金融英语综合辅导：DepartmentalMeeting（1）

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　　SHARON： Well， you two.
　　I have good news from Ms. Wells.
　　CANDY： Are we opening the new shop？
& B& Z+ ]3 f8 j$ x3 V: [* e# z　　SHARON： Not just that， Candy.
  z4 q0 D1 k: ?1 ?0 O: W, u. p; n　　Ms. Wells wants me to tell you that we will be opening two new shops.
　　CANDY： Two？
( n5 K( C1 @: K4 H4 T' X. y1 e　　ANDREW： So fast？
　　SHARON： Yes， two. They've just decided on the second location.
; Q7 Z% A1 u+ f' ~2 \　　And Ms. Wells wants to thank us especially.
8 b+ X& n& a5 m" p; s; w# j　　CANDY： She is a very aggressive woman. Two shops at once！
+ }) l( [  {1 [' e4 f7 ^　　How will they have the staff for that？
　　SHARON： That isn't our concern， Candy.
　　But Ms. Wells says she wanted to thank us especially.
. F& m  ~- @( W' C9 a　　She wants to take us to dinner this Saturday.
　　ANDREW： Great. So I guess our television ads worked.
1 J  s' Q: J( o3 l5 U( u) q( E　　SHARON： If we judge by April's sales， they worked almost miraculously.
　　ANDREW： That good？
　　SHARON： Yes. According to what Ms. Wells told me，
　　sales are up around 65% at all three stores.
0 v) @  \5 N1 }9 ?. V3 N" y　　CANDY： Excellent！ And she thinks it was because of the TV ads？
　　SHARON： Yes. What else？ She says she is very grateful for your idea， Andrew.
　　That concept was dynamite.
# C7 W8 u3 I2 P: ^! j! v4 @　　ANDREW： I thought we should promote more directly to younger women.
0 p+ X( x  A! _& e" Y  y　　So it worked. I'm glad.
　　SHARON： Now we need to develop the concept more.
' W+ z* ?% n7 W- R7 j! N　　I'm thinking about more newspaper ads and billboards.
　　And maybe a new TV ad as well.
　　ANDREW： For newspaper ads， we will have to work with a different advertising agency.
　　The Tate Company only does television.
　　SHARON： I know that. Can you try to set up some meetings with other agencies， Candy？
, A& M# P+ j  U+ D. O　　CANDY： Sure. I'll call around. I just need to know your schedule.
% A, L  q" T( Q2 m& m+ ~" u　　SHARON： We'll have to work hard on this， you two.
8 r7 b- o& g: ^3 w+ w　　Ms. Wells thinks we may be able to steal the market from the shopping malls.
　　So she wants to hit them hard， and hit them fast.
; P) |8 M, b( @; p2 \& g$ Z) I　　ANDREW： That sounds more like military strategy than makeup sales.
　　SHARON： Well， you know， Andrew——beauty products are like anything else.
* }- {& K  C7 S8 F6 [　　Business is war， whatever you sell.