VOA 商务英语 lesson37

（单词翻译）

Dialog 1:
Corporate¹ culture, teamwork(集体合作)，teamplayer（合群的人）
Ｆ:Are you ready to make a decision?
M: you mean are we ready to make a decision?
F: All is “we”, I do admire the teamwork at World Grahics.
M: our team’s made us successful.
F: all your employees are teamplayers.
M: we won’t hire anyone who was a teamplayer.
F: I think this means you don’t want to oursource your work.
M: No, we won’t outsource, it doesn’t fit with our corporate culture.
Q: what kind of employees does World Graphics² hire?
A:Teamplayers
Dialog 2:
F: so we have 2 options left(remaining), expand the existing office or open a branch office.
M: There is only 1 option , a branch office to take care of our video production need.
F: Well. World Graphics has the right name for a branch office overseas.
M: our name is approriate, and we’ve thought about going global for a long time.
F: many of your employees have lived overseas,
M: both studying and working.
F: so they’re aware of the kind of challenges you may face.
M: Yes, we’re a multinational³ staff.
Q:what will World Graphics do?
A:open a branch office overseas
Dialog 3:
Minimize the risks
Ｆ：Well,With that decision behind us,we move on to our next step.(move on to =push ahead to=continue to)
M: do select the site.
F: That’s the fun part.
M:Site selection is a big decision. We can’t afford any mistakes.
F: you need to analyze⁴ all possible sites and weigh the pros⁵ and cons⁶.
M: examine the political and economic situations in each area.
F: We want to minimize risks.
M: so are there risks in the site economy(所选地点的经济)?
F: and are there risks in the government?
M: both will have an impact on our foreigh business.
Q; What do they want to minimize when they pick up a site.
A: risks
Small talks:(邀请)
－－how about the dinner today?/Can you do lunch/do you want to go to lunch)
-----Sorry I can’t, I have a meeting/sure, what’s time?