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061 Doing Business做生意Words Stormcapital 资本facility 设施franchise 特许经营investment 投资multinational 跨国公司parent company 母公司subsidiary 子公司shareholder 股东股民stock 设备business contract 商务合同cash flow 现金流invoice 发票recruitment 招聘director 董事expense 开支R&D 研发部门（research and development）go bankrupt 破产negotiate a contract 合同磋商increase revenue 提高效益do business with 和...做生意reduce overheads 降低管理费用expand a business 拓展业务purchase shares 买股票launch a product 产品投放市场Dialogue 1K:Hi Isaiah? How are you?I: I'm well. And you?K:Fine. How's your job going?I:I don't know if I told you or not, but I decided to start my own business. K:Really? That's fantastic. What kind of business is it?.K:How's it going?I:It started off （开始）a bit slow, but now, business is really booming!K:That's such great news. I'm really happy for you! Where is your office located?I:Our head office is here in Beijing, but we're planning on opening up two more offices soon.K:Where will those be located?I:If all goes well, we'll open one up in Hong Kong in April and another one in Singapore in October.K:When will you find out（决定）?I:We're negotiating the final details of the leasing contracts（租赁合同）tomorrow.for you tomorrow!I:Thanks!Dialogue 2I: I've got bad news.K: What's that?I: My new company is in danger of （处于...的危险中）going bankrupt（破产）! K: Oh, no! How did that happen? I thought you said business was going well? I: It was going well. We have plenty of satisfied clients.K: What's the problem then?I : The CFO started using our client base（客户群，基本顾客）to work on deals of his own.K: So he was getting paid by your company and making a profit on your clients? I: Yes. It's so horrible! I invested all of my savings into（投资）this company and then my own friend used me（利用我）!K: What a thief! What are you going to do about it?I : Well, for starters（首先）, I had to fire him.K: It must have been hard to fire a friend.I : I thought it would be difficult, but he made it easy for me by stealing from me!K: What else are you going to do?I: I've got to hire someone who can look through（详细检查）our finances andthe books.K:Do you have anyone to work on recruitment?I: No. Do you know anyone who is looking for a job as a CFO（Chief Financial Officer首席财务官）?K: No, but I could help you look. I work for a head-hunting （猎头服务）agency, you know.I: Fantastic! I'll give you 10% of his first two months' salary if you can find someone for me soon.K: Not a problem. （没问题。

）I'll start looking immediately.I: Thanks a million!（万分感激！）At least I have a few friends left whom I can count on（指望，依靠）!062 The Career Ladder晋升机会Words Stormpromotion 升值chairman of the board 董事长president 总裁executive（adj.行政的，执行的）vice-president 执行副总裁managing（adj.行政的）director 行政董事executive manager 总经理deputy（adj.副的，代理的）general manager 副总经理section manager 部门经理，科长sales manager 销售部经理assistant manager 助理经理（副经理）supervisor 总管sales representative 销售代表executive 高级管理人员clerk 职员advancement 提升，提高seniority 老资格，资历Dialogue 1A:Hi, Col, what can I do for you?C:If you have a few minutes, I’d like to talk to you about my future at this company.A:Sure, have a seat（请坐）.C:Thanks.. How long have you worked for us now?C:I've worked here as a sales representative for about a year now.A:One year already, it's amazing how time flies（时间过得真快）like that. Are you enjoying your job?C:Yes, but I'd like to have a chance at（在...有机会）job advancement（升职）. A:I see. What job did you have in mind（考虑，想到）?C:Well, I've noticed that there is a position available as a sales manager.A:Do you understand what duties that job would entail?C:Yes, I'll be directly responsible for all of the sales representatives in my department. I assume there’d be more meetings, paper work（日常文书工作）and other responsibilies,too.A:That's right. Do you have any experience in management?C:Yes, in fact if you look at my resume you can see that I was a manager before I started this job.A:Well, I think you'd be the perfect candidate for the position. According to company policy, you still have to go through（通过）the formal application procedures though,so fill this application form in（填写）and I'll call you for an interview next week.C:Ok, thanks for your support.Dialogue 2C:Are you ready for the meeting?A:Yes, come on in（进来吧）. How is your new job going?C:It's challenging, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit（adv.