请你在明天下午2点30分安排一个记者招待会,介绍大家的最新品。
792.I'll call my contacts at the papers, magazines, radio and TV stations and inform them of the conference.
我会给报纸、杂志、电台和电视台的联络人打电话,公告他们这个招待会的消息。
793.Do not disclose1 the specifics of the project.
不要给他们透露项目的细节。
794.We want to leave some. room for speculation2.
大家要保留猜测的空间。
795.Is the stage set up like I asked?
展台按我的需要摆好了吗?
796.Yes, and the seating arrangement is in order.
摆好了,座位安排也已就绪。
797.I think we are ready.
我想大家所有都已经筹备就绪了。
798.I just want to thank you for coming today.
我对大伙今天能光临表示感谢。
799.We have an exciting new product to tell you about.
大家要向大伙介绍一个让人开心的新品。
800.I've told you all about our exciting new project.
我已经向大伙介绍了大家让人开心的新项目。
801.I'll open the floor to answer any questions you might have.
欢迎大伙自由提问,我来解答。
802.What makes your new product stand out above the other products in its market?
是什么使你们的新品在市场上优于其他商品?
803.I'm glad you asked that.
我非常高兴你提出这个问题。
804.I will not answer that question.
我不可以回答这个问题。
805.It is not relevant3.
这个问题与大家的商品无关。
806.That's about all the time I have to answer questions right now.
目前我也只有这类时间来回答问题。
807.Can I Can I ask one more question?
我能否再提一个问题?
808.I really appreciate your interest.
对于你的兴趣我非常感激。
809.Why don't you put it in wnting?
你何不把问题用书面形式写下来?
810.I will call you and answer it over the phone.
我可以用电话回话你。
Dialogue A
(A: Mr. Hart, the manager; B: Miss Janet; R: reporters)
A: Janet, I need you to arrange a news conference for tomorrow at 2: 30 p. m. to introduce our latest product.
B: OK, Mr. Hart. I'll call my contacts at the papers, magazines, radio and TV stations and inform them of the conference.
A: Very well, be sure to give them enough information to make them curious. But do not disclose the specifics of the project.
B: Of course, we want to leave some room for speculation.
A: Yes, our new product has been kept secret for a long period of time.
B: OK, Mr. Hayt, those product samples are ready to make their media debut4.
A: Great, is the stage set up like I asked?
B: Yes, and the seating arrangement is in order.
A: I think we are ready.
Dialogue B
A: Ladies and Gentlemen, first of all, I just want to thank you for coming today. We have an exciting new product to tell you about(the voice for introducing the product)
R: Mr. Hart's doing a great job of giving the media plenty of information.
A: Now that I've told you all about our exciting new project, I'll open the floor to answer any questions you might have.
R: Mr. Hart, what makes your new product stand out above the other products in its market?
A: I'm glad you asked that. For one thing, our product was developed by the nation's leading scientists and has been tested for more than two years.
R: Mr. Hart, I was told that one of your customers had got a strange illness after using your product. Is that true?
A: Absolutely not. That is a vicious5 rumor6 and I will not answer that question. It is not relevant.
R: Mr. Hart, I have some more questions for you.
A: Ms. Jones, I am afraid I can only answer one more question. Go ahead.
* * * *
A: Well, Ladies and gentlemen, that's about all the time I have to answer questions right now. But again, I want to thank you all for your time and interest.
R: Mr. Hart, can I ask one more question?
A: I really appreciate your interest. But I think the time is not allowing me to have more questions. Why don't you put it in writing? I will call you and answer it over the phone. Thank you all very much.
Notes 注解
1.I need you to=I want you to 我要你去做。
need有时暗示需要帮忙的意思。
如: I need you to mail this letter for me.
我要你帮我把这封信寄出去。
2.do not disclose 不要透露
3.the specifics 细节
4.leave some room for speculation 保留猜测的空间
5.product sample 商品样品
6.Is it like I asked?按我的需要做好了吗?
7.in order就绪
8.plenty of不少;很多该短语后接可数或不可数名词。
9.now that 意思是既然已经
如: Now that we know each other, we should get together for lunch some time.
既然大家已经彼此认识了,应该找个时间一块儿吃午饭。
10.open the floor=open the floor for questions作欢迎提问或欢迎参现讲。在记者招待会或演讲结束前常常要留点时间来回答听众的提问。
11.stand out 突出
12.Absolutely not.绝对没这回事。
大家还可以说: It's not true 这并不是事实。或It's groundless. 此事毫无依据。
13.vicious rumor 恶毒的谣言
Words and expressions
curious/'kju+ri+s/ a. 好奇心强的;不可思议的
disclose/dis'kl+uz/ v. 透露
speculation/spekju'leiM+n/ n. 猜测
specific/spi'sifik/ a. 详细
news conference 记者招待会
media debut 与媒体的初次接触
absolutely/'$bs+lju: tli/ ad. 绝对地
appreciate/+'pri: Mieit/ v. 感激