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我们对来自不同阶层的8岁一大批儿童进行了询问。 We asked them questions like: Which material shall we use? Which colours do you like? etc. 问题有：我们应该使用何种材料？你喜欢什么颜色？等等。 A few of the kids wanted it green and blue. 17.5% other children wanted it red. 少数孩子希望是蓝绿相间。 17.5% 的希望是红色。 But all of them wanted Friendly Fish. All of them. They loved Friendly Fish. 但他们都想要Friendly Fish。全部。他们喜爱Friendly Fish。 We checked each key indicator. Every one of them was positive. We made half a million. 我们核对了每个关键指标。每个都是积极的 。于是我们制造了50万件。 PHIL WATSON: And what are sales like? 菲尔?沃森： 那么销售如何呢？
EDWARD GREEN: Terrible. Sometimes it happens. Even with all the market research, you can never be one hundred
per cent certain.
爱德华?格林： 很糟。世事难料。就算有市场研究，也不可能有百分百的把握啊。 ★★★★New words and expressions生词和短语★★★★ wide range 大范围/许多不同的东西 depend on 依靠/依赖
chip technology 电子/芯片技术 trigger vt.引起
photo-sensitive cell 感光电池/感光元件 activate 使活动起来 breakthrough 突破 clockwork 钟表机械 ingenious 灵巧的
management committee 管理委员会 feasability study 可行性的研究
freelance 自由职业者(she works freelance) key indicator 重要信号
one hundred percent certain 完全肯定
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Lesson10 Rescheduling Plans and Arrangements (第十课 重新安排计划)
Rescheduling plans 重新安排计划 Suggesting changes 提议变动 Interrupting politely 礼貌打断 In this unit...
Mr. Smith cancels his meeting with Edward. Edward and Jenny change their appointments. Mr. Sakai sees Dealer Dan. MR. SMITH: Edward, I?m sorry. I?m afraid I?ll have to cancel our meeting tomorrow. 史密斯先生： 爱德华， 对不起。恐怕我要取消我们明天的会议。
EDWARD GREEN: That?s no problem. Shall we postpone it until later in the week? 爱德华?格林： 没问题。那延后到本周晚些时候？ MR. SMITH: No, I?m afraid I?m not postponing our meeting. I?m canceling it. 史密斯先生： 不，我不是说要延期。我是要取消。
EDWARD GREEN: We need to sign the contract and complete the deal, don?t we? Is there a problem? 爱德华?格林： 我们还是要签合同，完成这次交易，对吧？有什么问题吗? MR. SMITH: No, not for me, but perhaps there?s a problem for you. I?m afraid Big Boss won?t be in the catalogue. 史密斯先生： 没有，我没有问题，但你可能会有问题。恐怕“大老板”不会出现在我们的目录里。 EDWARD GREEN: Are we too late for the printer?s deadline? 爱德华?格林： 我们赶不及印刷商的最后期限了吗？
MR. SMITH: No. That?s not the point. I?m not going to use Big Boss. I?m going to use another product. 史密斯先生： 不。这不是问题。我不准备用“大老板”。 我要用另外一个产品。 EDWARD GREEN: I don?t understand. 爱德华?格林： 我不明白。 MR. SMITH: Well, listen. Then you will understand. This is a new product from J.K Toys. It?s called Dealer Dan. 史密斯先生： 嗯，听着。你就会明白的。这是来自 J.K.玩具公司的一款新产品。名字叫“商人丹”。 DEALER DAN: \I?m the best thing on the voice-activated toy market.\ “商人丹”： “你好，我是?商人丹?。 我是声动玩具市场最棒的玩具”。 MR. SMITH: Edward, are you still there? 史密斯先生： 爱德华， 你在听吗? EDWARD GREEN: Yes. 爱德华?格林： 是的。 MR. SMITH: Good, isn?t he? 史密斯先生： 很好，对吧?
