VOA 商務(wù)英語:第8課

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Lesson 8
    Dialog 1:
    New words: On the Agenda(議事日程),resource資源 outsource( 外包),manufacture(制造),clothing manufacturing(服裝制造)
    F: What's on your agenda today, Dement?
    M: I'll meet with Ms.Lucy Anderson ,chief resource officer(資源部主任) of Style Plus
    F: Style plus? Aren't they clothing manufacturers?
    M: Yes, they need to change the way they manufacturing clothing.
    F: They do their own manufacturing, don't they?
    M: yes, at an old factory, that may be the problem.
    F: are they going to outsource the manufacturing?
    M: Maybe, that's what I will find out today.
    F: Aren't they going to outsource their manufacture
    Q: What needs to be changed?
    A: the way of manufacturing clothing.
    Dialog 2:
    New words: market niche(市場定位,原義為壁龕),apparel衣服,服裝
    M: Style plus is doing well? (Your studies are going well/how are things)
    F: Style plus is doing very well. We find our niche.
    M: Oh. Niche, we say niche.
    F: niche? Niche? It doesn't matter, we understand one another.
    M: what is your niche?
    F: we manufacture clothing for women?
    M: Women? That's a big niche.
    F: Our market niche is women who wear large sizes?
    M: so your niche is big women.
    F: We prefer to say for women wearing large sizes. (更加得體的方式,西方人不喜歡胖)。
    Q: What is her market niche?
    A: Women wearing large sizes.
    Dialog 3:
    New words: consumer demand 消費者的需求,retailer零售商 ,product line(產(chǎn)品系列)
    M: What is your specific problem?
    F: Simply, we can not keep pace with (=keep up with) the demand.
    M: The market is growing?
    F: Yes, retailers want more about our product line.
    M: consumer demand is there.
    F: but the product isn't. We need to produce more products more quickly.
    M: If you produce more, you could keep pace with the demand.
    F: That's our goal.
    Q: what is the company's specific problem? (specific→specifically)
    A: They can't keep pace with the demand.
    Small talk:( 姓名),先用姓稱呼,熟悉后改為名)
    ---Hi, my name is Dement, Dement Green.
    --- Don't you remember? We met yesterday.
    ---I am sorry; I am very bad with names and faces.