bbc english at work episode 10 the brainstorm, disagreeing
bbc白领工作英语 第10集：公司的创意会议，表达不同意见
narrator: 欢迎回来！tip top 贸易公司的团队正在准备推出他们的最新产品：革命性的仿真柠 檬。他们正在进行集体创造性思维法，希望能成功推出这款新柠檬。
tom: but it needs to be bright!
anna: this is much more exciting.
denise: but having three colours would work better.
narrator: 这么吵，都在争来争去。anna 的词汇量可受到挑战了。
paul: right, i'm taking the final decision: the colour scheme will be green and yellow, so that's that. now, the first presentation will be to er, mr, er, slime.
anna: mr lime.
paul: oh, er, mr lime - that bit of biscuit looked like an 's' – mr lime, thank you annabel.
anna: anna.
paul: mr lime and his team at citrus ventures. ideas please!
anna: why don't we offer citrus ventures a special opening offer: 20% off imperial lemon orders made this month.
paul: hmm...
anna: we could even do that for all our regular clients.
denise: that would be a big risk.
anna: no.
denise: if we do that once, all our clients will start asking for 20% off everything.
anna: no, i disagree.
denise: we'll be bankrupt!
anna: no, you’re wrong.
narrator: er – anna, 你可得小心点了，你这么说不同意denise的观点可能不是最好的表达的 方式。
anna: i'm so frustrated! i can't think of the right words.
narrator: 我们试试其他表达吧，比如：well, i’m not so sure about that... “我不是很确 认这个观点”。
或者用 but 不过来做为你回答的开始。或者，你可以更客气的说：i see your point, but actually i think … 我知道了你的观点，不过我个人认为….
anna: i'll try.
narrator: but be polite 还有千万别给人你很凶的感觉， 而且说话还得给理由。不然你又得罪 denise了。
anna: ok. well, i’m not so sure about that. i think it will improve our sales of lemons and make our clients happy. happy clients will come back to buy more.
paul: yes, that's a good point annabe - anna.
tom: but 20% is a lot – maybe 5% would be better.
anna: but if we're going to make a special offer, we should make it so good that everyone will say yes!
denise: but people might think there's something wrong with our lemons and that we're desperate to get rid of them.
anna: i see your point, but, if we explain this is just a special offer for special clients, they'll understand.
paul: i like that idea. good: 20% off for all regular clients just for this month. anna, you'll be making the presentation to citrus ventures, so make sure you include that offer.
anna: yes.
paul: right, next, what photos do we have of the lemons...?
narrator: 在工作时碰到需要告诉别人你有不同观点的时候，说话需要有点技巧。 anna 最终是 过关了。她用了一个很短的词语来开始她的答复： but... 然后用了一些其他的短语：
i’m not so sure about that......
i see your point, but actually i think...
接下来面对 anna 的挑战是面对citrus ventures 做一个讲演，那会怎么样呢？
我们下次再继续听。
anna: i've got to do a good job, but it's going to take me ages. oh well, i'd better get started, otherwise i'm going to be here all night.
• listening challenge 听力挑战
anna 建议给本月订imperial lemon 皇家仿真柠檬产品的客户们多少折扣？
答案: 20%的折扣。