VOA 商务英语 lesson8

（单词翻译）

Lesson 8
Dialog 1:
On the Agenda(议事日程), outsource( 外包)，manufacture(制造)，clothing manufacturing(服装制造)
F: What’s on your agenda today,Dament?
M: I’ll meet with Ms.Lucy Anderson ,chief resource officer(资源部主任) of Style Plus
F: Style plus?Aren’t they clothing manufacturers?
M: Yes,they need to change the way they manufacturing clothing.
F: They do their own manufacturing , don’t they?
M: yes, at an old factory, that may be the problem.
F: are they going to outsource the manufacturing ?
M: Maybe, that’ s what I will find out today.
F: Aren’t they going to outsource their manufacture
Q: What needs to be changed?
A: the way of manufacturing.
Dialog 2:
New words: market niche¹(市场定位，原义为壁龛),apparel
M: Style plus is doing well?(your studies are going well/How are things)
F: Style plus is doing very well. We find our niche.
M: Oh. Niche, we say niche.
F: niche?niche? It doesn’t matter, we understand one another.
M: what is your niche?
F: we manufacture clothing for women?
M: Women?that’s a big niche.
F: Our market niche is women who wear large sizes?
M: so your niche is big women.
F :We prefer to say for women wearing large sizes.(更加得体的方式，西方人不喜欢胖)。
Q: What is her market niche?
A: Women wearing large sizes.
Dialog 3:
New words: consumer demand,retailer,product line(产品系列)
M: What is your specific problem?
F: Simply, we can not keep pace with(=keep up with) the demand.
M: The market is growing?
F: Yes, retailers² want more about our product line.
M: consumer demand is there.
F: but the product isn’t. We need to produce more products more quickly.
M: If you produce more, you could keep pace with the demand.
F: That’s our goal.
Q: what is the company’s specific problem?(specific→specifically)
A: They can’t keep pace with the demand.
Small talk:( 姓名),先用姓称呼，熟悉后改为名）
n Hi, my name is Dement, Dement Green.
n Don’t you remember ?we met yesterday.
n I am sorry ,I am very bad with names and faces.