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[BEC中级] 商务英语辅导:中级口语训练第9课-解释工作

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发表于 2012-8-14 19:56:54 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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4 r' |  K, {, ]: P  Unit 9 Explaining how something works 介绍sth是如何运转的   CLIVE HARRIS: Can I get you a cup of tea or something?
) L$ j. H9 p* p3 D, n  克莱夫.哈里斯:给你拿杯咖啡或别的?
1 x3 L. @5 i9 }: ?( v  MS WONG: No, thanks, I' m fine.- ~$ o$ q7 ]* ~0 q# S$ ~7 [7 y; j8 h1 L
  黄女士:No, 谢谢, 不用了。2 l8 u/ G- S7 s5 Z+ l
  CLIVE HARRIS: Please have a seat.. S7 ]! U% S) I  Y
  克莱夫.哈里斯:请坐。4 ?. {0 S; s; |0 z* ~& ~$ o+ G
  Well, Sally, you' re seen the company. You' re seen our products.
& f2 Y' j. X1 b5 Q/ x8 k: d  萨利,你参观了公司,也见过了我们的产品。" z# E' d! u/ r0 O  Y( f
  What do you think?
; w" I1 m7 ^9 }6 s  你认为怎么样?
8 Q) i( z; d: @9 P/ f+ J  MS WONG: You have a wide product range, but they' re all dependent on the same chip technology.5 A- h# j6 j& k# S  G
  黄女士:你们的产品样式很多,但都依赖同样的芯片技术。
% |* [4 N! g3 q! t) z  I think we may be able to supply you with some of the necessary circuitry
* Z; K* f* c- C  |  我认为,我们可以为你提供必要的电路元件6 }( W( ~2 k9 y6 q* Q' \
  ...but,of course, we need to speak further about this.
) V9 v1 n' V8 `% @; m! _1 ?  ……当然,我们还要就此再深入交谈。$ R8 C" j6 h/ g1 z, s) ?- I+ M
  CLIVE HARRIS: Well, thanks for coming in.' s  j7 U7 I9 r. i+ w6 C/ U
  克莱夫.哈里斯:噢,谢谢你的来访。
$ w" R& E+ x; G/ Y! j* g; h& ?  MS WONG: It has been most interesting.! l( z: ?, L7 |; X6 ?8 E" `2 v) X
  黄女士:这次参观很有意思。www.Examw.com
5 a1 ]! a5 c  |9 C5 k" C  DEREK JONES: This is the latest prototype.
5 F" K9 r& E1 g- P9 A4 H  德里克.琼斯:这是最新的模型。
0 ~7 y; U1 S+ \+ q  PHIL WATSON: How does it work?8 |6 i& ~8 F* U& {$ v! ~
  菲尔.沃森:怎么用?
/ B( R+ M- Q7 P4 w) D1 R  z0 d$ i7 K  DEREK JONES: Say something to the boss.
: W. f9 Q" P; j8 C4 z  德里克.琼斯:对"大老板"随便说点什么。
5 V) W/ E$ k( f- X/ [  PHIL WATSON: Like what?
0 W( R* q6 u6 M* ?2 y# r# M  菲尔.沃森:比如?
! c6 o. O2 D( N( D5 w- L5 w+ \  DEREK JONES: Anything.( l3 C& ?; `5 }& S
  德里克.琼斯:什么都行。) W# O( x9 \* a
  There' s a microphone in Boss' s ear, and it will recognise certain commands.& Q+ K5 V) B  B3 S; Z1 _8 d; C
  "大老板"的耳朵里有个麦克风,它可以识别某些指令。, E/ d; w) ?5 v3 t1 B
  It records what you say and stores it.
- `" e0 V! {5 b) z  它会录下你讲的内容,并保存起来。* d  d3 Q$ z4 f6 H% ]' |' ~
  When it hears the trigger word, it plays it back.
8 R+ V4 a4 ]1 }3 R  在听到触发字后,就会播放出来。5 E3 a0 Z" B7 V; H' g7 O1 @7 p! u
  PHIL WATSON: I' m sorry, could you repeat that?
6 x/ w) f; j( r) ^: {, n  菲尔.沃森:对不起,能再说一遍吗?: G4 |$ D. }( q8 Q0 c
  I don' t understand what you mean by trigger word." P3 ], T& F, [/ j. V/ M9 b5 N1 e; @
  我不太明白触发字的意思。+ P. D# M2 b7 @' }: v
  DEREK JONES: Okay, I' ll try to explain it more simply.
