接机后的次日，Brian在公司里，为Johnathan 介绍自己的老板-Mr. Sun……。

B: Mr. Sun, I’d like you to meet Mr. Johnathan Mitchell, sales manager for Nortern Reflections of Canada. (Sun extends hand first; Sun and Mitchell shake hands) Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Steven Sun, general manager of Apex Trading.

孙先生，让我为你介绍加拿大Northern Reflections的业务经理Jonathan Mitchell先生。(孙先生先伸出，两人握手)Mitchell先生,这是Steven孙先生,Apex贸易公司的总经理。

S: It’s very nice to finally meet you, Mr. Mitchell after so many phone calls and faxes. (offers his business card first) I’d like you to have my business card.

多次电话、传真往返之后,非常高兴终于见到您，Mitchell先生(先递出名片)， 请收下我的名片。

J: Thanks very much, Mr. Sun. Please accept mine. (offers his own card) and please, call me Johnathan. (both look at cards for a few seconds, then put them in wallets-not pockets.)

谢谢您，孙先生。也请收下我的名片(递上自己的名片)，叫我Johnathan就行了。(两个人都看了一下对方的名片,放入皮夹而非口袋中)

B: If you don’t mind, Johnathan, while you and Mr. Sun get acquainted, I’d like to check the arrangements for the meeting.

如果你不介意，Johnathan在你和孙先生互相认识时，我先失陪，看看会议安排得如何。

J: You’re certainly on top of things, Brian.

Brian，一切当然在你掌握之中!

S: (looking at Brian) You’ll find Mr. Tayler-Brian - is a force to be reckoned with at Apex Tradig.

(看着Brian)Talyer先生,您会发现Brian是Apex贸易公司的大将。

B: Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mr. Sun. I’ll be right back. (leaves room)

孙先生，谢谢你的信任票，我马上回来。(走出房间)

J: He appears to be a top-notch young man, Mr. Sun. Talent and enthusiasm like that are hard to find.

孙先生，他看起来是个有为的青年，难找到像他这样有才干、有热忱的人。

S: Don’t I know it. He’s doing a great job for us. And please, call me Steven.

我完全同意，他在公司表现不凡，请叫我Steven就行了。

J: Steven, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail market is like in Taiwan?

Steven，你可以简单地告诉我台湾零售市场的现况吗?

S: Well, as per capita income goes up and up, the growth sector seems to be in the to-end.

唔，由于每人的平均收入不断地增高，市场的发展领域似乎偏向于高价位商品。

J: Retail is going upscale here? Taiwan is certainly growing more quickly than I had imagined.

此地的零售走入高价位了?台湾的发展比我想像得要快多了。

S: Yes. Things certainly have changed since I was a boy. We’ve developed very quickly.

没错，现在的台湾和我小时候完全不一样了，这里发展得非常快速。

J: Do you think the trend will continue?

你想这种趋势还会维持下去吗?

S: I don’t see why not. We do have some problems, but we are still willing to work hard-and wages aren’t too high at this point.

我不觉得有什么不行!虽然是有一些问题，但我们仍愿意勤奋工作，而且现阶段工资仍不算太高。

J: Everything I’ve seen so far is very impressive. Very impressive indeed.

到目前为止，我所看到的一切都令我印象深刻，真的十分深刻。