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A: 老王，今年公司的業績不太好。
Laˇo Wa´ng, j¯ınnia´n go¯ ngs¯ı de ye`j`ı bu`ta`i haˇo.
Wang, our company’s performance this year isn’t too good.
B: 哎，今年經濟不景氣，而且人民幣升值，我們出
口行業壓力很大啊。
a¯ i, j¯ınnia´n j¯ıngj`ı bu`
jˇıngq`ı, e´rqieˇ
re´nm´ınb`ı she¯ ngzh´ı, woˇmen
chu¯ koˇu ha´ngye` ya¯ l`ı heˇn da` a.
Well, this year the economy is bad, and the Renminbi has been appreciating. The export industry is under a lot of pressure.
A: 這些我都瞭解。但是我們自己也有一些問題。
zhe`xie¯
woˇ
do¯ u liaˇojieˇ. da`nsh`ı woˇme´n z`ıjˇı yeˇ
yoˇu y¯ıxie¯
we`nt´ı.
I understand all this. But we have our own problems too.
B: 哦，你覺得哪裡有問題？
o, nˇı jue´de naˇli yoˇu we`nt´ı?
Really? What areas do you think have problems?
A: 我們的產品沒什麼創意。
woˇmen de chaˇnpˇın me´i she´nme chua`ngy`ı.
Our products aren’t innovative.
B: 周俊，我們是做加工的。客戶要什麼，我們就做
什麼。
Zho¯ u Ju`n, woˇmen sh`ı zuo`
jia¯ go¯ ng de. ke`hu`
ya`o she´nme,
woˇmen jiu`
zuo`
she´nme.
Zhou Jun, we’re a manufacturer. Whatever our clients want, we produce.
A: 所以我們的產品越來越差。老王，我這個人說話
比較直接，你別介意。
suoˇyˇı woˇmen de chaˇnpˇın yue`la´iyue`
cha`. Laˇo Wa´ng, woˇ
zhe`
ge re´n shuo¯ hua`
bˇıjia`o zh´ıjie¯ , nˇı bie´
jie`y`ı.
That’s why our products are getting worse and worse. Wang, I speak rather directly, don’t take offense.
B: 沒關係。不過周俊，你得知道，很多東西說起來
容易，做起來難。
me´igua¯ nxi. bu`guo`
Zho¯ u Ju`n, nˇı deˇi zh¯ıda`o, heˇn duo¯
do¯ ngxi
shuo¯
qˇılai ro´ngy`ı, zuo`
qˇılai na´n.
It’s all right. But Zhou Jun, you have to understand that a lot of things are easier said than done.
A: 但是不試怎麼知道。老王，麻煩你做一個PPT給
我，介紹一下現在的產品情況。
da`nsh`ı bu`
sh`ı zeˇnme zh¯ıda`o. Laˇo Wa´ng, ma´fan nˇı zuo`
y¯ı ge
PPT geˇi woˇ, jie`sha`o y¯ıxia` xia`nza`i de chaˇnpˇın q´ıngkua`ng.
But how do you know if you don’t try? Wang, please do up a PPT to sum up our current production situation.
B: 什麼P？
she´nme P?
P what?
A: 就是電腦演示。PPT。
jiu`sh`ı dia`nnaˇo yaˇnsh`ı. PPT.
It’s a computer presentation. PPT.
B: 這我知道。哦，對了，周俊，什麼時候有時間，
給同事們講講你的計劃。
zhe`
woˇ
zh¯ıda`o. o, du`ı le, Zho¯ u Ju`n, she´nme sh´ıhou yoˇu
sh´ıjia¯ n, geˇi to´ngsh`ı men jiaˇngjiang nˇı de j`ıhua`.
I know what that is. Oh, by the way, Zhou Jun, when you have some time, why don’t you give us an explanation of your plan.
A: 好。
haˇo.
Sure.
---Key Vocabulary---
業績 ye`j`ı achievement
經濟 j¯ıngj`ı economy
景氣 jˇıngq`ı booming
人民幣 re´nm´ınb`ı Renminbi
升值 she¯ ngzh´ı to appreciate
出口 chu¯ koˇu to export
行業 ha´ngye` industry
壓力 ya¯ l`ı pressure
瞭解 liaˇojieˇ to understand
產品 chaˇnpˇın product
創意 chua`ngy`ı creativity
加工 jia¯ go¯ ng to manufacture
客戶 ke`hu` customer
越來越 yue`la´iyue` more and more
比較 bˇıjia`o comparatively
直接 zh´ıjie¯ direct
介意 jie`y`ı to mind
得 deˇi must
介紹 jie`sha`o to introduce
產品情況 chaˇnpˇın kua`ng q´ıng- product situation
演示 yaˇnsh`ı demonstration
計劃 j`ıhua` plan
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
進口 j`ınkoˇu to import
貶值 biaˇnzh´ı to devaluate
間接 jia`njie¯ indirect
競爭 j`ıngzhe¯ ng competition
激烈 j¯ılie` intense
合作 he´zuo` to cooperate
提高 t´ıga¯ o to raise
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