时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:VOA 商务英语


英语课
Competitor
M: Why are you taking me here? This store is my competitor.
F: to do some spying.(to check out the competition),do cleaning=clean
M: you mean see what my competition=( competitor) is up to?= is doing
F: right ,to see why people prefer shopping here.
M: I should have done this long ago.
F: No, there is no time like the present.(把握现在良机)
M: I don’ think I can like what I’ll see.
F:on the other hand, it may be a real eye opener.(带来启发的事物)
Dialog 2
Information desk(问讯台),coupon 1(优惠券)
M: look,! they’ve got an information desk right at the front door.
F: of course, they want to show customers where to spend their money.
M:Welcome to Grand department store, may I help you?
F:Oh yes please, I’ve never been here before.
M: you ‘ll enjoy shopping with us, let me offer you a special coupon. This coupon gives you 10% off any item in the store.(special,名字表示特价品, a special on salmon 2.
特价鲑鱼).
F: not bad,maybe I’ll get more than a pair of gloves.
M: take the coupon to our customer service department , and they will have a special welcome gift for you.
F: isn’t that nice? Thank you very much.
Q:Where is the information desk?
A: right at the front door.
Dialog 3:
Sales clerk(售货员)
M: now we have to walk past aisles 3 of eager sales clerks to get our free gifts.
Clerk: look at those gloves, aren’t they beautiful, and they go perfectly 4 with your coat.
F: do you think so? they look small though
Clerk: let me check on the computer to see if your size is in stock.
M: all you did was look at the glove.
Clerk: we are in luck ,(out of luck) they are bringing out a large selection for you to see.
F: Will it take long?
Clerk: not long at all. In the meantime, let me show you a handbag that looks great with your outfit 5.
F: I could use a new bag.(我可能买)
M: I could use an eager beaver(勤恳工作的人) like her.
Q: How did Mr. Hale describe the sales clerk?
A: As eager.


1 coupon
n.息票,配给票,附单
  • The coupon can be used once only.此优惠券只限使用一次。
  • I have a coupon for ten pence off a packet of soap.我有一张优惠券买一盒肥皂可以便宜十便士。
2 salmon
n.鲑,大马哈鱼,橙红色的
  • We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
  • Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗?
3 aisles
n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
  • Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期,原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
  • They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近,并且很快就坐了下来。
4 perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
5 outfit
n.(为特殊用途的)全套装备,全套服装
  • Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
  • His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。
标签: voa 商务英语
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'Ajmāh, Jab.al
ablastin
additional damage clause
admin password
alloy tape
angulare(os)
artauds
arterial pump
austempered nodular iron
average mark-on
Bacillus coli mobilis
backward production system
belco
bellovian
beneficiary case
bighearted
Chemiosulfa
chess match
closed model
cold-drawn pipe
complex deposit
computational psychology
congenital kidney malformation
contact call
controller cover
crossgrained
deflection strength
delay-of-game
delta-matching
deputy chief
End System-to-Intermediate System
eucymon cyanipennis
family Ciconiidae
fattening feed
feedbacked
fluidized gasification system
fosterings
functional dysmenorrhea
genus kalotermess
granular panidiomorphic
headed notepaper
helical pinch
hexahydrobilin
hydroenergy utilization
hypertensin precursor
infiller
ionic linkage
jakosz
jet-proof type
lacidipine
Laertes
lay in lavender
Leonidovka
Limehoused
line synchro
liquidation or bankruptcy proceedings
make my bread
management information base (mib)
Mapp gas
mashman
meat mixer
middle schools
mindmaps
mine row
modemist
move ... to tears
nagin
nest of intervals
opesia
pecazine
philandry
physiology of binocular vision
pilot in
plumb-line sign
portable crane
pulse photomultiplier
race discrimination
ratiocinative
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revertants
right ascension of satellite ascending node
rondes
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s-roll
search plan for moving target
selfthinning
sequencer register
simplex/duplex modem
ski-jacket
spectro-measurement
spiranthes romanzoffianas
staphylococcal enterotoxins
summary card punch
swinestone
teitel
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White's rating
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