the rough sea. 船舶在狂涛中簸荡。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He was pitching the ball. 他正在投球。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 lovers   

爱好者( lover的名词复数 )； 情人； 情夫； 情侣

参考例句：

• They were off-screen lovers. 他们是真实生活中的情侣。
• Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧和朱丽叶这一对莎士比亚笔下命运多舛的恋人

5 convention   

n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会

参考例句：

• How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？
• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。