LESSON 8 VISITING A SOFTWARE COMPANY

Dashan: Hello, I have an appointment with Mr Parker. My name is Dashan.
大山：你好，我約好要見(jiàn)帕克先生，我叫大山。

Receptionist: Mr Parker. Mr Dashan is here.
接待員：帕克先生，大山先生到了。

Glen: Dashan, long time no see.
格倫：大山，好久不見(jiàn)了。

Dashan: Hi, Glen. It's good to see you again. Glen, I'd like you to meet my friends Su Rumei and Li Yunbo. This is my old friend, Glen Parker.
大山：你好，格倫。 再次見(jiàn)到你我很高興。 格倫，我來(lái)向你介紹一下我的朋友蘇如梅和李云波。如梅，云波，這是我的老朋友格倫·帕克。

Glen: Pleased to meet you.
格倫：見(jiàn)到你們我很高興。

Rumei: We're pleased to meet you, too, Mr. Parker.
如梅：見(jiàn)到你我們也很高興， 帕克先生。

Glen: Please call me Glen.
格倫：請(qǐng)管我叫格倫吧。

Rumei: Okay, Glen. And please call us Rumei and Yunbo.
如梅：請(qǐng)管我們叫如梅、云波吧。

Glen: Are you enjoying your visit to Canada?
格倫：你們?cè)诩幽么筮^(guò)得愉快嗎？

Rumei: Yes, we are. We're visiting many parts of your country. Dashan is an excellent guide.
如梅：很愉快，我們走訪(fǎng)了貴國(guó)的很多地方。大山是個(gè)好向?qū)А?/P>

Yunbo: Oh, this office is beautiful. It's so spacious.
云波：啊，這辦公室非常漂亮，特別寬敞。

Glens: Thanks. We moved into this space about a year ago. Our other office was too small. It wasn't big enough to accommodate our staff.
格倫：謝謝。我們是大約一年前搬到這里來(lái)的。原來(lái)的辦公室太小了，不夠我們的員工用。

Yunbo: How many people work at Capital Electronics?
云波：首都電子公司有多少雇員？

Glen: About 25. And we're planning to hire another five people next month. Why don't we move into the boardroom? It's straight ahead.
格倫：二十五名左右。 我們計(jì)劃在下個(gè)月新增五人。我們到會(huì)議室去吧。就在前面。

Yunbo: Sure.
云波：好的。

Glen: Could I get you something to drink?
格倫：需要喝點(diǎn)什么？

Rumei: No thanks, I'm fine.
如梅：我不要，謝謝。

Yunbo: I'm okay, thanks.
云波：我也不用，謝謝。

Warwick: Glen, are these your friends from China?
沃里克：格倫，這是你從中國(guó)來(lái)的朋友嗎？

Glen: Yes, Sharon. Come in, please. Su Rumei, Li Yunbo and Dashan, I'd like to introduce you to our president, Sharon Warwick.
格倫：是的，莎倫，請(qǐng)進(jìn)來(lái)。蘇如梅，李云波，大山，我來(lái)介紹一下我們公司的總裁莎倫·沃里克。

Yunbo: How do you do, Ms Warwick?
云波：沃里克女士，您好！

Warwick: I'm so delighted to meet you. Could you pronounce your names for me again?
沃里克：見(jiàn)到你們我非常高興。請(qǐng)把你們的名字再給我說(shuō)一遍好嗎？

Rumei: Surely, LI YUNBO, DASHAN, SU RUMEI.
如梅：當(dāng)然可以。李－云－波，大－山，蘇－如－梅

Warwick: Su Rumei, Li Yunbo, Dashan.
沃里克：蘇如梅，李云波，大山。

Yunbo: Right. Your pronunciation in Chinese is very good.
云波：對(duì)，您的漢語(yǔ)發(fā)音很好。

Glen: Sharon, you're taking Chinese conversation lessons, aren't you?
格倫：莎倫，你現(xiàn)在正學(xué)漢語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)，是不是？

Warwick: Yes, but I don't know how to carry on a conversation in Chinese. Yet.
沃里克：對(duì)，可是我不會(huì)用漢語(yǔ)與人交談，現(xiàn)在還不會(huì)。

Dashan: Capital Electronics is doing very well, isn't it?
大山：首都電子公司發(fā)展很不錯(cuò)，是不是？

Warwick: Well, we aren't the biggest software company in Canada, but we try very hard to produce good products.
沃里克：哦，我們公司在加拿大算不上最大的軟件開(kāi)發(fā)公司，但是我們?cè)诒M全力生產(chǎn)高質(zhì)量的產(chǎn)品。

Dashan: Do you sell a lot of computer softwares to the United States?
大山：你們向美國(guó)出口很多軟件嗎？

Glen: Not any more. We aren't concentrating on the American market these days. We're focusing on the Asian market.
格倫：不，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)變了。現(xiàn)在我們的重點(diǎn)已經(jīng)不放在美國(guó)的市場(chǎng)，而是放在亞洲市場(chǎng)。

Yunbo: Are you doing any business in China?
云波：你們?cè)谥袊?guó)有業(yè)務(wù)嗎？

Warwick: Yes, we are. As a matter of fact, we're working on a joint venture now. We're developing some new software for China.
沃里克：有，實(shí)際上我們現(xiàn)在正在籌備一家合資公司。我們現(xiàn)在正為中國(guó)開(kāi)發(fā)一個(gè)新軟件。

Yunbo: That's interesting. What kind of software are you developing?
云波：這真令人感興趣。你們?cè)陂_(kāi)發(fā)什么樣的軟件？

Glen: Software for Chinese banks and other financial institutions.
格倫：為中國(guó)的銀行及金融機(jī)構(gòu)開(kāi)發(fā)軟件。

Warwick: Please excuse me, I have to go now. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Canada. It was a pleasure to meet you.
沃里克：請(qǐng)?jiān)彛业米吡恕ＷＤ銈冇嘞碌募幽么笾庙樌Ｒ?jiàn)到你們我很高興。

Rumei: It was OUR pleasure.
如梅：我們很高興見(jiàn)到了您。

Glen: Would you like to meet a few other members of our team?
格倫：你們?cè)敢庖?jiàn)一見(jiàn)我們這兒的其他人嗎？

Dashan & Rumei: Yes/Certainly.
大山&如梅：當(dāng)然啦。

Glen: Just leave your coats here.
格倫：把衣服就放在這里吧。