Narrator: 歡迎回來！Tip Top 貿(mào)易公司的團(tuán)隊(duì)正在準(zhǔn)備推出他們的最新產(chǎn)品：革命性的仿真檸檬。他們正在進(jìn)行集體創(chuàng)造性思維法，希望能成功推出這款新檸檬。

Tom: But it needs to be bright!

Anna: This is much more exciting.

Denise: But having three colours would work better.

Narrator: 這么吵，都在爭(zhēng)來爭(zhēng)去。Anna 的詞匯量可受到挑戰(zhàn)了。

Paul: Right, I'm taking the final decision: the colour scheme will be green and yellow, so that's that. Now, the first presentation will be to er, Mr, er, Slime.

Anna: Mr Lime.

Paul: Oh, er, Mr Lime - that bit of biscuit looked like an 's' – Mr Lime, thank you Annabel.

Anna: Anna.

Paul: Mr Lime and his team at Citrus Ventures. Ideas please!

Anna: Why don't we offer Citrus Ventures a special opening offer: 20% off Imperial Lemon orders made this month.

Paul: Hmm...

Anna: We could even do that for all our regular clients.

Denise: That would be a big risk.

Anna: No.

Denise: If we do that once, all our clients will start asking for 20% off everything.

Anna: No, I disagree.

Denise: We'll be bankrupt!

Anna: No, you're wrong.

Narrator: Er – Anna, 你可得小心點(diǎn)了，你這么說不同意Denise的觀點(diǎn)可能不是最好的表達(dá)的方式。

Anna: I'm so frustrated! I can't think of the right words.

Narrator: 我們?cè)囋嚻渌磉_(dá)吧，比如：

Well, I'm not so sure about that... “我不是很確認(rèn)這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)”。

或者用 but 不過來做為你回答的開始。

或者，你可以更客氣的說：I see your point, but actually I think … 我知道了你的觀點(diǎn)，不過我個(gè)人認(rèn)為….

Anna: I'll try.

Narrator: But be polite 還有千萬別給人你很兇的感覺，而且說話還得給理由。不然你又得罪Denise了。

Anna: OK. Well, I'm not so sure about that. I think it will improve our sales of lemons and make our clients happy. Happy clients will come back to buy more.

Paul: Yes, that's a good point Annabe - Anna.

Tom: But 20% is a lot – maybe 5% would be better.

Anna: But if we're going to make a special offer, we should make it so good that everyone will say yes!

Denise: But people might think there's something wrong with our lemons and that we're desperate to get rid of them.

Anna: I see your point, but, if we explain this is just a special offer for special clients, they'll understand.

Paul: I like that idea. Good: 20% off for all regular clients just for this month. Anna, you'll be making the presentation to Citrus Ventures, so make sure you include that offer.

Anna: Yes.

Paul: Right, next, what photos do we have of the lemons...?

Narrator: 在工作時(shí)碰到需要告訴別人你有不同觀點(diǎn)的時(shí)候，說話需要有點(diǎn)技巧。 Anna 最終是過關(guān)了。她用了一個(gè)很短的詞語來開始她的答復(fù)：But... 然后用了一些其他的短語：

I'm not so sure about that......

I see your point, but actually I think...

接下來面對(duì) Anna 的挑戰(zhàn)是面對(duì)Citrus Ventures 做一個(gè)講演，那會(huì)怎么樣呢？我們下次再繼續(xù)聽。

Anna: I've got to do a good job, but it's going to take me ages. Oh well, I'd better get started, otherwise I'm going to be here all night.

聽力挑戰(zhàn)：

Anna 建議給本月訂Imperial Lemon 皇家仿真檸檬產(chǎn)品的客戶們多少折扣？

上期答案：

What kind of fruit was sent out to Mr Berry of Bluetree Enterprise?
什么樣的水果被送到Berry 先生的Bluetree Enterprise 公司？

答案: redcurrants 紅漿果