EDWARD GREEN: You say he?s called Dealer Dan. 爱德华?格林： 你说，他叫做“商人丹”。 MR. SMITH: Yes. He arrived yesterday afternoon. The head of marketing from J.K Toys introduced us. 史密斯先生： 是的。昨天下午到的。 J.K.玩具公司的市场营销主管给我们做的介绍。 They?ll launch him on January 20th. 他们将在1月20日推出这款产品。 EDWARD GREEN: What! Is Dealer Dan solar powered? 爱德华?格林： 什么! 太阳能的“商人丹”？ MR. SMITH: Yes. 史密斯先生： 是的。
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EDWARD GREEN: And voice-activated? 爱德华?格林： 声动的？ MR. SMITH: Yes. It?s the same technology...but cheaper. I think Dealer Dan would just like to say bye-bye. 史密斯先生： 是的。是同样的技术 ……但更便宜。我想，“商人丹”要跟你说再见了。 DEALER DAN: Bye-bye. “商人丹”： 再见。
EDWARD GREEN: I don?t understand... 爱德华?格林： 我不明白……
DEALER DAN: If you can?t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. “商人丹”： 如果你受不了热，就离开厨房。
GERALDINE: I?m afraid Mr. Peter is running a bit behind schedule but he won?t be long. Thank you. 杰拉尔丁： 恐怕，皮特先生有点落后了，但他会很快赶上来的。谢谢。 EDWARD GREEN: Have you seen Don? 爱德华?格林： 见到堂了吗？
GERALDINE: He?s in the boardroom in a meeting. 杰拉尔丁： 他在会议室开会。
EDWARD GREEN: Something important has come up. I need to talk to him. 爱德华?格林： 发生了重要的事情。我得跟他谈谈。 GERALDINE: He?s with Mr. Reiley. 杰拉尔丁： 他和莱利先生一起。 GERALDINE: Go on. 杰拉尔丁： 去吧。
DON BRADLEY: We?ll get some examples of the display materials to you and there will also be a point of sale video of
the product. Come in.
堂?布拉德利： 我们会给你一些演示材料，还有现场销售视频。进来。
EDWARD GREEN: Don, Mr. Reiley. Sorry to interrupt. Something important has come up. Can you spare a minute? 爱德华?格林堂：莱利先生。抱歉打搅了。发生了重要的事情。你能挤一分钟的时间吗? DON BRADLEY: Can it wait? I?ll be through in ten minutes. 堂?布拉德利： 能等一下吗？10分钟就完了。 EDWARD GREEN: Not really. 爱德华?格林： 不能。
DON BRADLEY: Okay. I?m sorry. Do you mind if I deal with this? 堂?布拉德利： 好的。对不起。我先处理这件事，你不介意吧？
EDWARD GREEN: I think we?ve got a problem. I?ve just talked to Mr. Smith on the phone. 爱德华?格林： 我想我们有麻烦了。我刚刚同史密斯先生通过话。
The catalogue deal is off. J.K. Toys are launching Dealer Dan. 目录的事取消了。J.K.玩具公司即将推出“商人丹”。 DON BRADLEY: Who the hell is Dealer Dan? 堂?布拉德利： “商人丹”到底是什么玩意?
CLIVE HARRIS: Let?s get this straight. You think we?ll meet these targets. 克莱夫?哈里斯：我们开门见山。你认为我们要满足这些目标。
DEREK JONES: Yes, I do. But we?ll need to either increase overtime or take on some causal staff... 德里克?琼斯： 是的。我们要么加班加点要么雇佣临时工…… DON BRADLEY: Do you mind if I butt in? 堂?布拉德利： 我插句嘴，不介意吧?
CLIVE HARRIS: Not at all. What?s the matter? 克莱夫?哈里斯：不介意。什么事？
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DON BRADLEY: I think we need to talk. Something very important?s come up. 堂?布拉德利： 我们要谈一下。发生了很重要的事。
JENNY ROSS: Do you know where Don is? I thought he was in a meeting with a client. 詹妮?罗斯： 你知道堂在哪儿吗？我想他在和客户开会。
GERALDINE: He was. But he cut the meeting short. There?s a problem. 杰拉尔丁： 他本来是在开会。但提前结束了。出现了问题。 JENNY ROSS: What? 詹妮?罗斯： 什么问题？
GERALDINE: I don?t know. Something about Dealer Dan. 杰拉尔丁： 我不知道。是有关“商人丹”的。
DEREK JONES: Everything in Big Boss is new. The idea is new. The technology is new. 德里克?琼斯： “大老板”的一切都是新的。想法是新的。技术是新的。 DON BRADLEY: Maybe Dealer Dan is a coincidence. Is that possible? 堂?布拉德利： 或许“商人丹”是个巧合。这有可能吗？
DEREK JONES: It?s possible. Of course it?s possible, but it is very unlikely. 德里克?琼斯： 有可能。当然是有可能的，但却不大像。 CLIVE HARRIS: How many people knew about The Boss? 克莱夫?哈里斯：多少人知道关于“大老板”的事？ DEREK JONES: Well, hundreds of people. 德里克?琼斯： 上百人吧。
