基礎(chǔ)商務(wù)英語 Unit 9 Part2 步入商界--- 解釋工作
基礎(chǔ)商務(wù)英語第七集Unit 9 Part2(步入商界--- 解釋工作)
Unit9 Part2 Explaining how something works
一、New words and expressions生詞和短語
clockwork 鐘表機(jī)械
ingenious 靈巧的
management committee 管理委員會(huì)
feasability study 可行性的研究
freelance 自由職業(yè)者(she works freelance)
key indicator 重要信號(hào)
one hundred percent certain 完全肯定
二、Dialogue(一)
MS WONG: Tell me, do these toys work?
黃女士：告訴我，這些玩具還可以工作嗎?
CLIVE HARRIS: These? Yes.
克萊夫.哈里斯：這些?可以。
MS WONG: How old are they?
CLIVE HARRIS: Some of them areVictorian.
克萊夫.哈里斯：有些是維多利亞女王時(shí)代的。
No microchips in these.
這些沒有微芯片。
All clockwork, but some of them are quite ingenious.
全部是依靠機(jī)械力，但有些是很有創(chuàng)意的。
Look at this one for instance.
比如這個(gè)。
A young violin player.
一位年輕的小提琴手。
MS WONG: It' s very beautiful.
黃女士：很漂亮。
How does it work?
它是怎樣用的?
CLIVE HARRIS:Well, you just wind it up
克萊夫.哈里斯：只要給它上緊發(fā)條，
...and of he goes ...
他就會(huì)動(dòng)了。
grandmother played with some of these when she was a girl.
我祖母年輕的時(shí)候玩過一些。
And my father collected clockwork toys.
我父親收集了這些機(jī)械玩具。
MS WONG: They are very clever.
黃女士：都很精巧。
CLIVE HARRIS: But not very safe ...Look at the sharp edges on this one.
克萊夫.哈里斯：但卻不怎么安全……看這個(gè)，邊上很鋒利。
Very dangerous and it' s covered with lead paint.
很危險(xiǎn)，并且是用鉛噴漆的。
MS WONG: Tell me, how does this work?
黃女士：告訴我，這個(gè)怎么用?
GERALDINE: I' ve pressed return and nothing happens.
杰拉爾?。何野戳朔祷?，但沒什么反應(yīng)。
I' ve tried that.
我這樣試過了。
How can I get out of the programme?
我怎么才能推出這個(gè)程序呢?
Just a second. Could you speak more slowly, please?
請(qǐng)稍等。能說的再慢些嗎?
Right. Let me try.
好了。讓我試試。
F1 and then return.Yes,
先按F1，再按返回鍵。對(duì)了，
then press "escape".
再按“退出”。
Oh that' s it. Thanks.
啊，對(duì)了。謝謝。
EDWARD GREEN: ...Let me show you how products are market researched...
愛德華.格林：……我來給你演示一下，怎樣對(duì)產(chǎn)品進(jìn)行市場(chǎng)調(diào)查……
EDWARD GREEN: You see all products go through the same, basic process.
愛德華.格林：所有的產(chǎn)品都要履行一樣的基本程序。
They start as an idea.
開始時(shí)只是個(gè)想法。
Every month, a management committee looks at all the new ideas and they put development money into some of them.
管理層委員會(huì)每個(gè)月都對(duì)所有的新想法進(jìn)行篩選，對(duì)其中的一些想法注入研發(fā)資金。
Let me show you an example.
我給你看個(gè)例子。
Take this product: "Friendly Fish".
比如這個(gè)產(chǎn)品： “Friendly Fish”。The idea came from a freelance designer.
這個(gè)想法來自一名自由設(shè)計(jì)師。
A Management Committee looked at the designs and they liked them.
管理層委員會(huì)看了設(shè)計(jì)，很喜歡。
Follow me.
請(qǐng)隨我來。
They asked the development team how much it would cost to manufacture the product,
于是他們?cè)儐栮?duì)伍，制作這種產(chǎn)品要花多少錢。
and they asked the Marketing Department two questions:
他們對(duì)市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷部提出了兩個(gè)問題：
1. Who is the target market for Friendly Fish?
1、Friendly Fish的目標(biāo)市場(chǎng)是哪人?
2. How big is that market?
2、市場(chǎng)有多大?
We then know if the idea is worth taking on to the next stage which is the feasibility study.
這樣我們就會(huì)知道這個(gè)想法是否值得進(jìn)行到下一步，也就是可行性研究。
PHIL WATSON: So what happened with the Friendly Fish?
菲爾.沃森：那么Friendly Fish最后怎樣了呢?
EDWARD GREEN: We learned at this stage that it was a low cost high volume mass market product.
愛德華.格林：我們?cè)谶@個(gè)階段了解到這是一種量大價(jià)廉的大眾產(chǎn)品。
The feasibility study indicated that Friendly Fish would sell all over Europe.
可行性研究顯示Friendly Fish將行銷整個(gè)歐洲。
We then invested in more market research.
