表达自己立场的实例

Pristine 是一家专门制造高级手表、行销国际的公司；日前发现受雇的越南工厂竟仿冒其产品非法贩卖，严重损害他们的权益。面对这个问题，公司的主管阶级有人主张提出控诉，也有人持相反意见。

Dave: Wang Trading is making knockoffs of our watches and selling them. I say we tell them right away to stop, or we'll take them to court. Do I have everyone's support on this? Bob? Wang贸易公司仿冒我们的手表并且上市销售，我认为我们要马上叫他们停止，不然就告到法院去。大家赞成我的想法吗？Bob？

Bob: You have my full backing, Dave. If we don't show everyone that we'll hurt them when they do these things, other companies will start to make more knockoffs later. Dave，我完全支持你。要是我们不打击这些仿冒我们产品的公司，以后其它的公司就会仿冒得更厉害。

Mary: I'm sorry, but I think that's just what we shouldn't do. We'd need to use Vietnam's laws; we all know that the government there won't help a Taiwanese company fight a Vietnamese company. 对不起，我认为我们不该这么做。到时候我们得采用越南的法律，而大家都知道当地政府是不会帮一间台湾的公司对付他们国内的公司。

Dave: I see your point, but we need to punish them, and let others see us punishing them, so nobody else will ever try the same thing. 我了解你的想法，但是我们总得惩戒他们，杀鸡儆猴，才不会有人跟着仿冒。

Mary: Companies have tried that many, many times before -- it never works. If we stop this company, there will just be another company that will do the same thing. If there is a chance for making profits, someone will try it. 许多公司以前就试过了，但是从来没有人成功。就算我们阻止了这家公司，也会有另一家公司起而效之。只要是有利可图，就会有人想去做。

Bob: We're cutting our own throats if we don't do something. Are you saying we should just do nothing? 如果我们不想想办法，简直是自取灭亡。你的意思是要我们坐视不管吗？

Mary: Not at all. What I'm saying is that the knockoffs are being sold in a market that our watches aren't sold in. If we want to stop others from selling knockoffs, we should get into this market ourselves. 当然不是。我的意思是这些仿冒品销售的巿场和我们手表销售的市场，并不相同。如果我们要阻止别人继续贩卖仿冒品，就该自己打进这个市场。