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Conversation One
对话一
M: So, what's the next thing on the agenda, Mary?
男：玛丽，议程表上的下一项是什么？
W: Well, it's the South Theater Company.
女：是有关南方剧院公司的。
They want to know if we 'd be interested in sponsoring a tour they want to make to East Asia.
他们想知道我们是否对赞助他们去东亚旅行感兴趣。
M: East Asia? Uh ... and how much are they hoping to get from us?
男：东亚？呃...他们希望我们出多少赞助费？
W: Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds, but I do not know if they might settle for less.
女：信上写的是2万英镑，但是我不知道赞助金额少点他们是否会接受。
M: Do they say what they would cover?
男：他们有没有说这些钱用来做什么？
Have they anything specific in mind?
他们有没有一些特定的想法？
W: No, I think they are just asking all the firms in town for as much money as they think they'll give.
女：没有，我认为他们只是想要镇上所有企业拿出其认为该企业能赞助的金额。
M: And we are worth 20,000 pounds, right?
男：在他们看来，我们能拿出2万英镑，对吧？
W: It seems so.
女：看起来是这样的。
M: Very flattering.
男：太会奉承了。
But I am not awfully happy with the idea.
但是我对这个想法并不是很满意。
What do we get out of it?
我们能得到什么好处？
W: Oh, good publicity I suppose.
女：我猜想是很好的广告宣传。
So what I suggest is not that we just give them a sum of money, but that we offer to pay for something specific like travel or something,
我的建议是：我们不要只是给他们一笔钱就完事了，我们可以赞助像旅行之类的特定项目。
and that in return, we ask for our name to be printed prominently in the program,
这样，我们就可以要求他们把我们公司的名字显著地标示在项目宣传上。
and that they give us free advertising space in it.
他们也就给了我们免费的广告空间。
M: But the travel bill would be enormous, and we could never manage that.
男：但旅行的费用太高，我们可能没法赞助。
W: I know.
女：我知道。
But why do not we offer to pay for the printing of the programs ourselves on condition that on the front cover there's something like
但我们可以自己支付这个旅行项目的印刷费，条件是宣传册的封面印上：
"This program is presented with the compliments of Norland Electronics", and free advertising of course.
“该项目由诺兰庄园电子公司馈赠”，而且是免费做广告。
M: Good idea.
男：好主意。
Well, let's get back to them and ask what the program they want will cost.
我们给他们回信并问一下这个项目的花费情况。
Then we can see if we are interested or not.
然后我们再决定是否对他们的项目感兴趣。
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题1-4是基于刚才你所听到的那段对话。
Question1. What do we learn about the South Theater Company?
问题1：我们了解到了南方剧院公司的什么？
Question2. How much does the South Theater Company ask for in the letter?
问题2：南方剧院公司在信中要多少赞助费？
Question3. What benefit does the woman say their firm can get by sponsoring the South Theater Company?
问题3：女士说通过赞助南方剧院公司，他们公司能得到什么好处？
Question4. What does the woman suggest they do instead of paying the South Theater Company's travel expenses?
问题4：女士不建议支付南方剧院公司的旅行费用，而是建议怎样做？
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