原汁原味商务英语播客 第20课:开会时提建议

 　　Today’s intermediate Business English Podcast is part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions. In this episode, we’re focused on the language used to introduce your ideas and make suggestions.

　　今天的商务播客是2节课中的一部分，将要涉及提建议，拒绝建议和接受建议。在这节课中，我们会聚焦用来介绍你的想法并提议的语言。

　　The dialog takes place at a sports shoe company called Stratos. You’ll be listening to Karen, a marketing¹ manager, meet with three members of her team, Charles, Sven and Miguel. They are choosing a celebrity² spokesperson for a new product. Celebrity means a famous person and spokesperson is someone who gets paid to be in an advertisement for a product.

　　对话发生在一个叫做Stratos运动鞋厂。你将听到市场部经理Karen会见团队成员，Charles, Sven 和Miguel。他们正在选择名人来代言新产品。Celebrity是指名人，spokesperson指在广告中代言产品的代言人

1 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

2 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。