外贸口语一点通第240期:参观公司
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：外贸英语一点通
英语课
Visit a company
参观公司
(A=Buyer B=Exporter)A: Mr. Fang 1, may I take a look around your company?
方先生，我可以参观一下贵公司吗？
B: Yes, of course. I'll show you around. Let's go outside.
是的，当然可以。我带你四处转转，咱们走吧！
A: Your buildings are very large.
你们的办公大楼真大啊！
B: Yes. We are still expanding.
是的，我们正在扩建呢。
A: What's that red building?
那座红色的建筑物是做什么用的？
B: That's our research and development center.
那是我们的研发中心。
A: Would you mind showing me your showroom?
可以带我去看看你们公司的展示间吗？
B: Of course. It's on the fourth floor.
好的，在四楼。
A: Is any work done by yourself?
所有的工作都是由你们自己来完成的吗？
B: Yes, we are fully 2 self-sufficient.
是的，我们完全自给自足。
A: What type of company is it?
你们是哪一类型的公司？
B: It's a trading company.
我们是一家贸易公司。
A: Does most of your business deal in exports?
你们的主要生意是出口经营吗？
B: Yes, most of our business is in trade with America.
是的，我们大部分的生意都是跟美国交易的。
A: How about Europe?
那欧洲方面呢？
B: Well, at the moment, not much. But with a view to future trade, we have branch offices in New York and Chicago. We're planning to open a new office in Pairs, too.
嗯，目前还不是很多。但是鉴于长远的贸易发展，我们在纽约和芝加哥已设立分公司。我们也计划在巴黎开一家新公司。
A: Is your main office in Shanghai?
总公司在上海吗？
B: Yes, it was founded in 1993. I belong to the Export Department and I meet foreign customers; I show them our new products and discuss trade terms with them. I sometimes entertain 3 our customers.
是的，它成立于1993年。我隶属于出口部；我要会见外国客户，带领他们参观本公司的新产品，并和他们讨论贸易条款。有时候，我还要款待我们的客户呢！
“deal in sth”在这里的意思是“经营某物”。
eg. We deal in hardware 4 but not software.
我们只经营硬件而不经营软件。
deal in sth 也有忙于某事物，沉溺于某事物的意思。
eg. She deals in gossip 5 and slander 6.
他惯于搬弄是非和诽谤别人。
n.尖牙，犬牙
- Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
- The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
vt.招待，款待；使欢乐，使娱乐；vi.款待，请客
- Emma will be happy to entertain you.爱玛会很高兴招待你的。
- They entertain a great deal.他们常常招待客人。
n.重型武器；五金器具；硬件
- He bought a pot and other hardware at the store. 他从商店买了一个壶和其他金属制品。
- That family has carried on a hardware business for five generations.那家已经经营五金生意五代了。
n.流言蜚语，爱说长道短的人；vi.传播流言
- She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。
- They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.关于他的爱情生活，他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语。
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