跟艾米莉一起學口語 第614期:商務版|自己開公司可沒那麼容易!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
定位於；定居於
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，你的工作進展的怎麼樣了？
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，是什麼類型的公司？
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夥開了家投資銀行。
A: How is it going?
那現在進行的如何了？
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，不過現在已經開始蒸蒸日上了。
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?
這事你們什麼時候能定下來？
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後的協商。
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。