2 S, N/ {) ~  |/ i. V. [# V  德里克.琼斯:好的,我会尽量简单地解释。
/ u* \; Y" X  g$ W  We can programme the Boss to say something like "I don' t want problems, I want solutions".) B( _, _& J/ K9 F
  我们可以编程使"大老板"说类似"我不管问题,只要解决方案"的话。
! a) q: l0 g7 R0 Y  And we do that like this: you press his nose and that activates the voice card.
/ z) h' ^& t( ?. ?6 I  我们是这样做的:你按一下它的鼻子,这样就激活了声卡。- f  v, I1 s* d! C9 O7 R
  Then you say the phrase.8 f3 {+ R4 q, E8 j
  然后你说个短语。3 |  [" `% `; g" K! w6 z, C$ X) a, ~
  "I don' t want problems, I want solutions"- \! x" E. \5 i+ K
  "我不管问题,只要解决方案"
* K+ p# t% {$ t) g1 }  Then you press the nose again.: n% _6 o6 G* i7 C$ {# Z
  然后你再按一下鼻子。
' v3 b0 @9 g) w1 @" _  PHIL WATSON: Why do you do that?# s2 o+ `3 F( u9 Q
  菲尔.沃森:为什么要这样做?
. W7 v$ \/ p" A% ]  DEREK JONES: You do that in order to stop the recording.
+ b9 f" |; S. P: g1 z& ?1 B, K  德里克.琼斯:这样做是为了停止录音。7 |$ }6 D8 Y" S2 J; i; m
  Then you select your trigger word.
1 l+ A) V) ?' T& j' C  然后再选择触发字
2 l( e% Q3 P9 k% q& G8 B  PHIL WATSON: What is that?
6 h) L# L; c9 u+ ]8 X3 t  菲尔.沃森:那是什么呢?
9 W9 B) g8 a; ]: T  DEREK JONES: The trigger word makes the Boss speak./ |" c' \/ Q5 b" |- x
  德里克.琼斯:触发字可以使"大老板"开口说话。- Q3 a- u% H$ h  {; a) ?
  Every time he hears that word,
0 V# v0 s% Z) Z! S  它每次听到这个词,
0 e$ N6 s( V# x  he will say "I don' t want problems, I want solutions."8 k& }. a. y' U6 S1 T, f- C$ ~
  就会说"我不管问题,只要解决方案"。
2 c* w4 y( p% t0 B) L2 u  PHIL WATSON: So, let me clarify this:
9 ]( d2 ~6 M2 o# V6 [# M1 K* v  菲尔.沃森:让我来澄清这点:$ a0 R2 N. P& K; g
  each time the Boss hears the trigger word, he' ll repeat the phrase.
9 Z) [* C, m; S' F  l  每次"大老板"听到触发字,就会重复这个短语。9 f/ ~( i7 b. S! _6 R
  DEREK JONES: Exactly.
  o4 _+ o$ s. F  德里克.琼斯:正确。6 J* |% S$ x+ j( O
  So give him the trigger.
, s+ X. m/ ]9 p' |  那就给它个触发字吧。" f2 I+ Z% k( f# w
  PHIL WATSON: Okay ummm ...The trigger can be the word "problems".
  b  n" g- P% b. w8 U  菲尔.沃森:好的, 嗯 ……触发字就用"问题"这个字吧。
8 T4 ~9 y$ v  q/ P  DEREK JONES: Fine. Say it in his ear, then.8 m" j# r& t; a# H6 r" }
  德里克.琼斯:好。对着它的耳朵说,然后。
- F3 c! y! @9 K7 V" ~* x0 B5 K: q& C  PHIL WATSON: "Problems."
3 d/ D* l' ]/ _5 u: ~  菲尔.沃森:"问题"。
- V! r: w. b- M6 c; D2 Q  DEREK JONES: Okay, now say a sentence with the word "problems" in it.2 n% a, S: C4 [+ X
  德里克.琼斯:好的, 现在说个带"问题"这个字的句子。
/ f( M- F2 C- }. K9 s  PHIL WATSON: Excuse me, Big Boss, I' m having some problems with the project.8 Y/ A& u1 |, y, s) R
  菲尔.沃森:打扰一下,"大老板",我在这个项目上有些"问题"。
, K# X1 J9 L) _3 {# R4 D  BIG BOSS: Problem! I don' t want problems. I want solutions.2 |" Y! C' x5 N- d3 O' G1 U! E! c
  "大老板":问题!"我不管问题,只要解决方案"。% P% C" p* A; F5 C% O6 I! e& O4 \
  PHIL WATSON: Brilliant! How is it powered?
