面见客户时的实用英语（1）

 会话场景

　　接机后的次日，Brian在公司里，为Johnathan 介绍自己的老板-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 1 Trading.
　　孙先生，让我为你介绍加拿大Northern Reflections的业务经理Jonathan Mitchell先生。（孙先生先伸出，两人握手）Mitchell先生,这是Steven孙先生,Apex贸易公司的总经理。
　　S: It’s very nice to finally meet you, Mr. Mitchell  after so many phone calls and faxes. (offers his business card first) I’d like you to have my business card.
　　多次电话、传真往返之后,非常高兴终于见到您，Mitchell先生（先递出名片）， 请收下我的名片。
　　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.)
　　谢谢您，孙先生。也请收下我的名片（递上自己的名片），叫我Johnathan就行了。（两个人都看了一下对方的名片,放入皮夹而非口袋中）
　　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在你和孙先生互相认识时，我先失陪，看看会议安排得如何。
　　J: You’re certainly on top of things, Brian.
　　Brian，一切当然在你掌握之中！  
　　S: (looking at Brian) You’ll find Mr. Tayler-Brian - is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Tradig.  
　　（看着Brian）Talyer先生,您会发现Brian是Apex贸易公司的大将。
　　B: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr. Sun. I’ll be right back. (leaves room)
　　孙先生，谢谢你的信任票，我马上回来。（走出房间）
　　J: He appears to be a top-notch young man, Mr. Sun. Talent and enthusiasm like that are hard to find.
　　孙先生，他看起来是个有为的青年，难找到像他这样有才干、有热忱的人。
　　S: Don’t I know it. He’s doing a great job for us. And please, call me Steven.
　　我完全同意，他在公司表现不凡，请叫我Steven就行了。  
　　J: Steven, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail 2 market is like in Taiwan?
　　Steven，你可以简单地告诉我台湾零售市场的现况吗？
　　S: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector 3 seems to be in the to-end.
　　唔，由于每人的平均收入不断地增高，市场的发展领域似乎偏向于高价位商品。
　　J: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.
　　此地的零售走入高价位了？台湾的发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.
　　没错，现在的台湾和我小时候完全不一样了，这里发展得非常快速。
　　J: Do you think the trend will continue?  
　　你想这种趋势还会维持下去吗？ 
　　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.
　　我不觉得有什么不行!虽然是有一些问题，但我们仍愿意勤奋工作，而且现阶段工资仍不算太高。
　　J: Everything I’ve seen so far is very impressive. Very impressive indeed.
　　到目前为止，我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻，真的十分深刻