陳豪這個小伙子在ABC美國公司做得不錯。今天老板又給他一個重要的\任務。是什么任務呢？ 你聽聽就知道了。

C：Hi, Mary. Do you have a minute? I need your help.

M：Sure. What is it?

C：公司的部幾位高層領導人這星期從美國到這里來訪問。我的老板讓我今天晚上陪其中的一位，Mr. Johnson去參加我們客戶舉行的招待會。

M：Well, aren't you flattered that your boss asked you to do that?

C：Yes, I am. 不過，去招待會我就得把Mr. Johnson介紹給我們的客戶和在場的其他公司的同事。 I 'm not confident that I can do it correctly.

M：It's simple. You need to remember three rules. Rule #1: always introduce people of lesser rank to people of greater rank.

C：把級別低的人介紹給級別高的人。OK, rule #2。

M：Rule #2 is to say the name of the most important person first.

C：噢，先說最重要的人的名字。那Mr. Johnson今天就是最重要的人物了。

M：No, 在你把他介紹給我們客戶的時候，他就沒有客戶那么重要了。

C：那倒是。Without clients we would have no business。所以我得先說客戶的名字，再把Mr. Johnson介紹給他們。Mary, 讓我先回去練練。一會兒我再來找你。

M：No problem!

M：陳豪，你剛才急忙走了，我還沒說Rule #3呢！

C：Rule #3是什么呀？

M：在說了最重要的人的名字后，你該說：I would like to introduce so and so to you.

C：讓我試一試。要是客戶的名字是Smith，我該說：Mr. Smith, I would like to introduce you to Mr. Johnson. 對嗎？

M：No, 不對。你應該說：Mr. Smith, I would like to introduce Mr. Johnson to you. 要是你把我介紹給Mr. Johnson你該怎么說？

C：我該說：Mr. Johnson, I would like to introduce Mary to you.

M：That' correct. 這里的差別似乎很微妙，但是很重要。我們再來復習一遍。

C：OK. Rule #1，always introduce people of lesser rank to people of greater rank.

M：對，要是我把你陳豪介紹給Mr. Johnson, 我該說：Mr. Johnson, I would like to introduce Chen Hao to you.

C：這已經符合Rule #2: say the name of the most important person first.

M：Rule #3剛才已經說了。OK, you're all set. Good luck tonight and enjoy!