白领英语口语速查 第40期:部门职能:总经理办公室(2)

 　　他们各个方面都非常高效。

　　They are efficient in every aspect.

　　A: We must be sure that our side is dealing¹ with everything efficiently².

　　B: What was your impression of 3M Company when you visited their company?

　　A: They are efficient in every aspect.If you have been there,

　　you would understand why I am so keen to see everything runs smoothly³ when they visit us.

　　B: You are making me nervous!

　　您的秘书告诉我您在找我。

　　Your secretary told me you were looking for me.

　　A: Morning,sir.Your secretary told me you were looking for me.

　　B: Yes,sorry to bother you.

　　Actually 3M Company asked ten percent larger discount than we originally offered.

　　A: It's simply out of the question!

　　B: Yes,I told them,but you still have to convince them.

　　会议展示

　　presentation

　　A: Nancy,I'd appreciate it if you could help me with the presentation.

　　How is your schedule today?

　　B: Well,I'm pretty busy this morning.How about 2:00 p.m.?

　　A: That's fine!I think you must be an expert on that!

　　B: Hopefully I can be of any help.

　　优化系统

　　optimize⁴ the system

　　A: We find there are some problems of our office system recently.

　　B: Have you found the causes?

　　A: I am not sure.But I think we should optimize the system this year.

　　B: When you do it,don't forget to take the final performance into account.

　　定期检查

　　regular check

　　A: Do you have the regular check of all your equipment?

　　B: Yes,we have the monthly check.

　　The maintenance department will send people to check on the first day of each month.

　　安全隐患

　　hidden safety dangers/troubles

　　A: Have you done the safety inspection⁵ this month?

　　B: Yes,we did it last week.

　　A: Can I have a look at your inspection result?

　　B: OK,here is a list of the hidden safety dangers that we have found in our factories.

　　通知他下午来我办公室一趟。

　　Ask him to come to my office this afternoon.

　　A: Who is in charge of the plant operations?

　　B: Mr. Lee is our operations manager.

　　A: Could you please ask him to come to my office this afternoon?

　　B: No problem.

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。

3 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

4 optimize   

v.使优化 [=optimise]

参考例句：

• We should optimize the composition of the Standing Committees.优化人大常委会组成人员的结构。
• We should optimize our import mix and focus on bringing in advanced technology and key equipment.优化进口结构，着重引进先进技术和关键设备。

5 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。