中级商务英语情景口语
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中级商务英语情景口语:机密
Confidentiality
Dialogue 1
M: Did you hear what happened in the Skart case? Some of the sensitive materials were leaked to the press, now every newspapers are all over it.
F: Oh...I bet the firm is fuming, do they know who spilled the beans?
M: I'm sure they have their suspicions, there were only a few senior level lawers who
were privileged the case details.
F: What kind of repercussions will there be for the people who are held responsible?
M: I'm sure there'll be cant, and there also might be some leagal consequences.
F: Why would the person who told have problems with the law?
M: Because whoever let the cat out of the bag was braking clan confidentiality.
F: I didn't think about that, that's pretty serious, are there investigators working on finding out who it was.
M: I'm sure management is on top of it.
Dialogue 2
M: Now remember, the things I told you are just between you and me.
F: Don't worry, Mr Smith, your comments are of the record.
M: It is very important that no one can identify your source, if our company's president finds out that I let the top secret item spill, there will be serious consequences for me.
F: Like I said, Mr Smith, you have nothing to worry about, the things you have told me would stay here in this room.
M: I just want to confirm, you know, I could even get in trouble with the law.
F: Surely? it can't be that serious.
M: It is just that serious, I have just violated the confidentiality clause of my contract with the company, if they find out, it could be into the slammer for me.
F: Well, in that case, I would be specially careful to guard my sources.
M: Please do, there're a lot writing on it.
中级商务英语情景口语:生产费用
Costing
Dialogue 1
A: How much will our order from your factory be?
B: I'll be happy to get back to you with an estimate in the next few days.
A: I'm afraid I can't wait that long. Can your office at least provide me with a ballpark figure?
B: Well, I would need an idea of how large your order would be. About how many units would you need?
A: Just give me an estimated figure for an order of 100 units.
A: Please give me a few minute to calculate.... Our asking price should be about $100 per unit with an order of 100. Is that price acceptable to you?
B: Your estimated is seems a little high to me, we're willing to pay $80 per unit.
A: Would an order of only 100 units, it'll be difficult to work within that kind of budget. Maybe if you were ordering 500 units or more units, we might be able to work something out.
Dialogue 2
A: How much do you pay wholesale for your products?
B: We have a few different wholesale vendors, so our cost varies a bit over the fiscal year. But the difference is miniscule, a fluctuation of about 0.2%.
A: That must impact your bottom line at least a little bit, doesn't it? After all, your sticker price is pretty much set in stone. How much do they go for retail?
B: Retail price is 29.95 per unit. We take into consideration changes in supply cost when figuring this price.
A: Is that including tax?
B: No, that's the price before tax. The tax rate is varies from different marketing areas, so it is difficult for us to figure in.
A:How much is your profit margin then?
B: Our profit margin is in the neighborhood of 20%.
中级商务英语情景口语:55项预算
Fifty-five Budgets
Dialogue 1
M: How's a budget for the Adam's project?
F: We're still drafting the final budget, but it seems like we'll have quite a buffer. Don't worry about going over budget for supplies, our funds are more than enough.
M: Are you sure? Last year we went over by 30% on suppliers alone, the financial department was out of my head.
F: They remembered last year's mistake and alarm it , this year they've taken last year's spending into consideration, they've given you adequate fund this year.
M: That's good to know, other than the supplies budget, we still have overhead cost, where did the extra money come from to cover supplies.
F: Actually, it did come from the overhead, most of those materials are still left over from last year, so we anticipate reusing them, we cut corners a bit.
M: That might be a problem, have you looked at what was left from the last year? Many of the pieces are in bad shape, they might not be reuseble. Perhaps you should alert the budget committee before it's too late, we may need more money.
F: I'll talk to them and see what can be arranged.
Dialogue 2
M: How much do you have budget for our trip to Las Angeles?
F: In total, it should be about five thousand dollors for the week conference, would you like to see the breakdown?
M: Yes, I want to know exactly where the money is going, give me a detailed report.
F: First, we have the airline tickets which are five hundred dollars per person with four of us going, that's two thousand dollars, for our accommodations, we're spending eighty dollars a night per room for five days, that's another eight hundred dollars.
M: Won't you be able to find anything less expensive, we're sharing rooms, right?
F: I have two people to a room, the eighty dollars room rate is the lowest I could find. With the conferece going on that week, all the hotels have inflated their prices, they're making a killing.
M: So far, we've had twenty-eight hundred dollars, what else?
F: I have budget of twenty-five dollars per peron per day for food expenses, that totals another eight hundred dollars, and for other incidentals like taxe fees and tips, I have estimated four hundred dollars.
M: Well, that's only four thousand dollars, didn't tell me you budget was five thousand dollars? Where is the rest of money?
F: That's my buffer, I wanted to leave a little room in the budget just in case, it's better to be safe and thorough