关于商务礼节，我们此前已经说了很多。这一次就让我们来看两个小对话，看看职员们是怎样谈论商务礼节的吧！

（1）

Michael: What are you doing for lunch today Billy?

迈克尔：今天午餐你吃什么，比利？

Billy: I was going to have a desk-lunch.

比利：我准备吃办公桌午餐。

Michael: I didn't realize that you were so busy these days.

迈克尔：我不知道这些天你这么忙。

Billy: I want to catch up on some journal reading.

比利：我要赶着读一些杂志。

Michael: Well, I was going to ask you to do me a favor.

迈克尔：唔，我正要问你帮一个忙。

Billy: Sure buddy! Anything for a close colleague!

比利：没问题，哥们！愿为亲密的同事两肋插刀！

Michael: I have to take a client to a business lunch and was wondering if you would come along to help me.

迈克尔：我得带一个客户去吃工作午餐，正想你想不想来帮我。

Billy: That sounds just perfect! You know that I am a great salesman.

比利：这太棒了！你知道我是一个很棒的推销员。

Michael: That's why I am asking you.

迈克尔：这就是为什么我要问你的原因。

Billy: Let me grab my jacket and we can go!

比利：让我拿上我的夹克，我们就可以走了！

（2）

Jeff: How do you think the dinner with the client went last night?

杰夫：你觉得昨晚和客户吃的晚餐怎么样？

Joan: I think that it was successful. I am expecting a call today from the Chief Executive to tell me that we won his business.

琼：我觉得很成功。今天我在等首席执行给我打电话，告诉我我们赢了这单生意。

Jeff: Can I say something frank about the dinner?

杰夫：我可以就晚餐说一些坦白的话吗？

Joan: Sure, Jeff. You know that I prefer direct talk.

琼：当然了，杰夫。你知道我更喜欢直截了当。

Jeff: I was really surprised by the Chief Executive's table manners.

杰夫：首席执行的饭桌礼仪真让我大吃一惊。

Joan: To be honest Jeff, so was I.

琼：老实说，杰夫。我也是。

Jeff: It goes to show that just because someone is rich and successful, doesn't make them perfect.

杰夫：这说明某人富有或者成功并不能让他们变得完美无缺。

Joan: I'd rather have good table manners than all the riches in the world!

琼：我宁愿要有好的饭桌礼仪，而不要世界上的所有财富！

Notes:

1） Desk-lunch: eating lunch at your desk so you can keep working

办公桌午餐：在办公桌上吃午饭，这样你就可以继续工作

Desk-lunches are OK sometimes, but it's not good for your health to do it everyday.

偶尔吃一吃办公桌午餐是可以的，不过每天都这么吃就会对你的健康不利。

2） Journal: serious magazines that are usually industry specific

定期刊物，杂志：严肃的杂志，通常具体到某个领域

Each month I receive marketing journals full of the latest trends and information about the world of sales.

每月我都收到市场期刊，里面全是有关世界销售的最近走向与信息。

3） Client: a customer of a service company

客户：服务公司的消费者

Generally speaking, customers buy goods while clients buy services.

通常来说，消费者买物品而客户买服务。