Nineteen.
I wanted to have a word about the departmental budget forecast you asked me to draw up. I totally agree with you on the need for working out the future expenditure well in advance, it's only that since we've never done this forecast in such a detailed way before,it's taking us much longer than I expected. Would it be acceptable to the board if I deferred the submission date by a fortnight?
19:
我想谈谈你让我草拟的部门预算。我完全同意你需要事先制定未来支出的想法,只是,因为我们从来没有做过如此详细的预测,耗时比我预期的要长很多。如我将提交日期延后两星期,委员会可否接受?
Twenty.
May I come in here? Thank you. I think Tom's last point was very valuable. We mustn't forget how important it is to make a really good impression when we launch the new T-six engine at the Air Show in Paris. Although we're very familiar with the engine's specifications and performance data, we aren't skilled at giving polished multi-media presentations which the audience expects nowadays. Tom's right. I think we should consider hiring in a professional from a marketing company.
20:
我可以进来吗?谢谢你!我认为汤姆最后一点很有价值。我们不能忘记在巴黎航空展上推出新的T- 6引擎时,给人留下好印象是多么重要。虽然我们对引擎的规格和性能数据非常熟悉,但是我们并不擅长于做现在观众所期待的精美的多媒体演示。汤姆是对的。我认为我们应该考虑从一家营销公司招聘一名专业人员。