Don:Daphne, thanks for coming today. How are you? (唐:戴芬妮,謝謝妳今天光臨。妳好嗎?)
Daphne:Fine, Don. Thanks for inviting me to see your operations. (戴芬妮:唐。謝謝你邀請我來看你們的營運狀況。)
Don:My pleasure. Let me tell you about our company. We have 75 employees. Our company was established in 1990. (唐:我的榮幸。讓我跟妳介紹一下我們公司。我們有七十五名員工。我們的公司建立於1990 年。)
Daphne:Do you have branches in any other countries? (戴芬妮:你們在其他國家有分公司嗎?)
Don:Yes, we have offices in five countries: Spain, England, France, the United States, and Canada. Our products include many types of office supplies. We also specialize in fashionable office decorations. (唐:有的。我們在五個國家有辦公室:西班牙、英國、法國、美國和加拿大。我們的產品包括各式各樣的辦公室用品。我們也專做時尚的辦公室裝潢。)
Daphne:You really have some nice products, Don. (戴芬妮:你們真的有些不錯的產品,唐。)
Don:Thank you, Daphne. Our products are of the highest quality. Naturally, I have to charge a little more than some other exporters because of this good quality. (唐:謝謝妳,戴芬妮。我們的產品品質一流。當然我在收費上就必須比其他的出口商高一點。)
Daphne:I’m really pleased with how fast you can fill our orders as well. (戴芬妮:我也很滿意我們下單的時候你很快就能供貨。)
Don:It’s because of our modern equipment. The production capacity of some of our new manufacturing machines is 500 units per hour. (唐:那是因為我們新穎的器材。我們一些新的製造機器每小時的產能高達500 件。)
Daphne:That’s really impressive. (戴芬妮:真了不起。)
Don:Now, this room is where we hold our staff meetings. Would you like to see our factory now? Are you interested in taking a tour of our warehouse, too? (唐:吶,這間是我們員工開會的地方。妳現在想看看我們的工廠嗎?有沒有興趣也看一下我們的倉庫?)
Daphne:Yes, of course. (戴芬妮:好,當然。)
Don:Please come this way, Daphne. (唐:請往這邊走,戴芬妮。)
Don takes Daphne to the factory.(唐帶戴芬妮去工廠。)
Daphne:I didn’t realize your factory was so large, Don. (戴芬妮:我之前不知道你們的工廠規模有這麼大,唐。)
Don:We make a lot office supplies here. If you look on the right, you’ll see one of our production teams. Now, coming up ahead, on the left is where we assemble some of the supplies, such as staplers. (唐:我們在這裡製造很多辦公室用品。如果妳往右邊看,會看到我們的生產小組之一。吶,接下來在妳左手邊的就是我們組合一些用品的地方,比方像釘書機。)
Daphne:It looks like you have a very efficient operation here, Don. (戴芬妮:看來你們的運作非常有效率,唐。)
必通詞彙與句型
.(Sb.) have (number) employees. (某人)有(數量)個員工。
.Our company was (founded/established/formed/created) in (year). 我們的公司(創立/建立/成立/創建)於(年份)。
.We have (branches/offices/subsidiaries) in (number) (city/country). 我們在(數量)個(城市/國家)都有(分公司/辦公室/子公司)。
.Our products/services include (sth.). 我們的產品/服務包括(某事物)。 .We specialize in (sth.). 我們專做(某事物)。
.The production capacity of (machine) is (quantity) per (hour/day/week/month/year). 這台(機器)的產能是每(小時/天/週/月/年)(數量)。
.This (area/room) is where we (do sth.). 這一(區/間)是我們(做某事)的地方。