Small Talk in Business Situations 商務場合的閑聊
這里我們要學習發(fā)給顧客的電子郵件。另外，還要學習在商務場合閑聊時常用的表達方式。
Ｅ－mail Message 電子郵件
我們讀一下發(fā)給樣報顧客的電郵。
Date: 10/02
Dear Mrcormick
I would like to say how much I enjoyed chatting with you at the AFTD cocktail party in London last Thursday.I t was a pleasure
to meet you, and I very much appreciated your comments about our products.
As promised, I am sending some information about our newest line of cordless vacuum cleaners. Please contact me if you have
any questions or if you would like to see samples of our products.
Andrew Chang
Sales manager
The Right Word 相關(guān)的詞匯
actually adv. 實際上 at least 至少 commute v. 通勤 dry adj. （酒）不甜的
fine arts 美術(shù) follow n.聽懂；領會 fruity adj. 有果味的 museum n. 博物館
quite a lot 相當多 sort n. 種類品種 specialty n. （美）特產(chǎn)；名產(chǎn) aweet adj. 甜的
At an After-hours Cocktail party 下班后的雞尾酒會
B= Bill Conners A= Alison Rice Y=Yang Wenjun
B: Alison, I’d like you to meet Yang.Yang, this is Alison Rice.艾莉森，我想介紹你認識楊。這位是艾莉森.萊斯。
A: Hello. How are you? 你好！
Y: How are you? Pleased to meet you.你好，很高興認識你！
A: mr Yang, may I ask you where you are from?楊先生，我能問一下您是哪里人嗎？
Y:Yes, of course. I’m fro China. From Beijing.當然可以，我來自中國，北京。
A: Oh, really? I hear there’s gret sking near there.真的嗎？我聽說在那附近有一個很棒的滑雪場。
Y:That’s night. We get a lot of cold weather.是的，我們那兒冷的時候多。
A:Speaking of weather, how do you like the weather here in San Francisco?到天氣，你覺得舊金山的天氣怎么樣？
Y: I love it . Tell me ,do you live in San Francisco?我喜歡這兒的天氣。你是住在舊金山嗎？
Yes
A:Yes. I live near golden Gate Park. 是的，我住在金門公園附近。
Y: May I ask what you do?我能問一下你是做什么的嗎？
A:I’m in advertising. I work downtown… Mr Yang, may I call you Wenjun?
我從事廣告業(yè)。我在市中心工作……， 楊先生，我可以叫你文軍嗎？
Y: Yes,certainly. And may I call you Alison?當然可以。我可以叫你艾莉森嗎？
A: yes, of course. So tell me, Wenjun, what brings, you to San Francisco?當然，那么，文軍，你來舊金山做什么呢？
Y:I’m working with the Intermational Division of Minisoft.我在Minsoft的國際部工作。
No
A:No, I don’t . I live in San mateo. I commute to work.不，我住在圣馬特奧。我乘車上下班。
Y:How long does it take?要花多長時間？
A: Not too long. It takes less than thirty minutes by car. 不是特別長，開車不到３０分鐘。
Y: That’s good. Listen, it’s been very nice talking to you, but I see someone must say hello to. Please excuse me.
那好極了。聽我說，和你交談很愉快，但是，請原諒，我要和別的人打個招呼。
A: Yes, of course. Nice meeting you! 好的， 很高興見到你。
At a reswtaurant 在餐館
Ａ= American Manager 美國經(jīng)理 J=Japanese guest日本客人
Ａ：What ssssort of wine do you like, kenji?肯吉，你喜歡喝哪種酒？
J: I prefer white. 我喜歡白葡萄酒。
A: Sweet of dry?甜的還是干白？
J: Dry.干白。
A: Then let’s have the Chardonnay. It’s usually very good.我們喝霞多麗吧，那味道很好。
J: Do you come here often?你經(jīng)常來這兒嗎？
Yes
A：Well, yes. Quite a lot, actually. I usually come here at least two or three times a month.
嗯，經(jīng)常來。我一個月至少來這兩三次。
J:Oh, then what do you recormmend? 那你有什么可以推薦？
Ａ：Why don’t you try the boiled lobster? It’s a local specialty.為什么不試試煮龍蝦皮呢？是當?shù)氐奶厣?/DIV>
J: That sounds good. I’ll have the lobster then.聽起來不錯，那我就要龍蝦吧。
A: Excellent! I’ll have the same. 好極了！ 我也要一樣的。
A:I understand this is your first visit to Boston.What do you think of it?
我知道這是你第一次來波士頓。你認為波士頓怎么樣？
J:It’s very interesting.很有意思。
A:I hope you have time to visit the museum of Fine Arts.如果你有時間，我建議你去參觀美術(shù)館。
J:I’m planning to go there on Saturday.我計劃星期六去。
Ｎo
A：Not very often, readlly, About three or four times a year.不，不是經(jīng)常來。一年大概三四次。
