见客户的实用交际英语

　接机后的次日,Brian在公司里,为Johnathan 介绍自己的老板-Mr. Sun…。

　B: Mr. Sun, I’d like you to meet Mr. Johnathan Mitchell, sales manager for Nortern Reflections of Canada.

　(Sun extends hand first; Sun and Mitchell shake hands) Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Steven Sun, general manager of Apex Trading.

　孙先生,让我为你介绍加拿大Northern Reflections的业务经理-Jonathan Mitchell先生。(孙先生先伸出手,两人握手)Mitchell先生,这是Steven孙先生,Apex贸易公司的总经理。

　S: It’s very nice to finally meet you, Mr. Mitchell -after so many phonecalls and faxes. (offers his business card first) I’d like you to have my business card.

　多次电话、传真往返之后,非常高兴终于见到您,Mitchell先生(先递出名片),请收下我的名片。

　J: Thanks very much, Mr. Sun. Please accept mine. (offers his own card) And please, call me Johnathan.

　(both look at cards for a few seconds, then put them in wallets-not pockets)

　谢谢您,孙先生。也请收下我的名片(递上自己的名片),叫我Johnathan就行了。

　(两个人都看了一下对方的名片,放入皮夹而非口袋中)

　B: If you don’t mind, Johnathan, while you and Mr. Sun get acquainted, I’d　like to check the arrangements for the meeting.

　如果你不介意,Johnathan,在你和孙先生互相认识时,我先失陪,看看会议安排得如何。

　J: You’re certainly on top of things, Brian.

　Brian,一切当然在你掌握之中!

　S: (looking at Brian) You’ll find Mr. Tayler-Brian - is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Tradig.

　(看着Brian)Talyer先生,您会发现Brian是Apex贸易公司的大将。

　B: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr. Sun. I’ll be right back. (leaves room)

　孙先生,谢谢你的信任票,我马上回来。(走出房间)

　J: He appears to be a top-notch young man, Mr. Sun. Talent and enthusiasm like that are hard to find.

　孙先生,他看起来是个有为的青年,很难找到像他这样有才干、有热忱的人。

　S: Don’t I know it. He’s doing a great job for us. And please, call me Steven.

　我完全同意,他在公司表现不凡,请叫我Steven就行了。

　J: Steven, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail market is like in Taiwan?

　Steven,你可以简单地告诉我台湾零售市场的现况吗?

　S: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector seems to be in the to-end.

　唔,由于每人的平均收入不断地增高,市场的发展领域似乎偏向于高价位商品。

　J: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.

　此地的零售走入高价位了?台湾的发展比我想像得要快多了。

　S: Yes. Things certainly have changed since I was a boy. We’ve developed very quickly.

　没错,现在的台湾和我小时候完全不一样了,这里发展得非常快速。

　J: Do you think the trend will continue?

　你想这种趋势还会维持下去吗?

　S: I don’t see why not. We do have some problems, but we are still willing to work hard-and wages aren’t too high at this point.

　我不觉得有什么不行!虽然是有一些问题,但我们仍愿意勤奋工作,而且现阶段工资仍不算太高。