外贸英语口语学习教程第224期:寒暄介绍之介绍外商

Introduce foreign counterparts
介绍外商

A: Mr.Yan, I'd like to meet Mr.David Smith, sales manager for Northern Relfections of Canada. Mr.Smith, Mr.Ben Yan, general manager of Apex Trading.
严先生，让我为你介绍加拿大北方瑞弗莱克森的业务经理大卫·史密斯先生。史密斯先生，这位是本·严先生，爱派克贸易公司的总经理。

B: It's very nice to finally meet you, Mr.Smith, after so many phone calls and faxes. I'd like you to have my business card.
很高兴见到您。在经过多次电话，传真沟通之后，我们终于见面了。史密斯先生，请收下我的名片。

C: Thanks very much, Mr.Yan. Please accept mine. And please, call me David.
谢谢您，严先生。也请收下我的名片，叫我大卫就行了。

A: If you don't mind, David, while you and Mr.Yan get acquainted, I'd like to check the arrangements for the meeting.
如果你不介意，大卫，你和严先生聊着，我失陪一会儿，看看会议安排得如何。

C: You're certainly on top of things, Washington.
华盛顿，一切当然尽在你的掌控之中。

B: (Looking at Washington)You'll find Mr.Steven Washington is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Trading.
（看看华盛顿）您会发现斯蒂文·华盛顿是爱派克贸易公司的一员大将。

A: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr.Yan. I'll be right back.(Leaves room)
严先生，谢谢你的信任，我马上回来。（走出房间）

C: He appears to be a top-norch young man, Mr.Yan. Talent and enthusiasms like that are hard to find.
严先生，他看起来是个有作为的年轻人，很难找到像他这样有才干、有热忱的人。

B: Don't I know it. He's doing a great job for us. And please, call me Ben.
我完全赞同，他在公司表现不俗，请叫我本就可以了。

C: Ben, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail market is like in Taiwan?
本，你可以简单地告诉我台湾零售市场的现状吗？

B: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector seems to be in the top-end.
好，由于每人的平均收入不断地增高，市场的发展领域似乎偏向于高价位商品。

C: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.
这里的零售业还在不断增长？台湾真的比我想象中发展得快多了。

B: Yes. Things certainly have changed since I was a boy. We've developed very quickly.
没错，现在的台湾和我小时候完全不一样了，这里发展得非常迅速。

C: Do you think the trend will continue?
你想这种趋势还会持续下去吗？

B: I don't see why not. We do have some problems, but we are still willing to work hard and wages aren't too high at this point.
我不觉得有什么不行！虽然是有一些问题，但我们仍愿意勤奋工作，而且现阶段工资仍不算太高。

C: Everything I've seen so far is very impressive. Very impressive indeed.
到目前为止，我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻，真的十分深刻。