商业英语会话(3)
文章作者 100test 发表时间 2007:03:16 21:17:58
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Lesson 3: Production Problems 产品问题
Grace:We re going to have a problem meeting the budget for the production of our new sound board.
葛蕾丝:我们拨给新声卡产品的预算会有问题。
Lester:How much of a problem?
莱司特:问题有多严重?来源:考试大
Grace:Well, it seems that we underestimated the costs. According to the factory, it will cost about eight percent more than initially projected.
葛蕾丝:看样子我们似乎低估了成本。根据制造厂商的说法,成本会比原先计划的还高出百分之八。来源:考试大
Lester:Let me see . . .Looking at this, if my calculations are correct, we are about three thousand dollars over budget?
莱司特:我看看……看这状况,假如我算得没错,我们大约比预算多出了三千美金。
Grace:That s right. It s going to cost about three thousand more to complete the first order.来源:考试大
葛蕾丝:是的。大约要多花三千元来完成第一批订单。
Lester:I see……来源:考试大
莱司特:我明白了……
Grace:But if sales go as well as they should, that s still well within our profit margin. Proceeds from sales of the first order will easily cover the cost of the second order.
葛蕾丝:不过假如销售状况有应有的表现,那就仍在我们的获利范围之内。第一批定单的营收将会很容易就抵过第二批定单的成本。来源:考试大
Lester:In other words, you only need a budget increase for the first order.
莱司特:换句话说,你只需要增加第一批定单的预算。
Grace:Exactly. After that, the product should finance itself.
葛蕾丝:完全正确。之后,产品本身就可以获利,不需要再增加预算。
Lester:OK. Well, you know, all major budget decisions must be approved by our CEO and the financial officer.
莱司特:好的,你知道,所有主要的预算决策需要总裁及财政主管的批准。
Grace:Yes, I know. But I thought that if I could get your support first, it might make getting approval easier.
葛蕾丝:是的,我知道。只是我觉得如果我能先取得你的支持可能会比较容易得到批准。
Lester:Well, you ve got my support on this. I ll see what I can do to get the top brass to agree.
莱司特:嗯,你已经得到我的支持了。我会看看有什么方法可以让高层主管同意。