职场英文口语 第177期:电梯游说(2)

 　　Great. 好极了。

　　Well done Anna. 干得好，安娜。

　　Remember to make your pitch¹ clear and exciting. 记得要让你的推销宣传听起来清晰，有意思。

　　Really sell it with words like 'exceptional²!', 'fantastic!', 'quality', 'profit', 'efficiency³', and 'value for money'. 用上这些词语，如“不同寻常的”、“极好的”、“质量”、“利润”、“现金价格”。

　　OK, I've got all that. 好的，我都记住了。

　　I'm just adding some of the facts and figures from our customer survey. 我添些实事和数字在客户调查上。

　　Anna, I've got the designs, they're coming off the printer now. 安娜，设计做好了，马上从打印机里出来了。

　　Denise, I'm off now. 丹尼斯，我走了。

　　Can't wait any longer for my garibaldis! 等不及去买我的葡萄干饼干了！

　　Wait Paul! 等等，保罗！

　　I need to tell you about our new product idea. 我要跟你说说我们最新的产品计划。

　　Well, I, I, have to go. 我得走了。

　　Can you tell me about it in the lift? 你能在电梯里和我说说吗？

　　In the lift? Do I have to? 电梯里？必须这样吗？

　　Sorry Anna, but that's the only time I've got. 抱歉，安娜，但这是我唯一有空的时候了。

　　Right Anna. 好吧，安娜。

　　It's time for your 'elevator pitch' – an elevator is an American word for lift. “电梯游说”时刻到了，elevator是lift的美式说法。

　　You'll need to pitch your idea quickly and concisely⁴. 你要又快又简洁的游说自己的想法。

　　You need to tell Paul about the product and the market. 你要告诉保罗有关产品和市场的事。

　　Then talk about how you hope it will make money for the company. 然后谈谈你希望如何为公司盈利。

1 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。

2 exceptional   

adj.优越的，杰出的，例外的，独特的，异常的

参考例句：

• He is a man of exceptional talent.他是位具有非凡才能的人。
• He showed exceptional musical ability.他显示出特殊的音乐才能。

3 efficiency   

n.效率，效能，功效

参考例句：

• We were most impressed with your efficiency.你的效率给我们留下很深刻的印象。
• Our goal is to achieve the maximum of efficiency.我们的目标是取得最高的效率。

4 concisely   

adv.简明地

参考例句：

• These equations are written more concisely as a single columnmatrix equation. 这些方程以单列矩阵方程表示会更简单。 来自辞典例句
• The fiber morphology can be concisely summarized. 可以对棉纤维的形态结构进行扼要地归纳。 来自辞典例句