ESL Podcast 568 – Describing Brisk and Slow Business
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Clint: Anya! Long time no see. Let me buy you a drink. I’m celebrating.
Anya: Oh, yeah? What’s the good news?
Clint: My company has had a banner month. Since we launched our new line of software, we’re having trouble keeping up with demand. Every product is flying off the shelves.
Anya: Wow, that’s great news. Everybody I talk to is singing a different tune 1. Foot traffic is down and business is slow – really slow.
Clint: That’s too bad. I thought that Yao’s company was doing brisk business. Six months ago, he was selling a line of cell phones that was all the rage, and customers were beating down his door to get one.
Anya: That was six months ago. It’s a different story now. Those cell phones are now considered passé, and he has inventory 2 he can’t unload. You know how fickle 3 the market is.
Clint: I’m sorry to hear that. How about you? How’s the travel business?
Anya: Why do you think I’m sitting here crying in my beer? Pull up a chair and I’ll tell you my sob 4 story.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
- The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
- Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
- We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。
- Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的。
- The weather is so fickle in summer.夏日的天气如此多变。