My name is Marco, and I am joined by... How are you, Erica?

我叫馬可，和我一起的還有... 你好嗎，艾麗卡？

I'm doing great.

我做得很好。

Marco, and you?

馬可，你呢？

Excellent.

好極了

I'm doing really well, and I'm really excited about our lesson for today.

我做得非常好，我對今天的課程感到非常興奮。

That's right.

這就對了。

We've got an intermediate lesson today, and we're going to study some real English.

今天是中級課程，我們將學習一些真正的英語。

English that you use every day, right?

你每天都在用的英語，對嗎？

That's right.

這就對了。

English that native speakers really use.

母語使用者真正使用的英語。

Exactly.

沒錯。

Today, as Erica mentioned, we have an intermediate lesson.

今天，正如艾麗卡所說，我們有一節中級課程。

Not only is it intermediate, but it's a business lesson.

這不僅是一門中級課程，也是一門商業課程。

Yes.

是的。

Today, we're listening in to a sales meeting, and we're going to learn some great, useful English to talk about sales strategies.

今天，我們將收聽一場銷售會議，學習一些關於銷售策略的精彩實用英語。

We're going to learn English for sales strategies, for making suggestions, and for responding to suggestions.

我們要學習銷售策略、提出建議和迴應建議的英語。

Great.

好極了

Why don't we take a look at our vocabulary preview for today?

我們來看看今天的詞彙預覽吧。

Vocabulary preview.

詞彙預覽。

So our vocabulary preview is a part of our lesson when we teach you some really important words that will help you to understand the dialogue better.

是以，我們的詞彙預習是本課的一部分，我們會教你一些非常重要的單詞，幫助你更好地理解對話。

Okay, great.

好的，很好

So that is what vocabulary preview is.

這就是詞彙預覽。

We have two words for you today, and we can start off by looking at the first one.

今天，我們有兩個詞要送給大家，首先來看第一個詞。

Our first word today is drive sales.

我們今天的第一個詞是推動銷售。

Drive sales.

推動銷售。

Drive sales.

推動銷售。

To drive sales, and that means?

推動銷售，這意味著什麼？

To increase sales.

增加銷售額。

Right.

對

To sell more.

為了賣得更多

Exactly.

沒錯。

So to drive sales.

是以，要推動銷售。

Okay.

好的

So now let's look at our second word, and it's an interesting one.

現在讓我們來看第二個詞，這是一個有趣的詞。

It's promotion.

是促銷。

Promotion.

促銷。

Promotion.

促銷。

Promotion.

促銷。

So, Erica, what is a promotion exactly?

那麼，艾麗卡，晉升到底是什麼呢？

Okay.

好的

So here, we're not really talking about getting a better job, right?

所以在這裡，我們並不是在討論如何找到一份更好的工作，對嗎？

Okay.

好的

Not like a job promotion.

不像工作晉升。

No.

不

We're talking about a marketing strategy.

我們說的是營銷策略。

Okay.

好的

So I can give you an example.

我可以給你舉個例子。

Suppose that I want to buy shampoo, and if I go to the supermarket and I see, buy one and get one free.

假設我想買洗髮水，如果我去超市，看到買一送一。

So that's a two for one.

一舉兩得。

That's a two for one promotion.

這是一個一舉兩得的促銷活動。

Yeah.

是啊

Okay.

好的

That's a sales promotion.

這就是促銷。

Or?

還是？

Perhaps the shampoo in the supermarket is less expensive than usual.

也許超市裡的洗髮水比平時便宜。

Yeah.

是啊

Usually, maybe it costs $5, but today it costs $4.

平時可能要 5 美元，但今天只要 4 美元。

That's a sales promotion.

這就是促銷。

Great.

好極了

So that's a really good marketing strategy.

是以，這是一個非常好的營銷策略。

Exactly.

沒錯。

And we'll hear this word in our dialogue today.

今天，我們將在對話中聽到這個詞。

Great.

好極了

So we are ready to listen to our dialogue.

是以，我們願意傾聽我們的對話。

It's going to be pretty fast, so it might be a little bit difficult to understand.

