Chapter Three Company Profiles,2,3.1 Warming-up,3. 2 Situational Dialogues,3. 3 Reading Materials,3.1 Warming-up,Visiting the company is the best way to make the clients be familiar with the company. After seeing the company with their own eyes，they may have a deep impression of the company and that may be helpful for the companies building business relationship. 1 .Could you tell me something about your company? 能给我介绍一下你们公司吗? 2. Where is your head office 你们公司总部在哪儿? 3 .Our company is based in Beijing and has five branch offices in China. 我们公司总部设在北京，在中国还有5家分公司。,下一页,返回,3.1 Warming-up,4. Our company is located in Shanghai. 我们的公司在上海。 5 .The headquarters of our company is in Japan. 公司的总部在日本。 6. When was your company founded? 贵公司何时成立的? 7. Our company was founded in 1990. 我们的公司建立于1990年。 8. How many employees do you have? 你们有多少员工? 9. How many departments are there in your company? 贵公司有多少个部门?,上一页,下一页,返回,3.1 Warming-up,10. How many branch offices do you have? 你们有几个分公司? 11 .Whats your annual production? 你们的年产量是多少? 12. Are you developing any new products 你们在开发新产品吗?,上一页,返回,3. 2 Situational Dialogues,Dialogue A A:Could you tell me something about your company? B:Sure!Our company is a large state-owned one. A:When was your company founded B:It was founded in 1982 .Weve been in business for about 25 years. A:Where is your headquarters B:Our headquarters is located in Beijing. A:How many departments are there in your company? B:There are 5 departments in our company. They are production，purchasing，marketing finance，and R&D(research and development).,下一页,返回,3. 2 Situational Dialogues,A:How many employees do you have B:We have 10，000 employees. A:Id like to know what kind of product your company produces. B:We mainly produce color TVs. A:Would you tell me your annual production B:The annual production is 1 , 500，000 units. A:Does your product sell well in domestic market B:Yes，it sells well not only at home but also abroad. A:Thank you for your information. B:You are welcome.,上一页,下一页,返回,3. 2 Situational Dialogues,Notes state-owned adj.国有的 purchase v.购买 headquarters n.总部 be based in/be located 座落在，位于 be in business 从业 consist of 包括 state-owned company 国有企业 domeatic market 国内市场 annual production/annual output 年产量,上一页,下一页,返回,3. 2 Situational Dialogues,Dialogue B A:Could you give us a brief introduction to your company? B:Yes. Its a medium-sized company. A:Wheres your company based ins B:Our company is based in Shanghai. A:How many departments are there in your company? B:Our company consists of six departments:production，purchasing，finance，auditing marketing，and R&D(research and development). A:Do you have any branches B:We have one branch in Tianjin，and another one in Shenyang.,上一页,下一页,返回,3. 2 Situational Dialogues,A:How many employees are there in your company? B:There are about 1,000 employees. A:What do you mainly deal in? BWe mainly deal in import and export trade but we also do international transportation. A:Could you tell me the fixed capital in your company? B:The fixed capital is 10，000,000 US dollars. A:Whats your annual turnover? B:Its 500,000,000US dollars. A:Whats your net profit last year B:Its about 20,000,000 US dollars.,上一页,下一页,返回,3. 2 Situational Dialogues,Notes capital n.资金 transportation n.运输，运输系统，运输工具 turnover n.营业额 annual adj.每年的，年度的 finance n.金融 auditing n.审计 deal in/be in engaged in/engage in 经营 international transportation 国际运输 fixed capital 固定资金 annual turnover 年营业额 net profit 纯利润,上一页,返回,3. 3 Reading Materials,Text A Alibaba. com Alibaba. com, a member of the Alibaba Group of companies, is one of the worlds premiere-commerce brands and the number one online marketplace for global and domestic Chinese trade. We provide an efficient， trusted platform connecting small and medium-sized buyers and suppliers from around the world. Our international marketplace(www. alibaba. com)focuses on global importers and exporters and China marketplace(www. alibaba. com. cn) focuses 0n suppliers and buyers trading domestically in China. Together our marketplaces form a community of more,下一页,返回,3. 3 Reading Materials,than 24 million registered users from over 2(X) countries and regions. Our operational headquarters is based in Hangzhou in eastern China. We have field sales and marketing offices in more than 30 cities in China，Hong Kong SAR United States. The company has more than 4，400 full-time employees Switzerland and the as of June 30，2007. History .Tack Ma_our lead founder and chairman_and 1 R other founders launched Alibaba. com in his Hangzhou apartment service，and later became in 1999. Originally，Alibaba. com operated as a,上一页,下一页,返回,3. 3 Reading Materials,bulletin boardvibrant marketplace fo