跟艾米莉一起學(xué)口語 第614期:商務(wù)版|自己開公司可沒那么容易!先弄清楚這些常用表達吧~

boom

/buːm/

繁榮；增長

a boom in...

a sudden boom in the house market.

房產(chǎn)市場的突然繁榮。

Sales are booming.

銷售量在增長。

locate

/ləʊˈkeɪt/

定位；定居

be located in

定位于；定居于

A: Hi, how are you?

嗨，你好嗎？

B: I'm well, and you?

我很好，你呢？

A: Fine. How's your job going?

還行吧，你的工作進展的怎么樣了？

B: I don't know if I told you or not, but I decided to start my own business.

我不知道我告訴過你沒有，我打算自己開公司了。

A: Really? That's fantastic. What kind of business is it?

真的嗎，太棒了，是什么類型的公司？

B: I've started an investment banking firm with some of my old colleagues from Goldman Sachs.

我和以前在高盛公司的幾個同事合伙開了家投資銀行。

A: How is it going?

那現(xiàn)在進行的如何了？

B: It started off a bit slow, but now, business is really booming.

剛開始的時候進展比較緩慢，不過現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)開始蒸蒸日上了。

A: That's such great news. I'm really happy for you. Where is your office located?

真是個好消息，我真替你高興，你們的辦公地點在哪兒？

B: Our head office is here in Beijing. But we are planning on opening up two more offices soon.

我們的總部就在北京這兒，我們打算馬上再開兩家分公司。

A: Where will those be located?

分公司會設(shè)在哪兒呢？

B: If all goes well, we'll open one up in Hong Kong in April and another one in Singapore in October.

如果一切進展順利的話，四月份會有一家在香港開張，另一家十月份開在新加坡。

A: When will you find out?

這事你們什么時候能定下來？

B: We're negotiating the final details of the leasing contracts tomorrow.

我們明天會針對租約合同作最后的協(xié)商。

A: Well, good luck. I hope it all goes well for you tomorrow.

祝你好運，希望你明天一切順利。