in the following conversation, carol jacobs is a senior executive from a corporate head office. she's on a business trip to the company's asia division office (joint venture in beijing). david li, the vice-president in charge of asian operations, greets her.
david: good morning, carol. it's great to see you again. did you have a good trip over?
carol: yes, it was a good flight. i was a little tiredyesterday, but i'm ok now.
david: great! if you're ready, i'd like to introduce you to some of our key personnel.
carol: let's go.
……
david: carol, this is kathy chen, our financial officer.
kathy: i'd like you to meet carol jacobs.
carol: i'm pleased to meet you, kathy. you're doing a great job. the division's finances are in top shape.
kathy: thank you, ms jacobs. i'm happy to meet you，too.
david: and this is ben guo. he's in charge of marketing. ben, let me introduce carol jacobs.
ben: how do you do, ms jacobs?
carol: it's a pleasure to meet you, ben. so you're the one responsible for those outstanding sales figures i've seen.
ben: thank you. i must say i have a great staff.
david: i think you'll find all of our staff is top-notch.
carol: i'm already convinced of that, from the reports i've seen. well, i'd like to see our manufacturing operation now, if i could.
david: sure thing! right this way ……
中文对照：
在下面的对话中，carol jacobs是一家合资公司总部的一名高级主管人员。她出差到了这家公司的亚洲地区的分公司(在北京合资)。主管亚洲地区业务的副主席会见了她。
david： 早上好。carol，再次见到你真好。你旅途还愉快吧?
carol： 唔，还不错。昨天还有点累，现在没事儿了。
david： 太好了!如果你已经准备好了的话，我想把您介绍给这儿的主要工作人员。
carol： 咱们走吧。
……
david： carol， 这是kathy chen，我们的财务主管，kathy， 我想让你见见carol jacobs.
carol： 见到你真高兴kathy.你干得太棒了。分公司的财务达到了最佳的状态。
kathy： 谢谢，jacobs小姐。见到您我也很高兴。
david： 这是ben guo. 他主管营销。ben， 我来介绍一下carol jacobs.
ben： 你好，jacobs小姐?
carol： 见到你很荣幸，ben.我看过的那些了不起的销售数字，全是由你带领创下的吧。
ben： 谢谢。可我得说那是因为我们有一个了不起的团队。
david： 我想你会发现我们所有的员工都是一流的。
carol： 这些报告已经说服我了。嗯，如果可以的话，我想看看我们的制造车间。
david： 当然!这边请……
