新视野大学英语视听说教程 3 Unit 5-2

III. Listening In
Task 1: Attending a Business Reception
Script¹
Chris: I’ve been looking forward to this reception for weeks. I can’t wait to get sure of my own leads. You know, start making new connections.
Nora: Smart thinking. But what are you going to do with all those brochures?
Chris: The party ends at two, I figure I can have them all distributed by one-thirty,
Nora: No, no, no, no. Let me clue you in. Those brochures will make you look like a green hand.
Chris: What should I do then?
Nora: Hand out business cards. That’s the way to do it.
Chris: I don’t understand what’s wrong with these brochures about our company.
Nora: This room is going to be filled with potential clients², but there is an unwritten law; you leave your work at the door.
Chris: But how am I supposed to get anything of this if we can’t talk business?
Nora: You have business cards. Get out there and exchange cards. Just get a card for a card.
Chris: Then follow up on Monday?
Nora: You catch on quick. Let’s split³ up so we can cover more ground.
Chris: Great idea. This is going to be a piece of cake. I’ll meet you back here at two.

Chris and Nora are going to a reception. Chris is eager to making new connections. As the party ends at two, he intends to have all those brochures distributed by one- thirty. But Nora disagrees, saying that those brochures will make him look like a green hand. She advises him just to hand out business card and leave his work at the door. But Chris wonders how he can get anything out of this if she can’t talk business. To this, Nora insists that he should just get a card for a card. Chris catches on quickly and knows that he can hand out business cards now and follow up on Monday. Finally, Nora suggests splitting⁴ up so that they can cover more ground. Chris feels it will be a piece of cake and promise to meet her back there at two.

1 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。

2 clients   

n.顾客( client的名词复数 )；当事人；诉讼委托人；[计算机]客户端

参考例句：

• a lawyer with many famous clients 拥有许多著名委托人的律师
• She understood the importance of establishing a close rapport with clients. 她懂得与客户建立密切和谐的关系的重要性。

3 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。

4 splitting   

爆裂式的

参考例句：

• the splitting of the atom 原子的分裂
• We heard an ear-splitting scream from the terrified girl. 我们听见那个受惊的女孩发出一声刺耳的尖叫声。