由於語速很快，可能會有點難以理解。

But don't worry if you don't understand everything, because later in this lesson, we're going to explain all the important words and phrases.

不過，如果您還不太明白，也不用擔心，因為在本課的後面，我們會解釋所有重要的單詞和短語。

All right, people, we're holding this meeting today because we've got to do something about our sales, and we need to do it now.

好了，各位，我們今天召開這個會議，是因為我們必須為我們的銷售做些什麼，而且我們必須現在就做。

I want concrete solutions.

我想要具體的解決方案。

How do you plan to drive sales?

您打算如何促進銷售？

Roger?

羅傑？

Well, in fact, we're the most expensive in the market, so maybe we need to lower our prices to match the competitors?

事實上，我們是市場上最貴的，也許我們需要降低價格來與競爭對手競爭？

Lower our prices?

降低價格？

Not very creative.

沒什麼創意。

It'll never fly with Swan.

斯萬不會同意的

What kind of thinking is that?

這是什麼思想？

Geez.

天哪

Anyone have a better plan? Um, perhaps a promotion.

誰有更好的計劃？ 嗯，也許是升職。

Maybe a two-for-one offer or something like that.

也許是 "二選一 "之類的優惠。

That's the same thing.

這是一碼事。

Bad idea.

餿主意

Really bad idea.

真是個餿主意。

Damn it, people.

該死的

Come on.

來吧

Think.

想一想

The CEO will be here any minute.

首席執行官隨時會到

Hello, Mr. Swan.

你好 斯旺先生

Oh, Mr. Swan.

哦，斯旺先生

Hello, Mr. Swan.

你好 斯旺先生

Do we have any ideas yet?

我們有什麼想法嗎？

Yes, Mr. Swan.

是的，斯旺先生。

We were kind of considering a two-for-one offer to get more competitive.

我們正在考慮 "二選一"，以提高競爭力。

A two-for-one promotion.

一舉兩得的促銷活動。

Hmm.

嗯

I kind of like the sound of that.

我有點喜歡這個說法。

It sounds like something we should consider.

這聽起來是我們應該考慮的。

Yeah, exactly.

是啊，沒錯。

That's just what I was thinking.

我也是這麼想的。

In fact, it's a brilliant idea.

事實上，這是一個絕妙的主意。

I'm glad we thought of that.

我很高興我們想到了這一點。

Very creative.

非常有創意。

Okay, so an interesting manager, right?

好吧，一個有趣的經理，對嗎？

I don't know about interesting.

我不知道是否有趣。

Maybe I would think bad manager.

也許我會認為經理不稱職。

We're going to talk about him later on in the show, but now let's take a look at our language takeaway.

我們稍後會在節目中談到他，但現在讓我們來看看我們的語言收穫。

Language takeaway.

語言方面的收穫。

Okay, so language takeaway is the part of our lesson where we teach you the most important words from the dialogue.

好了，"語言外賣 "是我們這節課教大家對話中最重要單詞的部分。

All these words that we are going to focus on can be found in today's dialogue.

我們要重點討論的這些詞都可以在今天的對話中找到。

Exactly.

沒錯。

So we have three words for you today.

所以，我們今天有三個詞要送給你們。

Let's look at the first one.

讓我們看看第一個。

Match the competitors.

匹配競爭對手。

Match the competitors.

匹配競爭對手。

Match the competitors.

匹配競爭對手。

Match the competitors.

匹配競爭對手。

Great.

好極了

So we have some examples for you so you can listen and try and see if you can figure out what match the competitors really means.

是以，我們為您準備了一些例子，您可以聽一聽，試一試，看看自己能否弄明白匹配競爭對手的真正含義。

Example one.

例子一

We guarantee that we can match the competitor's lowest price.

我們保證可以與競爭對手的最低價格相媲美。

Example two.

示例二

It's impossible for us to match the competitors.

我們不可能與競爭對手相提並論。

Our costs are just too high.

我們的成本太高了。

Example three.

示例三

Do you think we can match our competitors' prices and still keep our quality high?

您認為我們能在保持高質量的同時，還能與競爭對手的價格相媲美嗎？

Ah, okay.

