VOA 商务英语:第15课

2026-05-07
Lesson 15

  Dialog 1.

  New words: webpage网页, corporate site(公司网址), PR(公关)

  F:You’ve decided to go global.
  M: Hasn’t everybody?
  F: do you have a webpage?
  M: we’ve had a corporate site for years.
  F: But you haven’t used it to sell Jeans?
  M: No, It is just informational, a PR kind of thing.
  F: Does it get many hits?
  M: No, but the target audience is our own people.
  Q: What is the corporate site for? --PR

  Dialog 2:

  New words: proprietary data(专有资料), encrypt(加密), password(密码), encryption

  F: Do you mean you target your own retail shops?
  M: right, our target is not the consumer. (Target :可以做动词,名词以及形容词。
  F: Well that could explain the low number of hits.
  M: the website is designed to help our retailers promote Jeans.
  F: Can anyone access these pages?
  M: The basic information about our company? Yes!
  F: But not proprietary data?
  M: All data is encrypted, and access is restricted by passwords.
  Q: Who is the target of the WebPages? ----retail shops!

  Dialog3:

  New words: Firewall(防火墙),break the code(解码), hacker(黑客),server(服务程序),virus,

  F:And you have built firewalls to protect your data?
  M : Our ˊprogrammers have developed sophisticated security protocol(安全协议)。
  F: Any problems with hacker breaking your codes?
  M: No, our encryption methods are very sophisticated.
  F: what about Virus?
  M: Firewalls screen all threats to our data...
  F: No major system crash?
  M: No, our server can handle a lot!
  Q: What do they use to screen threats to the Data? – A firewall.

  Small Talk:----对劝告做出反映

  ----You worked so hard; You ought to take it easy.
  ----I ought to, but I can’t. (I always have too much work).