见客户Meeting the Client

New words

• 代表dàibiǎo — to represent; representative
• 谈tán — to talk, discuss
• 建议jiànyì — to suggest; suggestion
• 经济jīngjì — economy
• 发展fāzhǎn — to develop; development
• 巧qiǎo — coincidental (真巧!)

The story

张经理：大卫，今天你代表公司去谈生意。David, today you'll represent the company and negotiate the deal.

大卫：我？我代表公司？小林说得比我好！Me? Represent the company? Xiaolin speaks better than I do!

张经理：小林说得太快了，客户听不懂。Xiaolin talks too fast. Clients can't understand her.

小林：我说得快吗？我觉得一点儿也不快啊！Do I talk fast? I don't think I talk fast at all!

张经理：小林，我不想跟你吵架。Xiaolin, I'm not going to argue with you.

张经理：这个客户喜欢谈经济。我建议你们先谈经济，再谈生意。This client loves talking about the economy. I suggest you talk economy first, then business.

大卫：经济？我不懂经济啊……The economy? I don't know anything about the economy...

张经理：还有一个建议：千万别带包子。One more suggestion: whatever you do, don't bring Baozi.

Opening the lesson…