白領的一天 場景123:晚餐約會 The dinner date

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Waiter: Would you like to see the menu?
Tom: Err, yes please.
Waiter: I was asking the lady actually.
Tom: Oh, right.
Narrator: 大家好， Anna 和 Tom 終於能坐下來，在一家意大利比薩店共進晚餐了。可憐的Tom 胳膊還沒好呢，吃東西的時候用刀叉可能不方便。 他腦裏還想着浪漫，不過Anna的心已經不在晚餐上了。Are you feeling nervous Anna?
Anna: Nervous? Why?
Narrator: 你現在可是單獨和 Tom 在一起。What are you going to talk about?
Anna: Don't worry. I can handle this, besides I want Tom's ideas about developing a new plastic vegetable.
Narrator: 一個塑料蔬菜！哦！Good luck.
Tom: So this is nice. Finally, us together, on our own, me and you, pizza, red wine… expensive red wine, actually.
Anna: Lovely, Tom. You know Tom, Paul wants me to develop a new idea – plastic vegetables – I thought, maybe, you might like to help me?
Tom: Come on Anna, we're not here to talk business. Tell me about you – the real Anna. Have had many… err, many boyfriends before?
Anna: That's a bit personal. What do you think about plastic peas?
Tom: Err? Can you not switch off from work for one minute?
Anna: 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: Oh, I see. I hadn't thought of it like that. Right well…
Waiter: Your pizzas… madam… sir. (Putting plates on the table)
Anna: Thanks. Tom, I think you'll need some help cutting that.
Tom: Thanks. Mmm, you smell nice… or is that the pizza?
Anna: I've got it!
Tom: What?
Anna: Plastic aubergines!
Tom: Plastic aubergines?
Anna: Yes. Plastic aubergines. They would look great on this table – a sort of decoration.
Tom: Yeah! And you could put sauces inside or salt and pepper. You could be on to something here.
Anna: We need to put a proposal together, to give it to Paul. But what should we say?
Narrator: Anna, 你的提議應該簡短但目標明確。需要有激勵人心的一些詞彙，比如：
特別好 exceptional，超棒 fantastic，高質量 quality，還要提到對公司業務的幫助，比如：
利潤 profit, 效率 efficiency, 物有所值 value for money. 祝你好運！
Tom: Are you OK Anna?
Anna: Yes. Just writing some things down.
Tom: 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!
Anna: Tom! What have you done?! You've knocked red wine all over me… and my notebook.
Tom: Erm, sorry. We had better get you out of that dress.
Narrator: Hmm, 浪漫晚餐泡湯了！不過說不定一個成功商業計劃就在眼前。讓我們看看晚上在Tom 家到底發生了什麼事情…
Anna: …this exceptional product has fantastic potential…
Tom: Say 'demand for this plastic aubergine will reach melting point!' My little joke!
Anna: …by making the production more efficient, our customers will get value for money and our profits will increase. There, done.
Tom: 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.
Anna: 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.
Tom: Bbbut…
(Door slams closed)
Tom: Next time?
Narrator: Well, 看來情況不錯！ 雖然意大利餡餅都冷了，但 Anna 和 Tom 的商業計劃進行得紅紅火火。讓我們再回顧一下在準備一份專業的商業計劃時可以用到的詞彙：
Exceptional!
Fantastic!
Quality.
Profit.
Efficiency.
Value for money.
Narrator: 書面的東西都準備好了，接下來得看 Tom 和 Anna 能不能說服 Paul, 這就意味着要去投標。我們下期節目再看進展如何。再見！

聽力挑戰：

What is Anna's 'brilliant' new idea? Anna 超棒的新想法是什麼？

上期答案：
In the accident, what did Tom trip over? 在事故中，Tom 被什麼絆了一跤？
Answer: a box of perfect peaches. 答案：一箱塑料桃子。