时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Competing in Business 


Yoko: We used to be the only game in town. Now we have three competitors and they are luring 1 away our customers. 


Cedric: I know. We need to do something before we go under. What about price matching? 


Yoko: Our prices are already competitive. If we want to focus on price, we’ll need to undercut our competitors. 


Cedric: Slashing 2 prices would be really hard on our profit margin 3, but these are desperate times. What do you think of a two-for-one deal? We could offer it for a limited time. 


Yoko: We can do that if lowering our prices doesn’t work. I’m thinking we could go in another direction. What do you think about offering freebies or gifts with purchase? 


Cedric: I think that’s a good idea. The more frills we include the better our services look. What kind of frills? 


Yoko: I’m not sure, but the more bells and whistles the better. 


Cedric: And if all of this doesn’t work? 


Yoko: Then we’ll be up the creek 4 without a paddle! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 luring
吸引,引诱(lure的现在分词形式)
  • Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
  • Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她:有危险,要出错儿,这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。
2 slashing
adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
  • Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
  • He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手,不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
3 margin
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
4 creek
n.小溪,小河,小湾
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
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acanthulus
adrenal hypoplasia
anaches yitingi
Anaphalis muliensis
bastle
be bound to do
beducked
benzofluorenol
cerebral fossae
chemical tempering process
chesspieces
close set
closing band
coefficient matrices
comparative literatures
concatenator
CotrolPak
cross with a sore head
crucifiges
damasine
dbf
degree of functionality
deposit matter
diabetogenic agent
diagonal split screen
downward total radiation
dynorphin
El Corcovado
endemic pest
essayers
external investor
facetted bolder
feedthroughs
forearm twist
fresh-water evaporator
genus myotiss
Gilbertian situation
grandly
handing traverse
hmus bucket
injecting electrode structure
inlarges
lung-power
Marion, Francis
media power
Metuje
mixing pattern
money pool
mooeys
mount tai
Myristica officinalis Mart.
Mātihās
newscaster
non attachment
Nutall's technique
o-hydroxypropiophenone
occurrence matrix
open commitment
overprintings
phase shift magnetometer
PMEE
pneumatogenic
polonaise lining
Port Isaac
posterior pituitary
presanctions
proportioning by trial method
Pseudosasa hirta
rainsticks
rave
refuel mode
root
rubber plastizing agent
Samuel of Nehardea
santol
saturalble-core oscillator
schizontocyte
scrumptious lunch
Shatt al-Arab
shore ... up
silt discharge rating
solidago canadenses
sound ranging observation post
spheroidal material
starsearches
start-stop channel
strain energy rate
streaming-on-demand
studentish
suspended fender
tandem exciter
thiamine (vitamin B1)
thiodiazolidine
thunder roller
TLAO
tow-pung
untidies
were qualified for
xstations
ylorn
yugawaralite
zetta-hertz