2013年ESL之商务英语 09 Preparing for the Busy Season
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：2013年ESL之商务英语
Preparing for the Busy Season
Yuko: What’s all this?
Reza: We’re gearing up for the busy season. We don’t want to get caught with our pants down like we did last season.
Yuko: Last season, we had an unusual number of visitors because of the unseasonably warm weather. We can’t expect lightening to strike twice.
Reza: We have to prepare for every contingency 1. If we get a flood of visitors, we need to be able to handle the surge in traffic. These three months are our peak months anyway, so we should expect an upswing in business soon.
Yuko: But what if people don’t come in large numbers as you’re anticipating? All of these extra supplies will go to waste.
Reza: No, they won’t. Most of this stuff isn’t perishable 2, so we’ll just save it for the next time we get a rush of visitors. Or, maybe, I’ll just invite my buddies 3 over at the end of the season and we’ll have a party.
Yuko: So when you said that we have to plan for every contingency, this was what you meant.
Reza: Exactly!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
- A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。
- Many fresh foods are highly perishable.许多新鲜食物都极易腐败。
- Fruits are perishable in transit.水果在运送时容易腐烂。