Lesson 9
Dialog1:
supplier 供應(yīng)商 fill an order(完成定單)
F: So Dement, Style plus has a well-defined(明確的) market niche.
M: Yes and their market is growing.
F: and you said they can not keep up with the demand.
M: That’s right; they are getting more orders than they can fill.
F: They are losing orders and losing money.
M: the retailers are going to other suppliers.
F: it’s the old problem, if you can’t fill an order, someone else can.
M: She said they have a solution to their production problem
F: What is it?
M: I’ll find out today what it is.
Q: where are retailers going?
A: to other retailers
Dialog 2:
Computerized(電腦化),computer- operated（使用電腦操作）, production line（生產(chǎn)線，區(qū)別 product line 產(chǎn)品系列）
M: How have you decided to increase production?
F: We are going to use computers.
M: You’re going to computerize the entire production line?
F: the entire line, we need to keep machines running day and night.
M: What about your employees?
F: now, we have one employee per machine.
M: But with a computer-operated system…
F: With a computer-operated system, we’ll have one employee for ten machines.
Q: How will they increase production?
A: by using computers.
Dialog 3:
Workforce(勞動力)，option(選擇)，retrain(再培訓(xùn)).
M: so your employees will no longer operate machines.
F: No, now they’ll operate computers.
M: I imagine (I suppose) they don’t know how to use computers.
F: No, they are not computer literate.
M: so what will you do with your employees?
F: That’s my question for you, what will I do with my workforce?
M: it seems you have two options.
F: retrain them or replace them?
M: those are the options
F: It’s a difficult choice.
Q: what’s the problem with the workforce?
A: they aren’t computer literate.
Small talk：(得體地記起某人)
――Excuse me ,Don，t I know you?/Haven’t me met before?
――Yes, we met yesterday. /I am not sure, you look familiar. /No, we haven’t/
――I am sorry, I am good with faces but bad with names.
Dialog1:
supplier 供應(yīng)商 fill an order(完成定單)
F: So Dement, Style plus has a well-defined(明確的) market niche.
M: Yes and their market is growing.
F: and you said they can not keep up with the demand.
M: That’s right; they are getting more orders than they can fill.
F: They are losing orders and losing money.
M: the retailers are going to other suppliers.
F: it’s the old problem, if you can’t fill an order, someone else can.
M: She said they have a solution to their production problem
F: What is it?
M: I’ll find out today what it is.
Q: where are retailers going?
A: to other retailers
Dialog 2:
Computerized(電腦化),computer- operated（使用電腦操作）, production line（生產(chǎn)線，區(qū)別 product line 產(chǎn)品系列）
M: How have you decided to increase production?
F: We are going to use computers.
M: You’re going to computerize the entire production line?
F: the entire line, we need to keep machines running day and night.
M: What about your employees?
F: now, we have one employee per machine.
M: But with a computer-operated system…
F: With a computer-operated system, we’ll have one employee for ten machines.
Q: How will they increase production?
A: by using computers.
Dialog 3:
Workforce(勞動力)，option(選擇)，retrain(再培訓(xùn)).
M: so your employees will no longer operate machines.
F: No, now they’ll operate computers.
M: I imagine (I suppose) they don’t know how to use computers.
F: No, they are not computer literate.
M: so what will you do with your employees?
F: That’s my question for you, what will I do with my workforce?
M: it seems you have two options.
F: retrain them or replace them?
M: those are the options
F: It’s a difficult choice.
Q: what’s the problem with the workforce?
A: they aren’t computer literate.
Small talk：(得體地記起某人)
――Excuse me ,Don，t I know you?/Haven’t me met before?
――Yes, we met yesterday. /I am not sure, you look familiar. /No, we haven’t/
――I am sorry, I am good with faces but bad with names.