千万别学英语高级篇第10课
steve:good afternoon, gentlemen. today my colleague, mr. goddard and i will be introducing you to a revolutionary new software program. it combines all the functions of various other programs ‐‐ word processing, translating, financial management, graphic design and more ‐‐ into one. i will be leading the first part of the presentation, while mr. goddard will be answering technical questions at the end.
mr. wang:i have a question from the beginning.
steve:yes. please go ahead.
mr. wang:i'm wondering about the price of your program. in other words, will it be cheaper to buy your product, or should we just buy all the others separately?
steve:i'm glad you asked that question, mr. wang. i was going to save this part until the end of the meeting, but since you asked i will tell you. our program is on average forty percent less expensive than it would be to buy the programs it replaces separately.
mr. wang:and what about after‐service and upgrades?
steve:all our products are guaranteed for one year. as for upgrades, they will also be free for one year and can be downloaded from the internet.
mr. wang:i am also curious about compatibility with apple computers. do you have a separate product for apple or...?
steve:perhaps my colleague should answer that, as it is more on the techinal side.
james:mr. wang, i developed this product to work on both pc's and macs. i assume your company is mainly interested in the pc version, but i assure you mac users will have no problems with our product either.
mr. wang:that's what i was afraid of. i want mac users to have problems. otherwise they'll keep buying from apple and not from my company.
steve:i apologize, sir, but i cannot help you with that.