2012年ESL之商务英语 17 Running a Pilot Program

 

Running a Pilot Program 

Rosalind: How is the pilot program coming along? 

Jimmy: We’ll be ready to launch it in another month, but I have some serious reservations. 

Rosalind: Like what? 

Jimmy: We haven’t worked out all of the bugs¹ yet and we might come up against some resistance from the community. 

Rosalind: Isn’t that the nature of a pilot program? When you’re paving the way, you’re always going to have skeptics and dissenters². 

Jimmy: You’re right, of course, but there’s a lot at stake. I just hope this trial run will win over some of those skeptics. It would be a shame to scrap³ this program after we’ve put in so much work. 

Rosalind: After the program is launched, you’ll have six months to prove its worth, right? 

Jimmy: Yeah, that’s right. 

Rosalind: That’s plenty of time for the dissenters to see the light. 

Jimmy: From your lips to God’s ears! 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dissenters   

n.持异议者，持不同意见者( dissenter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He attacked the indulgence shown to religious dissenters. 他抨击对宗教上持不同政见者表现出的宽容。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• (The dissenters would have allowed even more leeway to the Secretary.) （持异议者还会给行政长官留有更多的余地。） 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

3 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。