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@ 30144 How's business
A: 最近，你的生意怎麼樣？我聽說很不錯。
zu`ıj`ın, nˇı de she¯ ngyi zeˇnmeya`ng? woˇ
t¯ıngshuo¯
heˇn bu´cuo`.
How’s the business recently? I’ve heard it’s not bad.
B: 雖然現在生意很好，但是市場競爭很激烈。萬一
經濟發展放緩，我的生意將會受到很大的影響。
su¯ıra´n xia`nza`i she¯ ngyi heˇn haˇo, da`nsh`ı sh`ıchaˇng j`ıngzhe¯ ng
heˇn j¯ılie`. wa`ny¯ı j¯ıngj`ı fa¯ zhaˇn fa`nghuaˇn, woˇ de she¯ ngyi jia¯ ng-
hu`ı sho`uda`o heˇn da` de yˇıngxiaˇng.
Although business is good now, the market is very compet- itive. If by chance the economy slows down, it will have a large effect on my business.
A: 我同意你對經濟的看法。而且現在競爭的確很激
烈。你怎麼在這個市場裡競爭？
woˇ
to´ngy`ı nˇı du`ı j¯ıngj`ı de ka`nfaˇ.
e´rqieˇ
xia`nza`i j`ıngzhe¯ ng d´ı-
que`
heˇn j¯ılie`. nˇı zeˇnme za`i zhe`
ge sh`ıchaˇng lˇı j`ıngzhe¯ ng?
I agree to your point of view. And competition is indeed tough at the moment. How can you compete in this market?
B: 我必須堅持生產品質高，價格合理的產品。只要我做到這一點，就能持續吸引客戶。
woˇ
b`ıxu¯
jia¯ nch´ı she¯ ngchaˇn pˇınzh`ı ga¯ o, jia`ge´
he´lˇı de chaˇn-
pˇın. zhˇıya`o woˇ ke`hu`.
zuo`
da`o zhe`
y¯ı diaˇn, jiu`
ne´ng ch´ıxu`
x¯ıyˇın
I must continue to produce high quality products at a rea- sonable price. As long as I can do that, I can continue to attract customers.
---Key Vocabulary---
競爭 j`ıngzhe¯ ng competition
激烈 j¯ılie` intense
萬一 wa`ny¯ı just in case
放緩 fa`nghuaˇn to slow down
看法 ka`nfaˇ point of view
只要……
就
zhˇıya`o ... jiu`
as long as
吸引 x¯ıyˇın to attract
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
優勢 yo`ush`ı superiority
早飛 jˇıngq`ı prosperity
不早飛 bu` jˇıngq`ı not prosperity
經濟危機 j¯ıngj`ı we¯ ij¯ı economic crisis
降低 jia`ngd¯ı to reduce
成本 che´ngbeˇn cost
提高 t´ıga¯ o to raise
利潤 l`ıru`n profit
受歡迎 sho`u hua¯ ny´ıng popular
價廉物美 jia`lia´nwu`meˇi a bargain buy
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