相当多）.A:That's great. I knew you’d do a good job as a manager.C:Thanks a lot.A:How is your assistant manager getting on（进展）?C:Well, that's part of the problem. His probation period（试用期，见习期）is off tomorrow, but I don't think he is ready to pass.A:What seems to be the problem?C:Well, he was supposed to be able to learn his job in 30 days, but he just doesn't seem to know what he is doing.A:If you give him another 30 days, do you think he could figure out by then? C:To be honest, he has no authority. He is a hard worker but no one listens to him.A:I see, not everyone is cut out（合适的）to work in management.C:I know, it would be great if we could transfer him to（调转到）a department where he doesn't have to work with people.A:There is an opening（空缺的职位）in the creative design department. It involves working with computers.C:That's perfect, I'll let him know tomorrow. Thanks.063 Getting an Interview面试Words Stormaccountant 会计师fitness instructor 健身教练media 传媒business 生意IT 信息技术teacher 教师civil servant 政府公务员lawyer 律师tourism 旅游业doctor 医生marketing 市场营销vet 兽医well-paid 薪水丰厚的vacancy 空缺be in a field 在某一领域work in the industry 在这个行业工作practical and professional skills 实用和专业技能work for... 为...工作Dialogue 1W:How is your job search going?M:I don't know. I only started looking for a job a few days ago.W:I see. Have you found anything that you're interested in?空缺)in my field.W: What kind of job are you looking for?M:I'm trying to find a job in sound engineering（音响工程）.W:There's not a very high demand（高需求）for that kind of job, is there? M:Unfortunately not. If I can't find anything in that field, then I could also work in the tourism field.W:That's a good idea.You have plenty of experience in the tourism industry, don't you?M:Yes.W:By the way（顺便提一下）, I saw a job in the paper（在报纸上）this morning that You might be interested in.M:Really? What is it?W:It's a job at recruitment agency.M:That's interesting. Do you think they’d hire me ?.I think you would be the perfect person for the job.M:That's true. I might as well call them up and see if I can get an interview. Do you have the details?W:Sure. It's the ad circled with the red pen in the middle of theClassifieds（分类广告）.Good luck.Dialogue 2M:Well, Were there any vacancies in the firm?W:Yes, there were a few.M:Did you fill out an application form?W:Yes, it only took me about ten minutes to fill out（填写）the form. It was the shortest application form that I've ever seen.M:Did you get an interview?W:Actually, they gave me an interview right away（立刻）.M:Really? How did it go?W:It went pretty well. I thought I would be a disaster,because I wasn't prepared for an interview.But it turned out to be（结果证明是）really good.It felt like more of a conversation with an old friend than an interview with a stranger.M:That's excellent!When will you find out if you got the job or not?W:She said she'd contact me within a few days.M:When would they want to start?W:On Monday.M:If they offer you the job, would you be free to （自由去做...）join them so soon?W:You know me. I've been jobless for ages（很久，很长时间）. If they offer me the job, I will start immediately if I have to.M:What is the position that they're hiring for（雇佣）?W:They need someone to create music for educational purposes.M:That sounds fantastic!You'll be great at（善于，精通）that!W:Thanks.Cross your fingers（交叉手指祈祷好运）for me.064 Keeping Time守时Words Stormschedule 时间表itinerary 日程安排bank holiday 银行休假日public holiday 公众假期on time 准时shortly/soon 很快a couple of 两个及以上fortnight 两周during 在期间since 自从某时以来straightaway 立即马上occasionally 偶尔regularly 定期地rarely 很少go on for 接近for the time being 短期内just in time 及时right now 马上take your time 慢慢来from now on 从今往后hardly never 几乎不Dialogue 1C:Tristan, Could you stay a few extra miniutes to discuss your project with me? T:Sure, We are on a pretty tight schedule, but we should be able to finish it just on time.C:Are all of your team members on schedule?T:A few of the graphic designers（平面设计师）are a bit behind in their work because of computer problems.C:How have they decided to deal with that?T:They have agreed to work over-time until it's finished.They've even decided to come in（加班）on the weekend.C:That's true dedication. I'm impressed.（真的很敬业。