英语博客：ESL Podcast 784 – Socializing With Clients

 　　Georgia: Do you know what the best part is of my new promotion¹? The expense account! I can’t wait to wine and dine our clients.

 

　　Dan: The purpose of the expense account is to win over new clients and to keep our current clients happy. It’s not a personal slush fund, you know.

 

　　Georgia: I know. The point is to network and to build client relationships – blah-blah-blah.

 

　　Dan: Schmoozing is part of our job and it’s not something to be taken lightly.

 

　　Georgia: Of course not. But I’m looking forward to attending charity events to rub elbows with the business elite². Free food, free booze, and free entertainment. What more could I ask for?

 

　　Dan: Talk to me in three months after you’ve had a few too many plates of rubber chicken!

 

　　Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

2 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。