跟學商貿口語 第12課:Departmental Meeting部門會議
SHARON: Well, you two.
I have good news from Ms. Wells.
CANDY: Are we opening the new shop?
SHARON: Not just that, Candy.
Ms. Wells wants me to tell you that we will be opening two new shops.
CANDY: Two?
Andrew: So fast?
SHARON: Yes, two. They've just decided on the second location.
And Ms. Wells wants to thank us especially.
CANDY: She is a very aggressive woman. Two shops at once!
How will they have the staff for that?
SHARON: That isn't our concern, Candy.
But Ms. Wells says she wanted to thank us especially.
She wants to take us to dinner this Saturday.
ANDREW: Great. So I guess our television ads worked.
SHARON: If we judge by April's sales, they worked almost miraculously.
ANDREW: That good?
SHARON: Yes. According to what Ms. Wells told me,
sales are up around 65% at all three stores.
CANDY: Excellent! And she thinks it was because of the TV ads?
SHARON: Yes. What else? She says she is very grateful for your idea, Andrew.
That concept was dynamite.
ANDREW: I thought we should promote more directly to younger women.
So it worked. I'm glad.
SHARON: Now we need to develop the concept more.
I'm thinking about more newspaper ads and billboards.
And maybe a new TV ad as well.
ANDREW: For newspaper ads, we will have to work with a different advertising agency.
The Tate Company only does television.
SHARON: I know that. Can you try to set up some meetings with other agencies, Candy?
CANDY: Sure. I'll call around. I just need to know your schedule.
SHARON: We'll have to work hard on this, you two.
Ms. Wells thinks we may be able to steal the market from the shopping malls.
So she wants to hit them hard, and hit them fast.
ANDREW: That sounds more like military strategy than makeup sales.
SHARON: Well, you know, Andrew--beauty products are like anything else.
Business is war, whatever you sell.
夏倫：嗯，你們兩個。
我從威爾斯太太那兒聽到好消息。
肯蒂：我們要開新的店嗎？
夏倫：不止是那樣，肯蒂。
威爾斯太太要我告訴你們我們將要開兩家店。
肯蒂：兩家？
安卓魯：那麼快？
夏倫：是的，兩家。他們纔剛決定第二家店的地點。
威爾斯太太特別要謝謝我們。
肯蒂：她是非常有衝勁的女人，同時開兩家店！
他們要如何找到工作人員呢？
夏倫：那並不是我們所擔心的，肯蒂。
但威爾斯太太說要特別謝謝我們。
她要在這個星期六帶我們去晚餐。
安卓魯：真好，所以我猜電視的廣告有效了。
夏倫：如果我們從四月份的銷售額來看，他們幾乎創造了奇蹟。
安卓魯：那麼好？
夏倫：是的。按威爾斯太太所告訴我的，
在三個店面銷售都上升百分之六十五。
肯蒂：太好了！她相信是因爲拜電視廣告所賜的？
夏倫：是的。還有什麼呢？她說她非常感謝你的構想，安德魯。
那個概念真具爆炸性。
安卓魯：我認爲我們應該直接向年輕女性來推廣。
這是有效的，我很高興。
夏倫：現在我們需要再開發一些構想。
我在想有關報紙廣告以及設立廣告牌。
及一個新的電視廣告。
安卓魯：有關報紙廣告，我們需要再找一個不同的廣告代理商。
泰德公司只做電視廣告。
夏倫：我知道。你可以再安排一些跟代理商的會談嗎，肯蒂？
肯蒂：當然，我會聯繫一下。我只是需要知道你的時間表。
夏倫：我們必須要在這方面很努力，你們兩位。
威爾斯太太希望我們能夠把百貨公司的市場給搶過來。
她要大大地打擊他們，而且要快速。
安卓魯：那比較像軍事戰略而非化妝品的銷售。
夏倫：嗯，你知道，安德魯--化妝品就像其它的事情一樣。
商場如戰場，不管你是賣什麼。
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adj. 軍事的
n. 軍隊
mili米粒，吃米粒長大的人－軍人 concept['kɔnsept]
想一想再看
n. 概念，觀念
grateful['greitfəl]想一想再看
adj. 感激的，感謝的
聯想記憶X單詞grateful聯想記憶：grate感激+ful表形容詞，“有…的”→感激的 candy['kændi]
想一想再看
n. 糖果 想一想再看 vt. 促進，提升，升遷; 發起; 促銷
vt. 用糖煮，使結晶爲砂糖
pro向前，mote動－向前動－促進
想一想再看
n. 炸藥，（用）炸藥（爆破）， 引起轟動的人（或物）
聯想記憶X單詞dynamite聯想記憶：dynam力量+ite表名詞→力量之物→炸藥 strategy['strætidʒi]
想一想再看
n. 戰略，策略
aggressive[ə'gresiv]想一想再看
adj. 侵略的，有進取心的，好鬥的
聯想記憶X單詞aggressive聯想記憶：ag再+gress行走+ive→侵略的；進取的
