外贸口语一点通第224期:寒暄介绍之介绍外商

 　　Introduce foreign counterparts

　　介绍外商

　　A: Mr.Yan, I'd like to meet Mr.David Smith, sales manager for Northern Relfections of Canada. Mr.Smith, Mr.Ben Yan, general manager of Apex¹ Trading.

　　严先生，让我为你介绍加拿大北方瑞弗莱克森的业务经理大卫·史密斯先生。史密斯先生，这位是本·严先生，爱派克贸易公司的总经理。

　　B: It's very nice to finally meet you, Mr.Smith, after so many phone calls and faxes. I'd like you to have my business card.

　　很高兴见到您。在经过多次电话，传真沟通之后，我们终于见面了。史密斯先生，请收下我的名片。

　　C: Thanks very much, Mr.Yan. Please accept mine. And please, call me David.

　　谢谢您，严先生。也请收下我的名片，叫我大卫就行了。

　　A: If you don't mind, David, while you and Mr.Yan get acquainted, I'd like to check the arrangements for the meeting.

　　如果你不介意，大卫，你和严先生聊着，我失陪一会儿，看看会议安排得如何。

　　C: You're certainly on top of things, Washington.

　　华盛顿，一切当然尽在你的掌控之中。

　　B: (Looking at Washington)You'll find Mr.Steven Washington is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Trading.

　　（看看华盛顿）您会发现斯蒂文·华盛顿是爱派克贸易公司的一员大将。

　　A: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr.Yan. I'll be right back.(Leaves room)

　　严先生，谢谢你的信任，我马上回来。（走出房间）

　　C: He appears to be a top-norch young man, Mr.Yan. Talent and enthusiasms like that are hard to find.

　　严先生，他看起来是个有作为的年轻人，很难找到像他这样有才干、有热忱的人。

　　B: Don't I know it. He's doing a great job for us. And please, call me Ben.

　　我完全赞同，他在公司表现不俗，请叫我本就可以了。

　　C: Ben, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail² market is like in Taiwan?

　　本，你可以简单地告诉我台湾零售市场的现状吗？

　　B: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector³ seems to be in the top-end.

　　好，由于每人的平均收入不断地增高，市场的发展领域似乎偏向于高价位商品。

　　C: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.

　　这里的零售业还在不断增长？台湾真的比我想象中发展得快多了。

　　B: Yes. Things certainly have changed since I was a boy. We've developed very quickly.

　　没错，现在的台湾和我小时候完全不一样了，这里发展得非常迅速。

　　C: Do you think the trend will continue?

　　你想这种趋势还会持续下去吗？

　　B: I don't see why not. We do have some problems, but we are still willing to work hard and wages aren't too high at this point.

　　我不觉得有什么不行！虽然是有一些问题，但我们仍愿意勤奋工作，而且现阶段工资仍不算太高。

　　C: Everything I've seen so far is very impressive. Very impressive indeed.

　　到目前为止，我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻，真的十分深刻。

　　1. be reckoned with 意思是“认为；把……看作”。

　　eg. The new company is already a force to be reckoned with.

　　这家新公司成为不可轻视的一股势力。

　　eg. All this has turned Google into a force to be reckoned with.

　　这一切，都让谷歌变成了一支不容小觑的力量。

　　2. get acquainted 认识，了解

　　eg. I happened to get acquainted with the widow of some departed high Anglo-Indian official.

　　我偶然结识了一个高级英裔印度官员的遗孀。

　　eg. Lot of bachelors said that they didn't have sufficient time to get acquainted with their true love.

　　很多单身的人都说自己的工作忙得没有足够的时间去认识真命天子（天女）。

1 apex   

n.顶点，最高点

参考例句：

• He reached the apex of power in the early 1930s.他在三十年代初达到了权力的顶峰。
• His election to the presidency was the apex of his career.当选总统是他一生事业的顶峰。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。