評論
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Man： Let's start with head office, shall we? Or one of the regions?
男：我們是從總公司開始嗎？還是從其中一個地區開始？
Woman： Well, we've got to start somewhere. How about the south-western branch office?
女：嗯，我們得從某個地方開始，西南分公司怎么樣？
Man： Uh-huh. And then spread to everywhere else later.
男：嗯，然后再散播到其他地方。
Woman: Right. Now, how are they going to get their suggestions to us?
女：對。那他們如何向我們提出建議？
Man: However they want.
男：他們想用什么方法都行。
Woman: What, even by phone?
女：什么，甚至是打電話嗎？
Man: Oh, I see what you mean, could be pretty disruptive -
男：哦，我明白你的意思了，這樣可能會很混亂，
Woman: If we get a lot... or memos -
女：如果我們接到很多電話或備忘錄呢，
Man: Would be good. They're simple, direct... in a box, maybe, in Reception -
男：那就好了。它們既簡單又直接，放在一個盒子里，可以擱在接待處，
Woman: But then we'd be putting off any people who don't go in there -
女：不去接待處的人就沒法提建議了，
Man: True. OK, they can send them to us then. Well, I hope this is going to work!
男：對。他們可以把建議寄給我們。好吧，我希望這能奏效！
Woman: Bound to. It's not a question of whether it works, but how well!
女：一定會的。問題不在于它是否有效，而在于效果如何！
We'll need to evaluate it，of course, for the board. They'll want to know how much money we think we're saving.
當然，我們需要為董事會進行評估。他們會想知道我們能省多少錢。
Man: But I don't think we'll know that exactly for some time yet.
男：但我想我們還不能完全確定。
Woman: The same's true for quality issues, too.
女：質量問題也一樣。
Man: Hmm. We could just give an initial report on how many ideas we receive in the first month, or something like that.
男：嗯。我們可以先報告第一個月收到了多少意見，或類似的內容。
Woman: That's the most realistic aim, and it should be enough to start with.
女：這是最現實的目標，應該可以開始了。
