商务英语辅导:中级口语训练第9课-解释工作
“商务英语口语”适合已掌握英语基本语法和常用词汇的商务人士,或者是英语水平较高,但口语水平较差人士。将和外商谈生意时可能碰到的情况一网打尽,内容包括迎接客户、如何招待客户、推销产品、陪客户参观工厂、解决纠纷、顺利签约、完成交易、国外出差、订机票、旅店、途中处理突发事件等最常用的商务术语与词汇以及贸易实务常识、欧美国情、基本礼仪,让学员成为博闻多礼,潜力无限的经理人才。 Unit 9 Explaining how something works 介绍sth是如何运转的CLIVE HARRIS: Can I get you a cup of tea or something? MS WONG: No, thanks, I’ m fine. CLIVE HARRIS: Please have a seat. Well, Sally, you’ re seen the company. You’ re seen our products. What do you think? MS WONG: You have a wide product range, but they’ re all dependent on the same chip technology. I think we may be able to supply you with some of the necessary circuitry ...but,of course, we need to speak further about this. CLIVE HARRIS: Well, thanks for coming in. MS WONG: It has been most interesting. DEREK JONES: This is the latest prototype. PHIL WATSON: How does it work? DEREK JONES: Say something to the boss. PHIL WATSON: Like what? DEREK JONES: Anything. There’ s a microphone in Boss’ s ear, and it will recognise certain commands. It records what you say and stores it. When it hears the trigger word, it plays it back. PHIL WATSON: I’ m sorry, could you repeat that? I don’ t understand what you mean by trigger word. DEREK JONES: Okay, I’ ll try to explain it more simply. We can programme the Boss to say something like "I don’ t want problems, I want solutions". And we do that like this: you press his nose and that activates the voice card. Then you say the phrase. "I don’ t want problems, I want solutions" Then you press the nose again. PHIL WATSON: Why do you do that? DEREK JONES: You do that in order to stop the recording. Then you select your trigger word. PHIL WATSON: What is that? DEREK JONES: The trigger word makes the Boss speak. Every time he hears that word, he will say "I don’ t want problems, I want solutions." PHIL WATSON: So, let me clarify this: each time the Boss hears the trigger word, he’ ll repeat the phrase. 每次"大老板"听到触发字,就会重复这个短语。 DEREK JONES: Exactly. So give him the trigger. PHIL WATSON: Okay ummm ...The trigger can be the word "problems". DEREK JONES: Fine. Say it in his ear, then. PHIL WATSON: "Problems." DEREK JONES: Okay, now say a sentence with the word "problems" in it. PHIL WATSON: Excuse me, Big Boss, I’ m having some problems with the project. BIG BOSS: Problem! I don’ t want problems. I want solutions. PHIL WATSON: Brilliant! How is it powered? DEREK JONES: Aha! You’ ll enjoy this: light energy. It won’ t need new batteries. Both the eyes contain photo-sensitive cells which absorb the solar energy. These cells then power the motors located here under each arm. Now, as everybody knows, when you have this kind of configuration there is a... EDWARD GREEN: Sorry, Derek would you mind explaining that in another way? DEREK JONES: Sorry. I’ ll keep it simple. The important thing is that this is a major breakthrough. All the toys will represent the very latest in technology. PHIL WATSON: I can see that. It’ s very impressive. EDWARD GREEN: Thanks, Derek. PHIL WATSON: Thanks for the demonstration. DEREK JONES: Any time. 相关资料 |