之后，我們投資進(jìn)行了更多的市場(chǎng)研究。
We asked a large group of eight year olds from Different backgrounds about "Friendly Fish".
我們對(duì)來自不同階層的8歲一大批兒童進(jìn)行了詢問。
We asked them questions like:
問題有：
Which material shall we use?
我們應(yīng)該使用何種材料?
Which colours do you like? etc.
你喜歡什么顏色?等等。
A few of the kids wanted it green and blue.
少數(shù)孩子希望是藍(lán)綠相間。
17.5% other children wanted it red.
17.5% 的希望是紅色。
But all of them wanted Friendly Fish.
但他們都想要Friendly Fish。
All of them. They loved Friendly Fish.
全部。他們喜愛Friendly Fish。
We checked each key indicator.
我們核對(duì)了每個(gè)關(guān)鍵指標(biāo)。
Every one of them was positive.
每個(gè)都是積極的 。
We made half a million.
于是我們制造了50萬件。
PHIL WATSON: And what are sales like?
菲爾.沃森：那么銷售如何呢?
EDWARD GREEN: Terrible.
愛德華.格林：很糟。
Sometimes it happens.
世事難料。
Even with all the market research, you can never be one hundred per cent certain.
就算有市場(chǎng)研究，也不可能有百分百的把握啊。
Dialogue(二)
MS WONG: Tell me, do these toys work?
CLIVE HARRIS: These? Yes.
MS WONG: How old are they?
CLIVE HARRIS: Some of them are Victorian.
No microchips in these.
All clockwork, but some of them are quite ingenious.
Look at this one for instance.
A young violin player.
MS WONG: It' s very beautiful.
How does it work?
CLIVE HARRIS:Well, you just wind it up
...and of he goes ...
grandmother played with some of these when she was a girl.
And my father collected clockwork toys.
MS WONG: They are very clever.
CLIVE HARRIS: But not very safe ...Look at the sharp edges on this one.
Very dangerous and it' s covered with lead paint.
MS WONG: Tell me, how does this work?
三、answer the question
How can I get out of the programme?
Dialogue(三)
GERALDINE: I' ve pressed return and nothing happens.
I' ve tried that.
How can I get out of the programme?
Just a second. Could you speak more slowly, please?
Right. Let me try.
F1 and then return.Yes, then press "escape".
Oh that' s it. Thanks.
EDWARD GREEN: ...Let me show you how products are market researched...
Dialogue(四)
GERALDINE: I' ve pressed return and nothing happens. I' ve tried that.
How can I get out of the programme?
Just a second. Could you speak more slowly, please?
Right. Let me try.
F1 and then return.Yes,
then press "escape".
Oh that' s it. Thanks.
EDWARD GREEN: ...Let me show you how products are market researched...
EDWARD GREEN: You see all products go through the same, basic process. They start as an idea.
Every month, a management committee looks at all the new ideas and they put development money into some of them.
Let me show you an example.
Take this product: "Friendly Fish". The idea came from a freelance designer.
A Management Committee looked at the designs and they liked them. Follow me.
They asked the development team how much it would cost to manufacture the product,
and they asked the Marketing Department two questions:
1. Who is the target market for Friendly Fish?
2. How big is that market?
We then know if the idea is worth taking on to the next stage which is the feasibility study.
Dialogue(五)
PHIL WATSON: So what happened with the Friendly Fish?
EDWARD GREEN: We learned at this stage that it was a low cost high volume mass market product.
The feasibility study indicated that Friendly Fish would sell all over Europe.
We then invested in more market research.
We asked a large group of eight year olds from Different backgrounds about "Friendly Fish".
We asked them questions like:
Which material shall we use? Which colours do you like? etc.
A few of the kids wanted it green and blue. 17.5% other children wanted it red.
But all of them wanted Friendly Fish.
All of them. They loved Friendly Fish.
We checked each key indicator. Every one of them was positive. We made half a million.
Dialogue(六)
We asked a large group of eight year olds from Different backgrounds about "Friendly Fish".
We asked them questions like:
Which material shall we use?
Which colours do you like? etc.
A few of the kids wanted it green and blue.
17.5% other children wanted it red.
But all of them wanted Friendly Fish.
All of them. They loved Friendly Fish.
We checked each key indicator.
Every one of them was positive.
We made half a million.
PHIL WATSON: And what are sales like?
EDWARD GREEN: Terrible.
Sometimes it happens.
Even with all the market research, you can never be one hundred per cent certain.
四、復(fù)習(xí)
clockwork
ingenious
basic process
management committee
feasability study
key indicator
one hundred percetn certin
Dialogue(七)
EDWARD GREEN: You see all products go through the same, basic process.
They start as an idea.
Every month, a management committee looks at all the new ideas and they put development money into some of them.
Let me show you an example.
Take this product: "Friendly Fish".The idea came from a freelance designer.
A Management Committee looked at the designs and they liked them.
Follow me.
