Darren：Hi. How are things going? （達倫：嗨。怎麼樣，事情都順利吧？）
Paul：Great. Business is booming. The market for our engineering projects is really good right now, although there is also a lot of competition from other firms. （保羅：好極了。生意蓬勃發展。雖然有很多其他公司和我們競爭， 但是我們工程專案的市場現在相當好。）
Sandra：Good to hear that. Say, Paul, I want to ask you if you know anything about a company called Sky-High Engineering. （珊德拉：聽你這麼說真好。對了，保羅，我想問你， 有一家叫天高工程的公司不知道你熟不熟。）
Paul：I know that it is a big engineering firm that's in trouble. I've heard that it is really in the red. It wouldn't surprise me if that company went bankrupt. Why? （保羅：我知道的是，那是一家陷入麻煩的大型工程公司。我聽說那家公司現在負債累累， 如果它破產，我也不會訝異。為什麼問？）
Sandra：Oh, I just saw an ad that they were looking to hire someone. （珊德拉：喔，我只是看到一則廣告說他們要徵人。）
Paul：Experts forecast that the next quarter will be even worse for them. They can't keep control of their budget or expenses. I think they might go out of business soon. I wouldn't go to that company. （保羅：專家預測他們下一季會更糟。他們一直無法掌控他們的預算跟費用， 我想他們可能很快就會倒閉。我是不會想去那家公司的。）
Sandra：I wouldn't either. Thanks for the information. （珊德拉：我也不會，謝謝你的資訊。）
必通句型
．...is forcasted to improve (time). ......預測（時間）會好轉。
