商业英语会话



【商业英语】Lesson 1： Getting Started 成立公司



Wendy：Let's review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office?



温蒂：我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们可以搬进新的办公室？



Lester：Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things.



莱司特：七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去，不过搬进去和实际开始工作是两回事。



Wendy：Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up.



温蒂：说得好。无论如何，我会要我们新任的市场经理，海伦_派克帮忙我们打点一切。



Lester：What is she doing?



莱司特：她是做什么的？



Wendy：She's overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth.



温蒂：她监督机器设备的采购等等。



Lester：Does she have a background in that sort of thing?



莱司特：她有那方面的背景吗？



Wendy：As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance.



温蒂：事实上，她上一个公司从行销到财务，实际上都是她在运作的。



Lester：I'm looking forward to meeting her.



莱司特：我期待认识她。



Wendy：Have you begun to investigate factories? I'm so glad we aren't going to try to run our own factory at first.



温蒂：你开始调查工厂了吗？我很高兴我们没有先试图设立自己的工厂。



Lester：Yes, I've started. And I've found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos-



莱司特：是的，开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标--



Wendy：Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . .



温蒂：噢，天哪！有好多的细节：商标，标语，信头，名片......



Lester：You thought setting up a company was going to be easy?



莱司特：你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗？
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