英语商务谈判情景对话（商务英语情景对话100主题）

“If every day you take even the tiniest action aligned to your dream;
One day you will awake and as if by magic, see your Vision become reality.”

会话1：
A: Labor relations have been getting heated over the last few days。 There's even talk of a strike if contract negotiations don't go smoothly.

最近这些日子劳资关系越来越紧张。有传闻说如果合同谈判不能顺利进行就会举行罢工。

Labor relations: 劳资关系，劳动关系

get heated： 被激化，加热

a heated argument/debate: 激烈的争论/辩论， she became very heated。她不仅怒火中烧。

there’s even talk of:有传闻

例句：There’s even talk of Europe paying back China in Yuan. 甚至有欧洲将用人民币偿还中国债务的说法传出。

Smoothly: 顺利地：

例句： The interview went smoothly.
B： I would hate to see the negotiations go sour, because the last thing we need is more trouble from the labor union. What do they want this time?

我不愿意看到谈判失败，因为我们最不想要的就是公会给我们带来太多的麻烦。这次他们想要干什么？

Go sour: 受挫、失败的意思

例句：

A: Would you like to hear my thoughts on this project?你想听听我对这个项目的看法吗？

B: Go ahead. 说吧。

A: I think your investment has gone sour. 我认为你的投资出现了差错

last thing 单独理解是最后一件事。在这个句子里的意思是是最不需要的东西，最不需要 的，最不需要的事情

例句： The last thing we want is bad luck.
A: They are demanding another raise for full—time employees and more vacation days. They claim there’s an increase of work—related stress， so there ought to be some kind of compensation for higher pressure on the job。

他们要求给全日制的工人在增加一次工资，增加更多的假期。他们，声称工作压力越来越大，所以应该对工作带来的高压给予某种补偿

to claim/award/receive compensation要求╱判给╱得到赔偿金to pay compensation for injuries at work支付工伤赔偿金
B: Hasn't it always been stressful？ Why make demands now?

不是一直都很紧张吗？为什么现在才提出要求。
A： With cutbacks after the recession, there is more workload per employee, so in actuality they do have more stress now than in the past. I just don’t know if it warrants a pay raise for everyone。

由于萧条期之后进行了人员裁减，每个员工的工作量就更大了。所以事实上他们比过去的压力更大。我只是不知道这是否就是给大家加薪的正当理由

Cutbacks: 消减
B: I guess the labor union seems to think so.

我想工会也这么认为
Dialogue 2
A： Did your company go union? I heard that many companies in our industry are being unionized, so it's getting harder and harder to compete on a level playing field.

你们公司加入工会组织了吗?我听说我们行业的很多公司都入会了,所以要想在同一比赛场地上竞争越来越难了
B: Yes, we're hopping on the bandwagon（流行，时尚，乐队花车） and signing up for the union。 Mostly people are pretty happy about it。。. I guess it depends on if you are in management or in the labor force。

是的,我们正在赶时髦签约入会.大多数人对此非常高兴…我想这取决于你属于管理层还是劳动阶层
A: Management isn't looking on the labor unions too favorably（顺利地，好意地，亲切地）, I'd guess. I don't blame them。..Labor unions can really put the squeeze（挤压，压力） on the executives。

我想管理人员不会看好工会.我不责备他们..工会真的会对这些主管施加压力
B: Sure。。. But it's probably better for the workers, because the union's whole purpose is to look out for the little guys。 The only way that the little guys can take on the big bosses is if they unite. Labor unions are all about getting a voice for the underdog.

当然了…但是对工人太好了,因为工会总的目的就是照料那些弱小群体.如果这些弱小群体想与大老板较量,那他们唯一能做的就是团结起来.工会就是为这些受压迫者争取发言权.