商务英语口语话题 商务英语情景口语:恐怕你弄错了...

商务英语情景口语:恐怕你弄错了...  

B:I think you must have heard truth is we are going to be taken over by are being bought out
and our pany will be merging with our largest 's not good news at all...
A:What?We are merging with Trusten?I never thought that would we be getting new owners?Will it affect our jobs?


B: new owners will be ing to start alignment meetings of the big question is what to call the new conglomerate pany.
A:Wow
with such a big won't have the same name?
B:It's not only the name of our pany that will change...I expect that after this acquisition
there'll be a ton of things up in the air.

早上我听到一个传闻...好像说信托设备公司要倒闭了.有一个竞争对手要破产了.这对我们来说可真是好消息.
我想你一定听错了.事实是我们要被信托公司接管了.我们的所有权被买下了
我们公司就要和我们最大的竞争对手合并了.这根本不是什么好消息...



什么?我们要和信托公司合并?我从来没想到会发生这样的事.我们要有新老板了?这对我们的工作会有影响吗?
可能会有影响.新老板下周来进行合作会谈.一个最大的问题就是新的联合公司叫什么名字.
哇
有这么大的变化.我们连自己公司的名字都保不住了?
不但是我们公司的名字要改...我预计收购之后还会有一大堆的问题悬而未决.



out of business:having stopped operating as a business because there is no more money or work available 停业;歇业
The new regulations will put many small businesses out of business. 新法规将使很多小企业关闭.
Some travel panies will probably go out of business this summer. 今年夏天一些旅游公司很可能歇业.
take something over:to gain control of a business
a pany
etc.
especially by buying shares 接收
接管(企业、公司等
尤指通过购买股份)
CBS Records was taken over by Sony. 哥伦比亚广播公司的唱片公司已被索尼公司收购.
up in the air:not yet decided 悬而未决
Our travel plans are still up in the air. 我们的旅行计划尚未决定.



merge:to bine or make o or more things bine to form a single thing (使)合并
结合
并入
His department will be merged with mine. 他的部门将和我的部门合并.
The pany was formed by merging three smaller firms. 公司是由三家小公司合并组成的.
alignment:political support given to one country or group by another (国家、团体间的)结盟
Japan's alignment with the West 日本与西方国家的结盟