商务情景礼节学习

Jeff: How do you think the dinner with the client went last night?

杰夫：你觉得昨晚和客户吃的晚餐怎么样？

Joan: I think that it was successful. I am expecting a call today from the Chief Executive to tell me that we won his business.

琼：我觉得很成功。今天我在等首席执行给我打电话，告诉我我们赢了这单生意。

Jeff: Can I say something frank about the dinner?

杰夫：我可以就晚餐说一些坦白的话吗？

Joan: Sure, Jeff. You know that I prefer direct talk.

琼：当然了，杰夫。你知道我更喜欢直截了当。

Jeff: I was really surprised by the Chief Executive's table manners.

杰夫：首席执行的饭桌礼仪真让我大吃一惊。

Joan: To be honest Jeff, so was I.

琼：老实说，杰夫。我也是。

Jeff: It goes to show that just because someone is rich and successful, doesn't make them perfect.

杰夫：这说明某人富有或者成功并不能让他们变得完美无缺。

Joan: I'd rather have good table manners than all the riches in the world!

琼：我宁愿要有好的饭桌礼仪，而不要世界上的所有财富！

Notes:

1） Desk-lunch: eating lunch at your desk so you can keep working

办公桌午餐：在办公桌上吃午饭，这样你就可以继续工作

Desk-lunches are OK sometimes, but it's not good for your health to do it everyday.

偶尔吃一吃办公桌午餐是可以的，不过每天都这么吃就会对你的健康不利。

2） Journal: serious magazines that are usually industry specific

定期刊物，杂志：严肃的杂志，通常具体到某个领域

Each month I receive marketing journals full of the latest trends and information about the world of sales.

每月我都收到市场期刊，里面全是有关世界销售的最近走向与信息。

3） Client: a customer of a service company

客户：服务公司的消费者

Generally speaking, customers buy goods while clients buy services.

通常来说，消费者买物品而客户买服务。