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2014年ESL之商务英语 16 Making Verbal Mistakes
Making Verbal Mistakes Omar: Ha ha. Faith: Whats so funny? Omar: Im editing Pauls speech so that it can be posted on our website, but I didnt realize how many verbal mistakes he made. Faith: Were there a lot? Omar: Yeah, he mispronounced the last nam
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2014年ESL之商务英语 17 Dealing with Crises
Dealing with Crises Teresa: Hey, where are you going? We have a meeting in 10 minutes. Adrian: Im sorry. Im going to have to postpone. Im in the middle of putting out fires and Ive had to clear my schedule to deal with the latest crisis. Teresa: Can
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2014年ESL之商务英语 18 Describing Order and Sequence
Describing Order and Sequence Patrick: Okay, your first task is to put all of these files in order. Maya: Wow, there must be hundreds of files in this storeroom. How am I supposed to organize them? Patrick: Create a basic filing system. Put things in
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2014年ESL之商务英语 19 Different Management Styles
Different Management Styles Bianca: Todays the day. Were supposed to find out who the new manager is going to be. I hope theyre not making a mistake by hiring internally. Conrad: I just hope they dont pick Melissa. She would be a disaster. Bianca: Wh
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2014年ESL之商务英语 20 Farming and Agribusiness
Farming and Agribusiness Brad: Is this your first visit to this area? Irene: It is and Im surprised to see so many farms. I thought farming was a dying industry. Brad: Family farms and small-scale farming are disappearing, but agribusiness is alive a
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2014年ESL之商务英语 21 Dealing with Bureaucracy
Dealing with Bureaucracy Jogi: I knew when we got this government contract that it would be a two- edged sword. Deborah: How so? Jogi: Im grateful for the work, but having to jump through hoops of the governments bureaucracy has me pulling my hair ou
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2014年ESL之商务英语 22 Issuing a Public Apology
Issuing a Public Apology Working in public relations, I often have to deal with my clients gaffes and blunders. My job is to calm any firestorm before it gets out of hand. One of the most important things to do whenever theres been a misstep is to is
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2014年ESL之商务英语 23 Launching an Initial Public Offering
Launching an Initial Public Offering Zoe: What are you looking at? Midas: Its the prospectus for Boogles IPO. I wish I could get in on the initial public offering, but since I cant, Ill buy stock as soon as the company becomes publicly traded. Zoe: I
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2014年ESL之商务英语 24 A Product Recall
A Product Recall Melissa: This is a disaster! If we have to recall 100,000 units, well take a huge loss this year. Lee: We have no choice. The product defect poses a safety hazard. If we dont act quickly, well have a huge liability issue on our hands
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2014年ESL之商务英语 25 Finding Emerging Markets
Finding Emerging Markets Jamie: If our company is going to grow, we need to find emerging markets. It makes sense to get a foothold in a few countries that may have developed markets within the next 20 years. Nina: But theres no guarantee that rapid
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2014年ESL之商务英语 26 Disposing of Sensitive Documents
Disposing of Sensitive Documents Marcus: All right, lets get started. These documents wont sort themselves. Rebecca: I really dont think sorting through documents is the best use of my time. Cant the company find an intern to do this? Marcus: We have
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2014年ESL之商务英语 27 Spotting Trends
Spotting Trends Heidi: You look very relaxed reading magazines in the middle of the workday. Tim: Its my job. Im tasked with spotting new trends. Heidi: And you do that by reading magazines with your feet up? Tim: Why not? I also frequent places wher
