英语情景口语:doing business

W***ds
Market(***g) bus***ess ***ntract subsidiary representative off***e branch off***e recruit***nt
off***e space production ****** ser***ce franchise parent ***mpany mu******ational shareholder direc***r
manager ***vest***nt warehouse capital cash flow overheads
***rp***ate law lawyer law fimp3 sales expense imp***t exp***t
pub***c relations advertise***nt market leader profit ***vo***e R&D

Phrases
Invest *** a ***mpany
Purchase shares
Do bus***ess with
Go bankrupt
Bus***ess is boom***g
Market products
Ne***tiate a ***ntract
L***nch a product
R***uce overheads
Increase revenue
***nduct R&D
Expand a bus***ess

Beg******r
A; what do you th***g are the most imp***tant th***gs *** do when runn***g a bus***ess?
B: well, there are several th***gs. Of ***urse, you must do everyth***g you can *** keep ***sts down and revenues high.
A: so, do you th***k w***kers ***uld be paid as ***ttle as possible?
B: no. if you do that, the w***kers won’t ***ke their jobs. They will be less eff***ient and you will get a high staff turnover. Those th***gs will ***crease you ***sts.
A: how can a bus***ess maxmise revenues?
B: you ****** *** ***vest *** so*** ***od adverstis***g. You h**e *** know where your potential cus******rs are and target them. It’s no ***od try***g *** sell ***mputer ga***s *** older people. The market is ***o small.
A; what else do you suggest?
B; f***d out what other ***mpanies charge f*** the sa*** products *** ser***ces. Pr***e yourself ***ar the low end. Don’t be much cheaper than everyo*** else, bec***se many cus******rs distrust very cheap th***gs. They th***k that is must be po*** qua***ty if it’s that cheap.

Intemp3***iate
A: what do you th***k we ****** *** do *** get our ***w branch off***e runn***g well?
B: first, I ‘d make sure that we h**e a ***od, local, ***rp***ate lawyer. He *** she will know all the local laws and regulations.
A; that’s very imp***tant. A firend re***m***nd*** a ***od law fimp3 *** ***. We’ll ****** so***o*** *** hire staff.
B; I th***k that we ***uld send o*** of our HR people *** do that. I don’t th***k we ***uld use an agency, bec***se they won’t be fami***ar with the type of people we employ. H**e we decide on the location of the branch off***e?
A; yes. We h**e. We chose the location *** the n***theast of the city, not ***o far from the airp***t and on the ***ge of the CBD.
B; why didn’t we choose an off***e *** the CBD?
A: the off***es there were ***o expensive. H**e we ******tiat*** any ***ntracts yes?
B; yes. We’ve sig***d two ***ntracts with ***mpanies that we already do w***k f*** *** other ***untries. We hope *** sign another three this month.
A: when will the branch off***e open?
B: hopefully ***xt month. Everyth***g is a ***ttle rush***. We ***uld be able *** set up our branch off***e and expand our bus***ess qu***kly.
A; has and advertis***g campaign been prepar***?
B; yes, it has. We’re ******g *** target the bus***ess ***mmunity through bus***ess magaz***e.
A: I made plenty of bus***ess ***ntract on my last ****** and through the embassy. We ***uld be able *** get plenty of cus******rs.