Man: I was speaking to someone down in the Finance Department last week
上周,我和財(cái)務(wù)部的人談過了
and they were talking about holiday allowance and flexible working,
他們?cè)谟懻摷倨诮蛸N和彈性工作制,
and I couldn't believe how different their allocations were.
我認(rèn)為他們的津貼不會(huì)改變。
For the last five years, management have been saying how they were working for equality between departments,
在過去的五年里,管理層一直在說部門之間要平等,
but I think a great deal more needs to be done.
但我認(rèn)為要實(shí)現(xiàn)這一點(diǎn)還任重而道遠(yuǎn)。
I think it's really bad for inter-departmental relations.
我認(rèn)為這對(duì)處理好部門間的關(guān)系非常不利。
Man: Joe Frank here.
喬·弗蘭克。
Thanks very much for your letter.
非常感謝您的來信。
We 're still very interested in this new software of yours,
我們?nèi)匀粚?duì)你們的新軟件甚感興趣,
but we shall need a bit more time to consider,
但我們需要更多的時(shí)間來考慮,
and perhaps some hands on experience with it.
也許有些人有過這樣的經(jīng)歷。
So this next meeting of ours will be crucial - I hope the nineteenth is still suitable?
那么,我們下一次會(huì)議將至關(guān)重要——我認(rèn)為第十九個(gè)很合適,
Shall we expect you for lunch, before we get down to business at two o'clock as arranged?
在兩點(diǎn)鐘開工之前,一起吃個(gè)午飯,可以嗎?