$ W; N% b2 y2 B( C3 w( x1 ~; l1 A  菲尔.沃森:太好了!它的动力是怎样的?7 q+ j. d# o- r! p
  DEREK JONES: Aha! You' ll enjoy this:/ ]% h( l+ T0 ]0 J1 U2 \
  德里克.琼斯:啊哈! 你会很喜欢的:
+ I* E& _8 N! V+ Y4 V  light energy. It won' t need new batteries.7 M' ~  F5 G/ y3 U
  光能。不需要新电池。3 ~6 v2 R" W+ n8 G9 r
  Both the eyes contain photo-sensitive cells which absorb the solar energy.& v' `3 ]! Z6 f) @
  它的双眼都有可以吸收太阳能的感光电池。: x* a4 W  \/ X# `; C( }
  These cells then power the motors located here under each arm.% ?( Y  T: F& M& _
  这些电池给每支手臂下的发动机提供动力。
! k5 }$ _( [. k, b! A) y  Now, as everybody knows, when you have this kind of configuration there is a...1 s* f- M3 u4 q- G0 N$ N
  大家都知道,如果你有这种设置,就会……
8 y5 [! ?7 T0 U  ^8 b/ I8 X: ^+ w  EDWARD GREEN: Sorry, Derek would you mind explaining that in another way?
9 A- {2 u- f1 A( E1 R8 s3 F  爱德华.格林:对不起, 德里克。可以用另外的方式解释一下吗?
3 H1 N8 C: O3 {  DEREK JONES: Sorry. I' ll keep it simple.
0 K& |; t: o8 q5 @! Z5 W  德里克.琼斯:抱歉。我会简单地说。" {( N( e; G1 e4 |% B# ~. }
  The important thing is that this is a major breakthrough.* B; N5 h- I# e; y7 b7 ~
  重要的是这是个重大突破。* \8 s7 b9 r, }, a+ M! G: D1 M
  All the toys will represent the very latest in technology.
; I5 p% Y" U" h0 P' p0 f5 i  所有的玩具都代表着科技的最新进展。; o# f( k7 ]1 J$ j/ I
  PHIL WATSON: I can see that. It' s very impressive.
9 W- H* n9 r( j3 m7 g$ G- \  菲尔.沃森:这个我可以看初步来。给人的印象很深刻。! X- y; F  E2 k8 N: D+ J
  EDWARD GREEN: Thanks, Derek.
3 R, K% G6 r$ `) ]' Q  爱德华.格林:谢谢, 德里克。2 k; ^% W* p  `2 N* U( r
  PHIL WATSON: Thanks for the demonstration.9 f: E( `& Z7 b. i
  菲尔.沃森:谢谢你们的演示。 5 ]( B, V4 X' d
  DEREK JONES: Any time.2 g3 ^  ?9 @, c( i
  德里克.琼斯:随时效劳。
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商务英语辅导:中级口语训练第9课-解释工作

</p>  MS WONG: Tell me, do these toys work?
& q& l8 P. y+ E! K9 F# w8 e  黄女士:告诉我,这些玩具还可以工作吗?7 `! [" \& p) X, z/ b
  CLIVE HARRIS: These? Yes.
2 g7 ?) `) n- |& i  克莱夫.哈里斯:这些?可以。
. c$ J& x: e& K$ E+ x  MS WONG: How old are they?
5 T; v" ~# N/ z  黄女士:, K- ?1 N* o6 u* y, v, M
  CLIVE HARRIS: Some of them are Victorian.
0 _8 a$ k, P. ?) b2 ~: X  克莱夫.哈里斯:有些是维多利亚女王时代的。
/ e2 J, ^0 B' e  No microchips in these.
4 A0 L& U- }# T) N  这些没有微芯片。0 V9 |7 |/ S, j' k7 S7 m
  All clockwork, but some of them are quite ingenious.; L# f, z" M# d! b: l
  全部是依靠机械力,但有些是很有创意的。
8 M' a9 E5 O+ j% a" N) H  Look at this one for instance.9 C3 Z" ~2 k  N: Y0 O5 e2 O. Z
  比如这个。5 m) S6 u3 F7 J9 O( ~, P( [* p; J
  A young violin player.
6 v6 j: y& j2 l/ ]  K, _- Z  一位年轻的小提琴手。
$ I2 u: B$ h8 l" A  MS WONG: It' s very beautiful.( v* I" E' t& |0 O
  黄女士:很漂亮。
+ U' i' R& `0 L4 D  How does it work?
5 ?1 t0 H. V2 p' K6 Y$ m  它是怎样用的?
