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Would you like to see the menu?
您要看下菜單嗎？
Oh yes please.
恩，是的，請給我看一下。
I was asking the lady actually .
對不起，我在問這位女士。
Oh, right.
呃，好吧。
Hello again. Anna and Tom are finally on their dinner date at a pizza restaurant.Eating could be difficult for Tom because he’s sprained his arm after that accident in the office.He might still have romance on his mind but Anna is thinking about something else. Are you feeling nervous Anna?
嗨，大家好，歡迎再次收聽職場英語。Anna和Tom終於來到了一家披薩店約會。 但Tom吃東西很困難，因為他在辦公室事故中扭傷了胳膊。他腦中可能仍有浪漫想法，但Anna卻在想著其他事情。嗨，Anna，你感覺緊張嗎？
Nervous? Why?
緊張？為什麼會緊張？
Being out on your own with Tom. What are you going to talk about ?
因為就你一個人和Tom出來哎。對了，你們要談什麼？
Don’t worry. I can handle this, besides I want Tom’s ideas about developing a new plastic vegetable.
別擔心，我能處理好。再說，我還想問問Tom對開發新式塑料蔬菜的想法呢。
A plastic vegetable! Oh right. Well, good luck.
塑料蔬菜？！呃，好吧。祝你好運。
So this is nice. Finally, us together, on our own, me and you, pizza, red wine… expensive red wine, actually.
哇，感覺真好。咱倆終於在一起了，我是說，就咱兩個人，享受披薩、紅酒。。。呵呵，還是挺貴的紅酒呢。
Lovely Tom. You know Tom, Paul wants me to develop a new idea – plastic vegetables – I thought, maybe, you might like to help me?
你太可愛了，Tom。對了，你知道嗎？Paul想讓我開發新式塑料蔬菜，你願意幫我嗎？
Come on Anna, we’re not here to talk business. Tell me about you – the real Anna. Have you had many… err, many boyfriends before?
嘿，Anna。我們來這又不是談工作的。給我講講你的故事吧，我想認識真實的你。呃，你以前有很多男朋友嗎？
That’s a bit personal. What do you think about plastic peas?
這個問題有點私密吧。唉，你覺得塑料豌豆怎麼樣？
Err? Can you not switch off from work for one minute?
啊？你能不能不想工作啊？
Tom. I think you and me are very similar – we’re a good team.If we could come up with a great idea for Paul then who knows… we may get to travel the world selling it together?
Tom，我覺得咱倆非常像，我們是一個好團隊。如果你我想出好主意，說不定能一起環遊世界、銷售產品呢~
Oh, I see. I hadn’t thought of it like that. Right well…
哦，我明白了，以前都沒那想過。那咱倆。。。
Your pizzas… madam… sir ( putting plates on the table).
您的披薩。這是您的，女士；這是您的，先生。（將盤子放在桌上）
Thanks. Tom, I think you’ll need some help cutting that.
謝謝。Tom，你得要我幫忙切披薩吧。
Thanks. ( Pizza cutting noises ) Mmm, you smell nice… or is that the pizza?
謝謝。（切割披薩的聲音）恩，你身上真香。。。還是披薩的味道？
(Sudden brainwave ) I’ve got it!
（突發靈感）我知道了！
What?
什麼？
Plastic aubergines!
做塑料茄子！
Plastic aubergines?
塑料茄子？
Yes. Plastic aubergines. They would look great on this table – a sort of decoration.
沒錯，塑料茄子。把它們當裝飾放在桌子上，肯定會很好看。
Yeah! And you could put sauces inside… or salt and pepper. You could be on to something here.
對啊，還可以在裡面放些調味醬、鹽、胡椒什麼的。Anna，你挺了解這裡的。
We need to put a proposal together, to give it to Paul. But what should we say?
我們要一起向Paul提項建議。但要說什麼呢？
Anna, your proposal needs to be brief but clear. Use positive language to propose your idea to Paul.Use words like ’exceptional’, ’fantastic’, ’quality’, and talk about how it would benefit the business by using words like ’profit’, ’efficiency’, and ’value for money’. Good luck!
Anna，你的提議要簡短明確。儘量使用積極語言表達想法。比如特殊、極好、質量等詞。還有，記得用利潤、效率、金錢價值等詞描述它能給公司來帶的利益。
Are you OK Anna?
你還好吧，Anna？
(Scribbling ) Yes. Just writing some things down.
（潦草書寫中）沒事，我就寫點東西。
OK, well write down how we could target restaurants and cafes. They’ll be begging for our vegetables.Oh this is so exciting… let’s drink to our… succ… ( Bottle knocked over) Oh !
恩，寫寫我們如何以餐館、咖啡廳為目標。哈哈，他們一定會乞求我們的蔬菜的。哇塞，太興奮了。來，Anna，為我們的成功乾杯！（瓶子倒了）哦！
Tom! What have you done? You’ve knocked red wine all over me… and my notebook.
Tom!你在幹嘛啊？紅酒全撒我身上了，啊，還有我的筆記本。
Ermm, sorry. We had better get you out of that dress.
呃，對不起。趕緊把裙子換下來吧。
Hmm, what a mess and what a date! But what may be lacking in romance is made up for in a potentially successful business deal.Let’s find out how it’s going much much later at Tom’s flat…
呃，什麼亂七八糟的，看看這約會！不過缺乏浪漫或許會彌補一筆潛在交易哦。一起去看看Tom公寓中事情的進展吧。
…this exceptional product has fantastic potential…
。。。這種特殊產品潛力非凡。。。
Say ’demand for this plastic aubergine will reach melting point!’ My little joke.
對此塑料茄子的需求將達到熔點！嘿嘿，開個玩笑。
…by making the production more efficient, our customers will get value for money and our profits will increase. There, done.
。。。若提高生產效率，客戶將獲得金錢價值，我們的利潤也會提高。。。好了，完事！
Great. We can pitch this to Paul first thing on Monday morning. So now, maybe we can get back to our date? Look I saved some of that pizza.
太棒了！週一早上就把這個推薦給Paul。對了，Anna，我們現在可以繼續約會嗎？你看我還帶回來一些披薩呢。
It’s all cold! (Walking away) Anyway, I had better go. It’s late and I want to tidy up this proposal. But it’s been great. I can’t wait till next time.
呃，全都涼了！（離開）Tom，我得走了。天這麼黑了，我還想整理一下提議呢。不過今晚約會很不錯哦，期待下一次~~
Bbbut…(Door slams closed)
可是。。。（門關上了）
Nex t time?
下次？
Well, that went well! The pizza may be cold but Anna and Tom have developed a red hot proposal.Here’s a reminder of some of the words you might want to use to make your business proposal stand out…
呵呵，還是蠻順利的。披薩可能已經涼了，但Anna和Tom想出了赤熱提議。下面為大家介紹幾個能讓商業計劃書脫穎而出的詞彙。
Exceptional! Fantastic! Quality. Profit. Efficiency. Value for money.
Exceptional（特殊）! Fantastic（極好）! Quality（品質）. Profit（利潤）. Efficiency（效率）. Value for money（金錢價值）。
So with the proposal written, Tom and Anna just need to convince Paul – and that means pitching their idea.Find out how they get on next time. Bye for now.
提議已經寫好了，接下來就看他們倆怎樣說服Paul，向他推銷想法了！請在下期節目中觀看他們的表現吧。拜拜~
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