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.

　孫先生,讓我為你介紹加拿大Northern Reflections的業務經理-Jonathan Mitchell先生。(孫先生先伸出手,兩人握手)Mitchell先生,這是Steven孫先生,Apex貿易公司的總經理。

　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.

　多次電話、傳真往返之后,非常高興終于見到您,Mitchell先生(先遞出名片),請收下我的名片。Bgyedu.CoM

　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)

　謝謝您,孫先生。也請收下我的名片(遞上自己的名片),叫我Johnathan就行了。

　(兩個人都看了一下對方的名片,放入皮夾而非口袋中)

　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,在你和孫先生互相認識時,我先失陪,看看會議安排得如何。

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

　Brian,一切當然在你掌握之中!

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

　(看著Brian)Talyer先生,您會發現Brian是Apex貿易公司的大將。

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

　孫先生,謝謝你的信任票,我馬上回來。(走出房間)

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

　孫先生,他看起來是個有為的青年,很難找到像他這樣有才干、有熱忱的人。

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

　我完全同意,他在公司表現不凡,請叫我Steven就行了。

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

　Steven,你可以簡單地告訴我臺灣零售市場的現況嗎?

　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斷地增高,市場的發展領域似乎偏向于高價位商品。

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

　此地的零售走入高價位了?臺灣的發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.

　沒錯,現在的臺灣和我小時候完全不一樣了,這里發展得非常快速。

　J: Do you think the trend will continue?

　你想這種趨勢還會維持下去嗎?

　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.

　我不覺得有什么不行!雖然是有一些問題,但我們仍愿意勤奮工作,而且現階段工資仍不算太高。

　J: Everything I’ve seen so far is very impressive. Very impressive indeed.

　到目前為止,我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻,真的十分深刻。

　情境短語

　1. get acquainted (with…) (和`……)認識,熟悉……

　這個常用的短語暗示雙方從不認識到熟識, "get"可換 "become"。若是短語之后,要加上被認識的對象,以介系詞 "with"連接。

　例: Our boss got acquainted with a couple of real estate agents in the golf Club.

　(我們老板在高爾夫俱樂部里結識了幾位做房地產的商人。)

　2. on top of things 完全掌握

　字面的意思是將問題克服,高高踩在上面,引申為"控制全局"。

　例: The new manager was always worried he wasn’t on top of things.

　(新經理一直擔心自己無法掌握全局。)

　3. (a) force to be reckoned with 值得注意的人物

　"(a) force","力量",可以指一個團體、事物或個人; "reckon"在此的意思為"認定"。 "a force to be reckoned with"是形容"有成功的條件而值得注意的人物、團體"。

　例: The new company will be a force to be reckoned with in the future.

　(這家新公司未來值得大家注意。)

　4. Don’t I know it. 我完全同意!

　當此句型以句點(.)而非問號結尾時,表示完全同意對的方意見,為口語用法,強調的是肯定的含意。意思為"我怎會不知道!?;我當然明白這一點!"。

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