导语:沪江公开课邀请名师Dennis老师为大家带来了商务口语系列讲座的第一课商务引见与问候。带来大家一起认识熟悉商务场合的各种英语口语表达。

名师介绍:Dennis老师去老师的部落看看吧>>),全国重点大学英语教师,浙江大学英语系英语语言学学士,澳大利亚悉尼大学英语语言教学硕士,大学英语四六级、英语中高级口译阅卷教师,剑桥商务英语BEC中高级考官。IFFTI国际服装基金会年会、世界纺织大会等重要国际会议特聘同传。主编《英语高级口译岗位资格证书考试练习口译口语300题》和《英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试练习口译口语300题》等。

Part 1 Introduction

商务引见或问候同样可以用于日常的非商务情景,比如在正式场合致辞。然而反过来却不行——非正式的问候通常不符合商务场合。

1st time greetings:

How are you? / How do you do? Happy to meet you. / Nice to meet you. / Pleased to meet you. / Glad to meet you. / It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m excited to meet you. / I’m delighted to meet you (more commonly used by women)

2nd time greetings:

How are you? / Good to see you again. / Great to see you again. / How are you doing? / How’s everything? / How’s it going?

1st person introductions:

Hi, I’m… / Hello, my name is…

3rd person introductions:

Let me introduce you to … / I’d like to introduce you to… / I’d like you to meet… / This is… (usually used to introduce peers, subordinates, or casual acquaintances)

Part 2 Usage

1.下面是有人向你问候或是介绍你时的回答用语:

How are you?

I’m good/I’m fine, thank you.

I’m happy to meet you.

I’m glad/happy to meet you too.

It’s a pleasure to meet you.

The pleasure’s all mine.

How are you doing?

I’m doing fine/well/very well, thank you.

2.下面这些说法不适合用在大多数商务场合,因为感情色彩太浓了:

highly, extremely, exceedingly, greatly, overjoyed, ecstatic, wonderful, thrilled, charmed, elated, enchanted, lovely

3.下面这些表达显得多余或太过华丽:

on cloud nine, tickled pink, in seventh heaven, cool, groovy, fantastic(小编注:on cloud nine, tickled pink, in seventh heaven都是表示非常高兴的意思,这里都是英语俗语的表达)

4.下面这些说法表现得不够积极,缺少自信:

Fair, so so, all right, okay/OK

Part 3 Sample Conversation

David: 早上好。Carol,再次见到你真好。你旅途还愉快吧?

David: Good morning, Carol. It’s great to see you again. Did you have a good trip over?

Carol: 唔,还不错。昨天有点累,现在没事了。

Carol: Yes, it was a good flight. I was a little tired yesterday, but I’m OK now.

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。

David: Great! If you’re ready, I’d like to introduce you to some of our key personnel.

Carol: 咱们走吧!……

Carol: Let’s go…

David: Carol, 这是Kathy Chen, 我们的财务主管,Kathy, 我想让你见见Carol Jacobs。

David: Carol, this is Kathy Chen, our Financial Officer. Kathy, I’d like you to meet 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。

Carol: I’m pleased to meet you, Kathy. You’re doing a great job. The division’s finances are in top shape.

Kathy: 谢谢, Jacobs小姐。见到您我也很高兴。

Kathy: Thank you, Ms Jacobs.I’m happy to meet you too.

David: 这是Ben Guo。他主管营销。Ben, 我来介绍一下Carol Jacobs

David: And this is Ben Guo. He’s in charge of Marketing. Ben , let me introduce Carol Jacobs.

Ben: 你好,Jacobs小姐?

Ben: How do you do, Ms Jacobs.

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。

Carol: It’s a pleasure to meet you, Ben. So you’re the one responsible for those outstanding sales figures I’ve seen.

Ben: 谢谢。可我得说那是因为我们有一个了不起的团队。

Ben: Thank you. I must say I have a great staff.

David: 我想你会发现我们所有的员工都是一流的。

David: I think you’ll find all our staff is top-notch.

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。

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: 当然!这边请……

David: Sure thing! Right this way…..

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