CLIVE HARRIS: No, I?m sorry, that?s not what I mean. I?m talking about the technology. How many knew about that? 克莱夫?哈里斯：不， 对不起，我不是这个意思。我是在说技术。有多少人知道? DEREK JONES: Well, only the people in my team. 德里克?琼斯： 嗯，只有我的团队知道。
DON BRADLEY: I think we need to find out more about Dealer Dan. 堂?布拉德利： 我认为我们要了解更多关于 “商人丹”的情况。
CLIVE HARRIS: I?ll make a few calls. Don, you set up a meeting with the marketing team and look at our options. 克莱夫?哈里斯：我打几个电话。堂，你和市场营销部的人开个会，看有没有其他选择。 I?ll get back to you as soon as I hear anything. Derek, I want you to get hold of Dealer Dan. 我打完电话就找你。德里克，我要你了解“商人丹”的情况。 JENNY ROSS: I?m calling about the meeting scheduled for this afternoon. 詹妮?罗斯： 我打电话是有关今天下午安排的会议事宜。 I?m terribly sorry but Don won?t be able to make it. 非常抱歉，堂来不了了。 Is there any chance that we could re-arrange it for the same time next week? 有没有可能重新安排在下周相同的时间？
EDWARD GREEN: Yes, I?m really sorry, but it?s absolutely impossible for me this afternoon. 爱德华?格林： 是的，非常抱歉， 但今天下午我绝对不行。 I?ll have to work late tonight. Something has come up. 我今晚还要工作到很晚。出了点事情。
JENNY ROSS: Is there any way that Mrs. Clark could bring forward her meeting with Don by an hour? 詹妮?罗斯： 克拉克夫人有没有办法把会议提前一小时？ I?m trying to re-schedule all of Don?s appointments for tomorrow. 我在想办法重新安排堂明天所有的约会。 EDWARD GREEN: Ah, do you have his diary in front of you? 爱德华?格林： 啊，他的日记本在你面前吗? Good. Could we move the meeting from two o?clock on Thursday to sometime on Friday morning?
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太好了。我们可以把会议由周四两点移到周五上午的某个时间吗？
JENNY ROSS: Alright, if you can?t make any time in the next week, could we set up a four-way telephone conference? 詹妮?罗斯： 好吧，如果你下周找不到时间的话，那我们可不可以安排四方电话会议？ GERALDINE: Clive, it?s Mr. Sakai on the line for you. 杰拉尔丁： 克莱夫， 酒井先生找你。 CLIVE HARRIS: Mr. Sakai? How are you, Kazo? 克莱夫?哈里斯：酒井先生？你好， 加须？ MR. SAKAI: Well, Clive, thank you. 酒井先生： 很好，克莱夫， 谢谢。
CLIVE HARRIS: It?s nice to hear from you. How are the family? 克莱夫?哈里斯：听到你的电话真高兴。家人都好吗？
MR. SAKAI: They are fine, Clive. Thank you for asking. Clive, can I come to the point very quickly? 酒井先生： 都好，克莱夫。谢谢你的关心。克莱夫，我直奔主题好吗？ CLIVE HARRIS: Please do. 克莱夫?哈里斯：请说。 MR. SAKAI: I?m very worried. I have just seen a new product which is very like the Big Boss. 酒井先生： 我很担心。我刚看到一款与“大老板”很相似的产品。 CLIVE HARRIS: Really? 克莱夫?哈里斯：真的？
MR. SAKAI: I have changed my plans. I?ll be in London tomorrow. We must meet. My secretary will fax all my
travel plans.
酒井先生： 我改变了我的计划。我明天会到伦敦。我们必须见面。我的秘书会传真给你我的所有行程。 CLIVE HARRIS: Yes, of course, Kazo. I?ll meet you at the airport. Goodbye. Sally, whatever you have arranged for me
tomorrow, it?s cancelled. I?ll be at the airport all morning with Mr. Sakai. And possibly the afternoon as well.
克莱夫?哈里斯：当然，加须。我在机场接你。再见。萨利，无论你明天安排了什么约会，都取消。我明天整个
上午都在机场陪酒井先生。并且下午也有可能。
DEREK JONES: How much do J.K. Toys know about you and who told them? And how good is Dealer Dan? 德里克?琼斯： J.K.玩具公司对你了解多少，谁告诉他们的？ “商人丹”有多好？ ★★★★New words and expressions生词和短语★★★★ postpone....until 推迟到
to run behind the schedule 没按计划完成 point of sale 销售点
Something has come up. 意外发生了 The deal is off. 协议被取消 close the deal 成交 make a deal 做交易
get a good deal 买到便宜货 rearrange 重新安排 coincidence 巧合 set up = arrange cut short 缩短
butt in 打断，干扰
bring forward a meeting 提前开会
four way telephone conference 四人电话会议
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