061 Doing Business做生意Words Stormcapital 资本facility 设施franchise 特许经营investment 投资multinational 跨国公司parent company 母公司subsidiary 子公司shareholder 股东股民stock 设备business contract 商务合同cash flow 现金流invoice 发票recruitment 招聘director 董事expense 开支R&D 研发部门（research and development）go bankrupt 破产negotiate a contract 合同磋商increase revenue 提高效益do business with 和.做生意reduce overheads 降低管理费用expand a business 拓展业务purchase shares 买股票launch a product 产品投放市场Dialogue 1K:Hi Isaiah? How are you? I: Im well. And you? K:Fine. Hows your job going? I:I dont know if I told you or not, but I decided to start my own business. K:Really? Thats fantastic. What kind of business is it? I:Ive started an investment banking firm with some of my old colleagues from Goldman Sachs（高盛投资公司）. K:Hows it going? I:It started off （开始）a bit slow, but now, business is really booming! K:Thats such great news. Im really happy for you! Where is your office located? I:Our head office is here in Beijing, but were planning on opening up two more offices soon. K:Where will those be located? I:If all goes well, well open one up in Hong Kong in April and another one in Singapore in October. K:When will you find out（决定）? I:Were negotiating the final details of the leasing contracts（ 租赁合同 ） tomorrow. K:Well, good luck! I hope it all goes well（进展顺利） for you tomorrow! I:Thanks! Dialogue 2I: Ive got bad news. K: Whats that? I: My new company is in danger of （处于.的危险中）going bankrupt（破产）! K: Oh, no! How did that happen? I thought you said business was going well?I: It was going well. We have plenty of satisfied clients. K: Whats the problem then? I : The CFO started using our client base（客户群，基本顾客） to work on deals of his own. K: So he was getting paid by your company and making a profit on your clients? I: Yes. Its so horrible! I invested all of my savings into（投资） this company and then my own friend used me（利用我）!K: What a thief! What are you going to do about it? I : Well, for starters（首先）, I had to fire him. K: It must have been hard to fire a friend. I : I thought it would be difficult, but he made it easy for me by stealing from me! K: What else are you going to do? I: Ive got to hire someone who can look through（详细检查）our finances and re-do（重做）the books. K:Do you have anyone to work on recruitment? I: No. Do you know anyone who is looking for a job as a CFO（Chief Financial Officer首席财务官）? K: No, but I could help you look. I work for a head-hunting （猎头服务）agency, you know. I: Fantastic! Ill give you 10% of his first two months salary if you can find someone for me soon. K: Not a problem. （没问题。）Ill start looking immediately. I: Thanks a million!（万分感激！） At least I have a few friends left whom I can count on（指望，依靠）!062 The Career Ladder晋升机会Words Stormpromotion 升值chairman of the board 董事长president 总裁executive（adj.行政的，执行的） vice-president 执行副总裁managing（adj.行政的） director 行政董事executive manager 总经理deputy （adj.副的，代理的）general manager 副总经理section manager 部门经理，科长sales manager 销售部经理assistant manager 助理经理（副经理）supervisor 总管sales representative 销售代表executive 高级管理人员clerk 职员advancement 提升，提高seniority 老资格，资历Dialogue 1A:Hi, Col, what can I do for you?C:If you have a few minutes, Id like to talk to you about my future at this company.A:Sure, have a seat（请坐）.C:Thanks.A:Let me just grab your file（调出你的档案）. How long have you worked for us now?C:Ive worked here as a sales representative for about a year now.A:One year already, its amazing how time flies（时间过得真快） like that. Are you enjoying your job?C:Yes, but Id like to have a chance at（在.有机会）job advancement（升职）.A:I see. What job did you have in mind（考虑，想到）?C:Well, Ive noticed that there is a position available as a sales manager.A:Do you understand what duties that job would entail?C:Yes, Ill be directly responsible for all of the sales representatives in my department. I assume thered be more meetings, paper work（日常文书工作） and other responsibilies,too.A:Thats right. Do you have any experience in management?C:Yes, in fact if you look at my resume you can see that I was a manager before I started this job.A:Well, I think youd be the perfect candidate for the position. According to company policy, you still have to go through（通过） the formal application procedures though,so fill this application form in（ 填写 ）and Ill call you for an interview next week.C:Ok, thanks for your support.Dialogue 2C:Are you ready for the meeting?A:Yes, come on in（进来吧）. How is your new jo