Dialogue 1

Jingjing works for a company in Beijing. Mark is visiting as a representative of an international company. Jingjing is picking him up at the airport.
京晶在一家北京公司工作。馬克是一名跨國公司的代表來京訪問，京晶在機場接機。

Mark: Hello, are you Jingjing?
馬克：您好，您是京晶嗎？
Jingjing: Yes. Mark Karon, I presume.
京晶：是的，我猜，您就是馬克·卡倫。
Mark: That's what it says on the sign.
馬克：標志牌上就是這么寫的。
Jingjing: Do you have any more luggage to pick up?
京晶：您還有更多的行李要提取嗎？
Mark: No, I just have these two carry-on bags. I don't think we'll be needing that hand truck. But thanks anyway for having one ready for me. Were you waiting here long?
馬克：沒有了。我只帶了這兩個隨身提包。我想我們不需要手推車了。但是仍然感謝您為我準備了一輛。您在這兒等候多時了嗎？
Jingjing: No, I got here just a little while ago.
京晶：我也剛到不久。
Mark: So, you got my text about the flight delay.
馬克：所以您收到了我發給您的那條關于飛機延誤的短信。
Jingjing: I did. It was good of you to send that.
京晶：收到了。很感謝您發來短信。
Mark: No problem. I know how it feels to wait for people who are late. Hey, that's why I suggested just meeting you at the office.
馬克：不客氣。我知道等待遲到的人是一種什么感受。這就是為什么我曾建議我們在辦公室見面。
Jingjing: Well, it's my pleasure to pick you up. Our leader insisted that someone be here as your guide.
京晶：很樂意來機場接您。我們領導堅持安排有人在機場來給您做向導。
Mark: Your leader, eh? Is that your boss?
馬克：您的領導？那個就是你們老板嗎？
Jingjing: She's my boss's boss. You'll probably meet her tomorrow evening.
京晶：她是我們老板的老板。您可能會在明晚與她會面。
Mark: Oh, I thought we were having a meeting tomorrow at the office.
馬克：好的，我以為我們明早在辦公室開會呢。
Jingjing: I'm not sure what we'll be doing tomorrow. I'll get information later tonight and text it to you. Anyway, here's where we'll get picked up by the company car.
京晶：我不太清楚我們明天的安排。今晚晚些時候我就能知道，到時候我給您發信息。對了，這里就是公司派車來接我們的地方。

New words: 習語短語

carry-on bags 隨身攜帶的手提包
Small bags or personal items you bring with you into the passenger cabin of the plane, as opposed to checked luggage
hand truck 手推車
A cart with wheels, found in airports, used for carrying larger and heavier pieces of luggage
Flight delay 飛機延誤
the time period between the scheduled arrival and the actual arrival of a flight

Dialogue 2

Jingjing and Mark are talking in the car.
京晶和馬克在車里交談。

Jingjing: Are you comfortable enough?
京晶：您感覺舒適嗎？
Mark: Yes. Thanks. This is a lot better than the tiny seat I had on the plane.
馬克：很好，十分感謝。這里比飛機上狹窄的小座位舒服太多了。
Jingjing: Good. So, I'm assuming you'd like to turn in as soon as we get to the hotel. Can I go ahead and send you the text with ideas for tomorrow's activities as soon as I get it?
京晶：那就好。我想您可能到達酒店后就會回房休息。我可否一接到明天活動的安排就直接短信通知您？
Mark: Of course. Send it anytime. If I'm sleeping, I'll have my phone on DND.
馬克：當然。隨時可以發給我。如果我在睡覺，我會把手機調成勿擾模式。
Jingjing: Perfect. So, I was told your company was sending someone from research and development. Is that your department?
京晶：太好了。那么，我被告知您公司已從研發中心派人過來，是您所在的部門嗎？
Mark: Um, no, I'm actually in logistics. You'll definitely be meeting some R&D people down the road. I know that's where you would like to cooperate.
馬克：嗯，不是的。事實上我是在物流部門。您肯定接下來還會跟R&D 部門的人打交道。我知道這是你們想要合作的地方。
Jingjing: Oh, well, logistics is very interesting. I'm sure we could learn a lot from you.
京晶：其實，物流也是非常有趣的，我相信我們一定會向您學到很多。
Mark: I'll do my best. I know we wanted to send an R&D guy to meet with your company. But they're all tied up in a project that's heading into production.
馬克：我盡力。我也知道我們公司會派一位 R&D 部門的人來與你方見面，但是他們現在都在忙著一個項目，已經進入產品階段了。
Jingjing: I understand that's when you'd want to have all your people around. How did you get put on this trip to Beijing?
京晶：我明白那種關鍵人手不能缺席的狀況。那您是如何得以成行北京的？
Mark: Well, one of the reasons is my company wanted to send someone neutral.
馬克：其中一個原因是我們公司想派一個中立的人過來。
Jingjing: How do you mean?
京晶：這是何意？
Mark: To be frank, we weren't sure what all you had in mind for our future cooperation. Of course, we're very optimistic. But we didn't want to send one of our engineers or researchers, because he or she might have too many preconceived notions about technology transfer.
馬克：實話實說，我們不太確定你們對將來的合作有何想法。當然，我們對此持非常樂觀的態度。但是我們不想派來我們的工程師或者調研員，因為他們可能對技術轉移存在一些先入為主的觀念。
Jingjing: So, you've come here as a better listener, to see what it is we have in mind?
京晶：所以，您過來這邊是來做一個更好的傾聽者，來聽聽我們有什么想法？
Mark: Well, I wouldn't say better. I hope we can put together a draft proposal, in a little more detail and with a little more understanding than we might have done over email.
馬克：我不會說更好，我希望我們能共同草擬一份提議，加入更多的細節，同時加入比我們雙方在郵件中達成的更多一些的相互了解。
Jingjing: That sounds doable. Oh, here's your hotel.
京晶：聽上去是可行的。您到酒店了。

New words: 習語短語

DND 請勿打擾
Do not disturb, a setting on a smartphone (No calls or notifications)
Research and development (R&D) 研發
The department in a company responsible for innovation, and the work they do
logistics 物流部
The department in a company responsible for shipping and receiving, tracking shipments and managing the value chain
Have all your people around 重要的相關人員都在場
Have the necessary members of staff in attendance
Technology transfer 技術轉移
The work of transferring technology from one country/region to another, especially if this could present problems with intellectual property, standards and regulations
技術轉移是指技術在國家、地區、行業內部或之間以及技術自身系統內輸出與輸入的活動過程。包括技術成果、信息、能力的轉讓、移植、引進、交流和推廣普及，簡稱“技術轉移”。