VOA 商务英语:第8课

2026-03-23
Lesson 8

  Dialog 1:

  New words: On the Agenda(议事日程),resource资源 outsource( 外包),manufacture(制造),clothing manufacturing(服装制造)

  F: What's on your agenda today, Dement?
  M: I'll meet with Ms.Lucy Anderson ,chief resource officer(资源部主任) of Style Plus
  F: Style plus? Aren't they clothing manufacturers?
  M: Yes, they need to change the way they manufacturing clothing.
  F: They do their own manufacturing, don't they?
  M: yes, at an old factory, that may be the problem.
  F: are they going to outsource the manufacturing?
  M: Maybe, that's what I will find out today.
  F: Aren't they going to outsource their manufacture
  Q: What needs to be changed?
  A: the way of manufacturing clothing.
  
  Dialog 2:

  New words: market niche(市场定位,原义为壁龛),apparel衣服,服装
  M: Style plus is doing well? (Your studies are going well/how are things)
  F: Style plus is doing very well. We find our niche.
  M: Oh. Niche, we say niche.
  F: niche? Niche? It doesn't matter, we understand one another.
  M: what is your niche?
  F: we manufacture clothing for women?
  M: Women? That's a big niche.
  F: Our market niche is women who wear large sizes?
  M: so your niche is big women.
  F: We prefer to say for women wearing large sizes. (更加得体的方式,西方人不喜欢胖)。
  Q: What is her market niche?
  A: Women wearing large sizes.
  
  Dialog 3:

  New words: consumer demand 消费者的需求,retailer零售商 ,product line(产品系列)
  M: What is your specific problem?
  F: Simply, we can not keep pace with (=keep up with) the demand.
  M: The market is growing?
  F: Yes, retailers want more about our product line.
  M: consumer demand is there.
  F: but the product isn't. We need to produce more products more quickly.
  M: If you produce more, you could keep pace with the demand.
  F: That's our goal.
  Q: what is the company's specific problem? (specific→specifically)
  A: They can't keep pace with the demand.
  
  Small talk:( 姓名),先用姓称呼,熟悉后改为名)

  ---Hi, my name is Dement, Dement Green.
  --- Don't you remember? We met yesterday.
  ---I am sorry; I am very bad with names and faces.