啊，好吧。

So I see that match the competitors means to be as good as or better than other companies in the same industry.

是以，在我看來，與競爭對手相匹配意味著要與同行業的其他公司一樣好或比他們更好。

Exactly.

沒錯。

Match the competitors.

匹配競爭對手。

Alright, so let's move to our second word today for Language Takeaways and it is in the market.

好了，讓我們來談談今天的第二個詞 "語言收穫"，那就是 "市場"。

In the market.

在市場上

In the market.

在市場上

In the market.

在市場上

We heard this phrase in the dialogue and it means in the industry.

我們在對話中聽到了這句話，它的意思是在行業中。

Exactly.

沒錯。

I can say, for example, EnglishPod is the best language pod in the market.

例如，我可以說，EnglishPod 是市場上最好的語言播客。

So of all the podcasts that teach English, EnglishPod is the best.

是以，在所有教英語的播客中，EnglishPod 是最好的。

Of course.

當然。

No doubt about it.

這一點毋庸置疑。

I totally agree.

我完全同意。

Right.

對

Or I can give you another example. iPods are the most popular mp3 players in the market.

iPod 是市場上最流行的 MP3 播放器。

So of all the mp3 players in the world, iPods are the most popular.

是以，在全世界所有的 MP3 播放器中，iPod 最受歡迎。

So let's move to our final word for today and it is.

現在，讓我們進入今天的最後一個環節。

It'll never fly.

它永遠也飛不起來。

It'll never fly.

它永遠也飛不起來。

It'll never fly.

它永遠也飛不起來。

It will never fly.

它永遠也飛不起來。

So this phrase sounds a little bit strange.

所以這句話聽起來有點奇怪。

I know.

我知道

Fly?

飛？

Are we talking about an airplane here?

我們說的是飛機嗎？

What's going on?

怎麼了？

Exactly.

沒錯。

But we're not.

但我們不是。

So we're going to give you some examples and try and guess what it'll never fly really means.

是以，我們將舉幾個例子，讓大家猜猜 "永遠飛不起來 "到底是什麼意思。

Example one.

例子一

This marketing plan will never fly.

這種營銷計劃永遠不會成功。

It's just too expensive.

就是太貴了。

Example two.

示例二

What?

什麼？

You want to sell bikinis in Alaska?

你想在阿拉斯加賣比基尼？

That'll never fly.

那是不可能的。

Example three.

示例三

Brad told me his idea for a film script, but the story will never fly.

布拉德告訴我他對電影劇本的想法，但這個故事永遠不會成功。

It's not interesting enough.

不夠有趣。

So it means it won't work.

這意味著它不會起作用。

It won't work.

沒用的。

It's not a good idea.

這不是個好主意。

They'll never agree.

他們不會同意的。

Exactly.

沒錯。

Great.

好極了

So now we've seen a lot of useful phrases and we are ready to listen to our dialogue a second time, but this time it's going to be slow.

現在，我們已經看到了很多有用的短語，我們已經準備好第二次聆聽我們的對話，但這次會很慢。

So you'll be able to understand a little bit better and you'll be able to hear the words and phrases we were just talking about.

這樣，你就能更好地理解，也能聽到我們剛才說的單詞和短語。

All right, people.

好了，各位

We're holding this meeting today because we've got to do something about our sales and we need to do it now.

我們今天召開這個會議，是因為我們必須為我們的銷售做些什麼，而且必須現在就做。

I want concrete solutions.

我想要具體的解決方案。

How do you plan to drive sales, Roger?

羅傑，你打算如何促進銷售？

Well, um, in fact, we're the most expensive in the market.

事實上，我們是市場上最貴的。

So maybe we need to lower our prices to match the competitors.

是以，也許我們需要降低價格，與競爭對手一較高下。

Lower our prices.

降低我們的價格。

Not very creative.

沒什麼創意。

It'll never fly with Swan.

斯萬不會同意的

What kind of thinking is that?

這是什麼思想？

Geez.

天哪

Anybody else have a better plan?

還有人有更好的計劃嗎？

Natalie?

娜塔莉？

Um, perhaps, um, a promotion.

