外贸英语口语学习教程第180期:市场调研之巧问巧答

We've got to come up with a few clever strategies in order to keep our place on top.
我们不得不想出几个更聪明的办法来保持我们的领先地位。

I couldn't agree with you more!
我完全同意你的观点。

Our challenge is consumer loyalty.
我们面临的挑战是如何争取忠实的顾客。

Right. This is a very competitive market.
是的，这是个充满竞争的市场。

Did you get a good response from a discounted introductory?
你从定价打折之后得到好的反馈了吗？

At a discounted introductory, we landed more sales.
定价打折之后，销售量则大增。

Of course. Price is an important variable in our market, so we can use it to build our customer base.
当然，价格在市场上是一个重要的变量，我们可以利用价格建立我们的顾客基数。

It seems this market is sensitive to price. When our product was marked up at a higher instroductory price, our sales after product launch were low. At a discounted introductory, we landed more sales.
市场似乎对价格很敏感，我们的产品一开始价格标的很高，因此投放市场后，销售量非常低，定价打折后销售量则大增。

Oh, no, a lot of people won't give market researchers the time of day on the telephone.
哦，不，很多人不愿意接受电话调查。

I‘m making a research about on-line shopping. May I ask you some questions?
我正在进行一项网上购物的调查。你能回答我的几个问题吗？

Sure. What for?
行，什么事？

Go ahead, please.
请问吧。

Would you say more details?
能说的具体点吗？

I’m afraid I can't. I'm so busy now.
我估计现在不行，我太忙了。

Is there anything I can do for you?
我能为你做些什么吗？

I just want to come by and thank you for using our company and to ask if you've had any problems so far.
我仅是拜访一下。感谢你们选择我们公司，还有我想问问到目前为止你们有没有什么问题。

Do you often work with a computer?
你经常使用电脑吗？

What do you do while surfing the Internet?
您在网上做些什么？