职场英文口语 第191期:建立关系网(1)

 　　Welcome back to English at Work. 欢迎回到《职场英语》。

　　It's the big day of the International Plastics Conference¹ and a good opportunity for the staff at Tip Top Trading to promote² its business. 这是国际塑料会议的大日子，也是Tip Top Trading员工推广业务的好机会。

　　But hold on, who's this? It's Mr Socrates, the big boss from America. 但等等，这是谁？这是苏格拉底先生，从美国来的大老板。

　　Hey, you guys, where have you been? Ah, Mr Socrates… nice to see you again. 嘿，你们去哪了？苏格拉底先生，再次见到你很高兴。

　　I'd heard you were in town. Hello Mr Socrates. I've been looking for you everywhere. 我听说你在镇上。你好，苏格拉底先生。我一直在到处找你。

　　I need to catch up with you and see how business is going. Oh very, very well. 我得和你聊聊，看看生意进展的怎样。很好。

　　We're selling Imperial³ Lemons to France and Anna is developing⁴ plastic vegetables. 我们把皇家柠檬卖给了法国公司，而且安娜正在研发塑料蔬菜。

　　Ah Anna! My favourite girl. Still doing a good job? I'm doing my best. 安娜，我最喜欢的女孩。仍然干得不错吗？我尽力。

　　In fact she's been doing my job for a few days… had a bit of a biscuit accident… 事实上，她担任了几天我的工作，我出了点饼干意外……

　　Yeah, well that's not hard for you, Paul. 是啊，这对你来说很正常，保罗。

　　Listen, listen I need to talk you - shouldn't the others be doing some networking now? 听着，我有事找你，其他人现在去搞一下联谊怎么样？

　　Of course, that's why we're here. 当然，我们就是为这个来的。

1 conference   

n.（正式的）会议；讨论

参考例句：

• We're having a conference and we'd like you to sit in.我们将举行一次会议，希望你来旁听。
• The conference will come to a close this afternoon.今天下午会议闭幕。

2 promote   

vt.促进；提升；发起，创立；宣传，推销

参考例句：

• He was in town to promote his new books.他在城里推销他的新书。
• Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。

3 imperial   

adj.帝王的，至尊的；n.特等品

参考例句：

• They made an objection to the imperial system with resolution.他们坚决反对帝制。
• The Prince Imperial passed away last night.皇太子昨晚去世了。

4 developing   

adj.发展中的

参考例句：

• Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。