嗯，也許，嗯，升職。

Maybe a two for one offer or something like that.

也許是 "二選一 "之類的優惠。

What?

什麼？

That's the same thing.

這是一碼事。

Bad idea.

餿主意

Really bad idea.

真是個餿主意。

Damn it, people.

該死的

Come on.

來吧

Think.

想一想

The CEO will be here any minute.

首席執行官隨時會到

Hello, Mr. Swan.

你好 斯旺先生

Oh, Mr. Swan.

哦，斯旺先生

Hello, Mr. Swan.

你好 斯旺先生

Do we have any ideas yet?

我們有什麼想法嗎？

Yes, Mr. Swan.

是的，斯旺先生。

We were kind of considering a two for one offer to get more competitive.

我們正在考慮以二換一的方式來提高競爭力。

A two for one promotion.

一舉兩得的促銷活動。

Hmm.

嗯

I kind of like the sound of that.

我有點喜歡這個說法。

It sounds like something we should consider.

這聽起來是我們應該考慮的。

Yeah, exactly.

是啊，沒錯。

That's just what I was thinking.

我也是這麼想的。

In fact, that's a brilliant idea.

事實上，這是一個絕妙的主意。

I'm glad we thought of that.

我很高興我們想到了這一點。

Very creative.

非常有創意。

Okay, great.

好的，很好

I hope everyone understands a lot better now.

我希望大家現在能理解得更多。

And I hope everyone could listen out for some of those key words.

我希望每個人都能注意其中的一些關鍵詞。

Right.

對

So now it's time for us to take a look at Fluency Builder.

現在我們來看看流利構建器。

So with Fluency Builder, we try to help you increase your fluency.

是以，通過流利構建工具，我們嘗試幫助您提高流利程度。

We take a word or phrase that you already know and show you how to say it a little bit more naturally.

我們將你已經知道的單詞或短語，教你如何說得更自然一些。

A little bit more like a native English speaker.

有點像母語為英語的人。

Right.

對

And we have three of these words for you today.

今天，我們為大家帶來了其中的三句話。

Yeah.

是啊

Let's start with the first one.

先說第一個。

Okay, so often students will say something like, I'll be here soon.

好吧，學生們經常會說 "我馬上就來 "之類的話。

Or, I will arrive soon.

或者，我很快就會到達。

Right.

對

And these sentences are correct.

這些句子都是正確的。

They're totally fine, but I think there's a better way to say this.

它們完全沒問題，但我覺得還有更好的說法。

Right.

對

And we heard it in the dialogue.

我們從對話中聽到了這一點。

So let's listen to what the person in the dialogue said.

讓我們聽聽對話者是怎麼說的。

The CEO will be here any minute.

首席執行官隨時會到

Okay, so be here any minute.

好的，隨時奉陪

He'll be here any minute.

他隨時會到

It just sounds a little bit more natural.

聽起來更自然一些。

Yeah, I think I use this phrase quite often.

是的，我想我經常使用這句話。

He'll be here any minute.

他隨時會到

He'll be here soon.

他馬上就到

Yeah.

是啊

Great.

好極了

Okay, so let's move on to our second phrase for Fluency Builder.

好了，讓我們來看看流利構建器的第二個短語。

So this phrase will help you to learn how to say, I'm thinking about something in a better sounding way.

是以，這個短語將幫助你學會如何用更好聽的方式說 "我正在考慮某事"。

Right.

對

So you can say something like, We are thinking about a sales strategy.

是以，你可以這樣說：我們正在考慮銷售策略。

Or, That sounds like something we should think about.

或者，聽起來我們應該考慮一下。

Right.

對

And it's perfectly correct.

這是完全正確的。

Yeah, there's no problem with this.

是的，這沒有問題。

But in the dialogue, we heard something a little bit different.

但在對話中，我們聽到了一些不同的聲音。

So let's listen to it.

讓我們來聽一聽。

It sounds like something we should consider.

這聽起來是我們應該考慮的。

It sounds like something we should consider.

這聽起來是我們應該考慮的。

So consider sounds like a pretty natural way of saying it, right?