地道美语听力练习:商界的尔虞我诈

Yoko:We used to be the only game in town.

Now we have three competitors and they are luring away our customers.

Cedric:I know. We need to do something before we go under.

What about price matching?

Yoko:Our prices are already competitive.

If we want to focus on price, we'll need to undercut our competitors.

Cedric:Slashing prices would be really hard on our profit margin, but these are desperate times.

What do you think of a two-for-one deal?

We could offer it for a limited time.

Yoko:We can do that if lowering our prices doesn't work.

I'm thinking we could go in another direction.

What do you think about offering freebies or gifts with purchase?

Cedric:I think that's a good idea.

The more frills we include the better our services look.

What kind of frills?

Yoko:I'm not sure, but the more bells and whistles the better.

Cedric:And if all of this doesn't work?

Yoko:Then we'll be up the creek without a paddle!