新标准大学英语三unit5(免费阅读).ppt

A medium-sized Swedish high-technology corporation was approached by a compatriot, a businessman with good contacts in Saudi Arabia. A Swedish businessman contacted the corporation because he could offer opportunities to do business with Saudi Arabian companies. 翻译： 有一位瑞典商人和本国的一家中等规模的高科技公司进行了接洽，这位商人在沙特阿拉伯有许多关系良好的客户。 Language Points The company sent one of their engineers – let me call him Johannesson – to Riyadh, where he was introduced to a small Saudi engineering firm … The word Saudi is the adjective about the country of Saudi Arabia, used to describe the people and related matters, but not the language. Its language is Arabic, spoken as the major language in the Middle East and North Africa. Language Points 于是，该公司派了一名工程师——就叫他约翰尼森吧——去利雅得，经这位商人引见，和一家小型的沙特工程公司合作…… 翻译： … nothing seemed to happen. There was no progress at all. 翻译： ……均无结果。 Language Points This annoyed Johannesson and his superiors, because they were not at all sure that this businessman did not have contacts with their competitors as well – but the Saudis wanted the intermediary to be there. An intermediary is a go-between (Para 4, Line 6), someone who talks to each of the people or groups involved in business or other matters, usually passing information from one to the other or trying to persuade them to agree with each other. So this person mediates between them. Language Points It was possible for the businessman to keep in touch with different companies, which competed with each other in the same field. Johannessonas and his superiors worried about their trade secrets. Language Points 翻译： 这令约翰尼森和他的上司感到非常不快，因为他们不敢肯定这位商人是否跟他们的竞争对手也有往来，但沙特人却执意要介绍人在场。 Just when Johannesson’s superiors started to doubt the wisdom of the corporation’s investment in these expensive trips ... To doubt the wisdom means people are not at all sure about the judgment or decision. Language Points 正当约翰尼森的上司开始怀疑公司花大笔旅费派人去洽谈是否明智时…… 翻译：