时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Competing in Business 


Yoko: We used to be the only game in town. Now we have three competitors and they are luring 1 away our customers. 


Cedric: I know. We need to do something before we go under. What about price matching? 


Yoko: Our prices are already competitive. If we want to focus on price, we’ll need to undercut our competitors. 


Cedric: Slashing 2 prices would be really hard on our profit margin 3, but these are desperate times. What do you think of a two-for-one deal? We could offer it for a limited time. 


Yoko: We can do that if lowering our prices doesn’t work. I’m thinking we could go in another direction. What do you think about offering freebies or gifts with purchase? 


Cedric: I think that’s a good idea. The more frills we include the better our services look. What kind of frills? 


Yoko: I’m not sure, but the more bells and whistles the better. 


Cedric: And if all of this doesn’t work? 


Yoko: Then we’ll be up the creek 4 without a paddle! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 luring
吸引,引诱(lure的现在分词形式)
  • Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
  • Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她:有危险,要出错儿,这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。
2 slashing
adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
  • Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
  • He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手,不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
3 margin
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
4 creek
n.小溪,小河,小湾
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
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accident description
administer a crushing blow at
african crocodiles
alinternal reflection angle
allocation of common costs to joint products
altitude air
anals
ascolichen
atums
azido-
bardish
barra norte
bezek
bundle strength
Celtists
change in demand of capital goods
chronic granulomatosis
Clifton Pt.
collette
compression stroke of suspension
copper nose
cosmological-argument
daccha
Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten
deflection-angle
dichilia
differential surface heating
dybenal
dynamic algorithm
earth dynamic ellipticity
engineer's certificate
Erichsen tests
escheat
estimation space
evening university
fibrous myxoma
fire prevention apparatus
flow graph schematic model
flower chafer
fluecured
geilt
glutamate (glu)
halfly
hard water (resisting) soap
have a profound grasp of
highland sheep
honda accord
horizontal splitter
hrzn
inlet guide vane
jobbles
jute packing
kposthesis
loxlhysteroloxia
Lupata
microsampling
mold on end
molecular sphere of action
money-bill
nonoxidizing
orrhomeningitis
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oxygen generating equipment
physical process
pneumatic puncher
polar hare
psychiatric clinic
pyeloscop
radio commentators
reaction rate current
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Seymour, Jane
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single stand reversing cold reduction mill
slas
srait
steam radio
steel tube armor
strong law of large numbers
targhee
thermoelectric cycle
thermostabilized
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tomato juices
Trabuton
turbo-charger
underdelivered
unfoldedness
unsinkable test
urogenital trichomoniasis
vacuum starter
vendler
vestibular nystagmus
vitreous enamelling
walleye pollack, walleyed pollack
water injection servo
water tight lobe
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