8 ~8 u( X& K- h3 [. e6 a  CLIVE HARRIS: Well, you just wind it up6 o/ \/ x- D, j& t% S; M9 n
  克莱夫.哈里斯:只要给它上紧发条,
/ Z& t3 X7 o; y' |5 Y8 X  ...and of he goes ...
7 g. v* X' A2 o  他就会动了。
4 L6 r, ~9 J  Y  grandmother played with some of these when she was a girl.; t$ J8 K- c8 i+ _) X# O6 A% L+ u
  我祖母年轻的时候玩过一些。
0 x" `5 z! [$ ?* |  And my father collected clockwork toys.
* x$ ?2 \; ]1 m; i2 w# ?  我父亲收集了这些机械玩具。
( ^7 m1 Z1 n! v) B3 N  MS WONG: They are very clever.8 x/ V$ p3 w) E8 {
  黄女士:都很精巧。( P) ~! o+ h- c; f  k
  CLIVE HARRIS: But not very safe ...Look at the sharp edges on this one.* s6 [3 @: v3 @! B+ f/ ~
  克莱夫.哈里斯:但却不怎么安全……看这个,边上很锋利。! C; ~$ _* z9 F8 m' @- {
  Very dangerous and it' s covered with lead paint.' ~8 K& P( m& m+ z
  很危险,并且是用铅喷漆的。
8 ]$ S% ^# F$ s  MS WONG: Tell me, how does this work?( I1 u! q6 f5 k( J  U
  黄女士:告诉我,这个怎么用?: u; H1 d2 n9 O8 U  ^
  GERALDINE: I' ve pressed return and nothing happens.8 ^9 E1 R6 w9 X3 f
  杰拉尔丁:我按了返回,但没什么反应。3 C. @0 {( q. `+ v- s+ ~
  I' ve tried that.
( z$ P) k: U1 H3 y6 C: L/ x2 ]( u  我这样试过了。
7 i# d/ ^) P8 E( q% C5 ^  How can I get out of the programme?2 X3 w; x2 g8 P8 J& m" y
  我怎么才能推出这个程序呢?  Y" n. @, l+ n9 I5 g0 \
  Just a second. Could you speak more slowly, please?% S% z1 z* _; \7 F# k6 n7 {6 S
  请稍等。能说的再慢些吗?5 B9 s  b5 J: ~
  Right. Let me try.9 z/ H% e" e+ x; j
  好了。让我试试。! u  A  y) W& v" z' P# U0 K3 t1 y1 V
  F1 and then return.Yes,
% d% w) o! \7 \: X0 j) Q  先按F1,再按返回键。对了,
; z0 D: q; E0 Y! |" S; @9 ?  then press "escape".
- d* c% I5 Z- {  再按"退出"。
1 ]3 L4 R: c* R0 B$ T: _  Oh that' s it. Thanks.9 I4 k* n/ \+ R' e/ X& G1 |0 @
  啊,对了。谢谢。9 q& ?) |9 k& `0 F$ N, i
  EDWARD GREEN: ...Let me show you how products are market researched...
8 R* H& N0 C9 |; J0 d& L  爱德华.格林:……我来给你演示一下,怎样对产品进行市场调查……
7 ]! f# P; m5 r, N0 ^: V: i# R  EDWARD GREEN: You see all products go through the same, basic process.
1 E7 n" I/ m- _# r  爱德华.格林:所有的产品都要履行一样的基本程序。
, D) s3 F0 N- J( E; _+ R  They start as an idea.
2 T0 `/ z( v1 e3 O) [  开始时只是个想法。
: r" ~6 Z& b8 W  Every month, a management committee looks at all the new ideas and they put development money into some of them.2 V: d. Z( ^9 p" h: Z0 |8 r
  管理层委员会每个月都对所有的新想法进行筛选,对其中的一些想法注入研发资金。
, a  n- z- J0 H  Let me show you an example.# W' m2 d1 n& R: Z1 \' h
  我给你看个例子。' N% Z  a: i$ i- t
  Take this product: "Friendly Fish".
" V5 M7 A! N5 Z5 U) h# q- Y  比如这个产品: "Friendly Fish"。
: y  s8 K. F2 v$ J  Q8 W7 g7 p, o  The idea came from a freelance designer.
