会话场景
接机后的次日，Brian在公司里，为Johnathan 介绍自己的老板-Mr. Sun……。
B: Mr. Sun, I‘d like you to meet Mr. Johnathan Mitchell, sales manager for Nortern Reflections of Canada. (Sun extends hand first; Sun and Mitchell shake hands) Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Steven Sun, general manager of Apex Trading.
孙先生，让我为你介绍加拿大Northern Reflections的业务经理Jonathan Mitchell先生。（孙先生先伸出，两人握手）Mitchell先生,这是Steven孙先生,Apex贸易公司的总经理。
S: It‘s very nice to finally meet you, Mr. Mitchell after so many phone calls and faxes. (offers his business card first) I‘d like you to have my business card.
多次电话、传真往返之后,非常高兴终于见到您，Mitchell先生（先递出名片）， 请收下我的名片。
J: Thanks very much, Mr. Sun. Please accept mine. (offers his own card) and please, call me Johnathan. (both look at cards for a few seconds, then put them in wallets-not pockets.)
谢谢您，孙先生。也请收下我的名片（递上自己的名片），叫我Johnathan就行了。（两个人都看了一下对方的名片,放入皮夹而非口袋中）
B: If you don‘t mind, Johnathan, while you and Mr. Sun get acquainted, I‘d like to check the arrangements for the meeting.
如果你不介意，Johnathan在你和孙先生互相认识时，我先失陪，看看会议安排得如何。
J: You‘re certainly on top of things, Brian.
Brian，一切当然在你掌握之中！
S: (looking at Brian) You‘ll find Mr. Tayler-Brian - is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Tradig.
（看着Brian）Talyer先生,您会发现Brian是Apex贸易公司的大将。
B: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr. Sun. I‘ll be right back. (leaves room)
孙先生，谢谢你的信任票，我马上回来。（走出房间）
J: He appears to be a top-notch young man, Mr. Sun. Talent and enthusiasm like that are hard to find.
孙先生，他看起来是个有为的青年，难找到像他这样有才干、有热忱的人。
S: Don‘t I know it. He‘s doing a great job for us. And please, call me Steven.
我完全同意，他在公司表现不凡，请叫我Steven就行了。
J: Steven, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail market is like in Taiwan?
Steven，你可以简单地告诉我台湾零售市场的现况吗？
S: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector seems to be in the to-end.
唔，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。
J: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.
此地的零售走入高价位了？台湾的发展比我想像得要快多了。
S: 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，这里发展得非常快速。
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