接機(jī)后的次日，Brian在公司里,為Johnathan介紹自己的老板-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.

孫先生,讓我為你介紹加拿大Northern Reflections的業(yè)務(wù)經(jīng)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(mào)易公司的總經(jīng)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(jiàn)到您,Mitchell先生(先遞出名片),請(qǐng)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)

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

(兩個(gè)人都看了一下對(duì)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(rèn)識(shí)時(shí),我先失陪,看看會(huì)議安排得如何。

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

Brian,一切當(dāng)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B(niǎo)rian)Talyer先生,您會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)Brian是Apex貿(mào)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(lái)。(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(lái)是個(gè)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(xiàn)不凡,請(qǐng)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(jiǎn)單地告訴我臺(tái)灣零售市場(chǎng)的現(xiàn)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(chǎng)的發(fā)展領(lǐng)域似乎偏向于高價(jià)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(jià)位了?臺(tái)灣的發(fā)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(méi)錯(cuò),現(xiàn)在的臺(tái)灣和我小時(shí)候完全不一樣了,這里發(fā)展得非常快速。

J: Do you think the trend will continue?

你想這種趨勢(shì)還會(huì)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(jué)得有什么不行!雖然是有一些問(wèn)題,但我們?nèi)栽敢馇趭^工作,而且現(xiàn)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。