商務英語口語對話:我們總算開始賺錢了
M: Did you see the information on sales for last year? The sales review was made at our last board meeting. There's a great news for our shareholders.
F: Yeah, I went over the figures this morning. We're finally started making money again!
M: We've never sold this much before, our growth this year has been phenomenal. We have captured 8% of the market, up from last year by 120%. Our strategy is working!
F: not only our annual sales brake a record, but our month by month earnings exceeded our forecast as well. After a two-year slump, we finally back in the black.
M: The company's performance has improved since Wallace became president. He's made our little business into a real lucrative operation. Products are selling like hotcakes.
F: I think our success is partly because of Wallace's contribution, and partly because of our new marketing strategy. Because of the new advertising campaign, we have become the top sellers in the field.
M: Let's hope this stroke of good luck lasts. I hope we are over our financial difficulties for good. But it's still too soon to know if our sales success is a long term trend.
F: Let's hope it is!
去年的銷售情況你看了嗎?我們上次的董事會上檢查了一下銷售情況.我們的股東要有好消息聽了.
是的,今天早上我看了一下數字.我們終於又開始掙錢了.
以前我們從來沒有賣過那麼多產品,今年我們的發展勢頭一直很不錯.我們已佔領了市場的8個百分點,比去年上升120%. 我們的銷售策略起作用了.
不但我們的年銷售額打破了紀錄,而且我們的月收入也超出了我們的預想.蕭條了兩年之後,我們終於又盈利了.
自從華萊士任董事長以來,公司的經營狀況已大有好轉.他把我們的小公司經營成了一個真正的盈利公司.產品賣的非常火.
我想這些成功應該一半歸功於華萊士,一半歸功於我們的新銷售策略.由於發起了新的廣告運動,我們已經成了這一領域最棒的經銷商.
希望這個好運能長久下去.希望我們永遠度過了財政困難時期.但是現在還不能確定目前的銷售勢頭能否保持.
讓我們充滿信心吧!
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
Board: a group of people who have power to make decisions and control a company or other organization (公司或其他機構的)董事會,委員會,理事會 C + sing./pl. verb
She has a seat on the board of directors. 她是董事會成員.
The board is/are unhappy about falling sales. 董事會對銷售額下降感到不滿.
members of the board 全體委員
phenomenal: very great or impressive 了不起的;非凡的 adjective
The product has been a phenomenal success. 這一產品獲得了極大的成功.
The response to the appeal has been phenomenal. 對這一呼籲的反響異常強烈.
Exceed: to be greater than a particular number or amount 超過(數量) VN formal
The price will not exceed £100. 價格不會超過 100 英鎊.
His achievements have exceeded expectations. 他的成就出乎預料.
Slump: a period when a country's economy or a business is doing very badly 蕭條期;衰退
the slump of the 1930s 20 世紀 30 年代的大蕭條
Housing sales are finally coming out of a three-month slump. 房屋銷售終於走出了一連三個月的蕭條期.
The toy industry is in a slump. 玩具業現在不景氣.
Lucrative: producing a large amount of money; making a large profit 賺大錢的;獲利多的
a lucrative business/contract/market 利潤豐厚的生意╱合同╱市場
go over: If you go over a document, incident, or problem, you examine, discuss, or think about it very carefully. 研究,審閱,檢查
He went over the plans again and discovered two mistakes.
他再次審查計劃,發現兩處錯誤.
be in the black: to have money, for example in your bank account 有盈餘;有結餘
The company has managed to stay in the black for the year ending December 31. 到 12 月 31 號爲止的這一年裏,公司努力保持着贏利狀態.
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
