大约，左右
问候
A：Good morning, Jerry. How’s everything?
早上好，杰丽。一切可好？
B：Fine, just fine. Thanks.
好，都挺好的。谢谢。
A：Doing anything for lunch?
午饭的时候你有事吗？
B：Well, as a matter of fact, I’ve got a lunch date with Bob Thomas.
不瞒你说，我跟鲍勃?托马斯约好了一起吃午饭。
Security-(安全问题)
A：How safe is this area?
这个地方安全吗？
B：Oh, well, you should lock the doors and turn the security system on when you leave, but it really isn’t too bad.
哦，当你离开家的时候要锁好门，并且打开安全系统。但是情况不是这么糟糕。
A：Really? Do you live nearby?
是吗，你住附近？
B：Yes. As a matter of fact, I live about two blocks north. I’ve never had any problems, although there have been a few break-ins recently.
是的。老实说，我住在北面的两个街区之外。我还从未遇到过什么问题，虽然说近来也有出现一些入室偷钱的事件。
A：Hmm.
噢。
B：The security system should take care of that, though. The entrance to the subway is not far from here..
但是安全系统会处理这一切的。地铁口离这儿也不远。
A：That’s true. Is the neighborhood trying to do anything about the security?
对。对于安全问题这儿的邻里有没有任何措施？
B：Well, we’ve set up a neighborhood watch program. We caught a guy a couple of months ago.
噢，我们建立了一个邻里监督项目。几个月前还抓住了一个家伙。
A：All right, well, let me think about it.
好的，哦，让我们再考虑考虑。
Getting Started-(成立公司)
A：Let's review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office?
我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们可以搬进新的办公室？
B：Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things.
七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去，不过搬进去和实际开始工作是两回事。
A：Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up.
说得好。无论如何，我会要我们新任的市场经理，海伦.派克帮忙我们打点一切。
B：What is she doing?
她是做什么的？
A：She's overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth.
她监督机器设备的采购等等。
B：Does she have a background in that sort of thing?
她有那方面的背景吗？
A：As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance.
事实上，她上一个公司从行销到财务，实际上都是她在运作的。
B：I'm looking forward to meeting her.
我期待认识她。
A：Have you begun to investigate factories? I'm so glad we aren't going to try to run our own factory at first.
你开始调查工厂了吗？我很高兴我们没有先试图设立自己的工厂。
B：Yes, I've started. And I've found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos-
是的，开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标——
A：Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . .
商标，标语，信头，名片……
B：You thought setting up a company was going to be easy?
你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗？
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