% i! J! D  Y% j* X  这个想法来自一名自由设计师。) j3 ?$ X& B. |& u7 }2 L) Q$ U
  A Management Committee looked at the designs and they liked them.8 H! r, ~' ?0 S. v- w' r
  管理层委员会看了设计,很喜欢。
. L: ]2 C  W$ K/ G* e2 ~; s# k  Follow me.8 v9 I7 _! x; d8 C9 H2 r& G8 `
  请随我来。+ A8 E  {# @6 n( k- i* p) W5 S
  They asked the development team how much it would cost to manufacture the product,
0 X5 _' R9 x% i' d  于是他们询问队伍,制作这种产品要花多少钱。% a0 R: W9 s( y" {4 ?2 ?3 a
  and they asked the Marketing Department two questions:% K2 \' Z% y, v! F. m0 x4 R- K
  他们对市场营销部提出了两个问题:www.Examw.com$ J/ b) R0 {0 o4 V2 Q/ o. N6 S
  1. Who is the target market for Friendly Fish?
9 a( |3 c, d& q4 }, K7 b  1、Friendly Fish的目标市场是哪人?
2 z/ e$ j, i4 r  2. How big is that market?4 ?# y- a, {' R, Y$ J! W" {6 A; A
  2、市场有多大?
5 x* h# K% L, `  We then know if the idea is worth taking on to the next stage which is the feasibility study.- _0 L' N. u& R, G
  这样我们就会知道这个想法是否值得进行到下一步,也就是可行性研究。; ~# x# c. J4 f+ B2 }; v1 s$ c( ?
  PHIL WATSON: So what happened with the Friendly Fish?* [( u% k3 T) O. O  Q6 ]$ f  t
  菲尔.沃森:那么Friendly Fish最后怎样了呢?
2 k! P' g( y0 w+ U8 Q; B  EDWARD GREEN: We learned at this stage that it was a low cost high volume mass market product.
6 Z) D0 B: I. U( S9 l8 i- O/ ~  爱德华.格林:我们在这个阶段了解到这是一种量大价廉的大众产品。
) N1 j. g1 H' |  W/ h! ]  The feasibility study indicated that Friendly Fish would sell all over Europe.
7 l# _, o9 i5 ~) a- d( Y  可行性研究显示Friendly Fish将行销整个欧洲。! ^. {) c0 g5 ?8 Q4 q. C) F
  We then invested in more market research.
8 S, i, h- \  n. f+ p8 C6 v; m+ n/ r  之后,我们投资进行了更多的市场研究。- J, }- y# t# w1 K+ Q' W2 A7 \
  We asked a large group of eight year olds from Different backgrounds about "Friendly Fish".
" A0 d  Z) p6 p  我们对来自不同阶层的8岁一大批儿童进行了询问。2 p# ~4 ^' S6 S' j
  We asked them questions like:: X  w3 g/ m0 ^: i. v
  问题有:, `: i% Z2 X( o
  Which material shall we use?+ b+ r& _& w0 ^& Z. s
  我们应该使用何种材料?/ ]- s% h6 l$ ~3 t
  Which colours do you like? etc.
! F, v) V( `0 L' T  你喜欢什么颜色?等等。
+ s% u3 D% X) M1 N* O9 l! ]  A few of the kids wanted it green and blue.% v( M5 l# t9 C0 J
  少数孩子希望是蓝绿相间。9 s- S/ ?7 E# y3 J: q0 `
  17.5% other children wanted it red.
8 H9 }7 k$ k' w  17.5% 的希望是红色。
0 Z8 c0 \$ J4 M0 G  But all of them wanted Friendly Fish.
: G" {1 f! H7 |- M) ^4 g5 q- X  但他们都想要Friendly Fish。
( d( D3 F8 M) P: T! w  All of them. They loved Friendly Fish.
# r$ d: G. F. f5 H  全部。他们喜爱Friendly Fish。
. v' i$ }% L. L, K# Y6 b* v( Y  L  We checked each key indicator.  J: G# ^+ T* l  r' y! e
  我们核对了每个关键指标。
7 \0 V5 j2 ?( W  Every one of them was positive.
. ^! b5 ]" Y9 P( }) L: b  每个都是积极的 。& S, C/ U( ?$ V! }' E; ?
  We made half a million.
: g( X- |  E8 b/ l) w; H  于是我们制造了50万件。4 ?8 P. D' l) D5 k7 A; Y( F
  PHIL WATSON: And what are sales like?
5 r" x, \; o5 O1 n. d4 O+ |+ P  菲尔.沃森:那么销售如何呢?
% s- B+ J) T! T* ^. G  EDWARD GREEN: Terrible.2 u5 m5 C+ R( [, ]; o
  爱德华.格林:很糟。
( ]$ H  M* E7 t7 s4 p: D  v8 O# [  Sometimes it happens.; g, q- S7 R3 ]- L7 y
  世事难料。5 y, W! O1 N* k, \
  Even with all the market research, you can never be one hundred per cent certain." n/ f1 y8 q0 J% r& a
  就算有市场研究,也不可能有百分百的把握啊。
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