Welcome back to English at Work.It's an exciting day for Tip Top Trading.

歡迎回到職場(chǎng)英語。今天對(duì)Tip Top Trading來說是激動(dòng)人心的一天。

It's launching its latest product – the plastic aubergine.

公司將推出最新產(chǎn)品——塑料茄子。

The launch is taking place at a swanky hotel; lots of clients have turned up - but there's one important person missing.

發(fā)布會(huì)在豪華酒店舉行，很多客戶都已到場(chǎng)，但有一個(gè)關(guān)鍵人物還沒來。

Has anyone seen Anna?I haven't seen her all morning.

有人看見安娜嗎？我一早上都沒見她。

Tom, you were with her last.That was last night at the pub.

湯姆，你是最后和她在一起的人。那是昨天晚上在酒吧里。

She was drowning her sorrows.Drowning her sorrows?

她在酒吧因?yàn)閭馁I醉呢。傷心買醉？

Yeah. She saw Dave from IT with another woman – Julie from accounts, actually.

是啊，她看見技術(shù)部的戴夫和另一個(gè)女人在一起，就是會(huì)計(jì)部的朱迪。

She was very upset.Oh poor Anna.So you left her drowning in the pub?

她很難過?？蓱z的安娜。你把她一個(gè)人留在酒吧里買醉？

And who's got the prototype aubergine to show at the launch?

發(fā)布會(huì)要展示的茄子模型在誰那里？

Oh no! Anna has. It's in her bag.What are we going to do?Panic!No Denise. Calm down.

不是吧，在安娜的包里。我們?cè)撛趺崔k？完了！別，丹尼斯，冷靜點(diǎn)。

I'll just have to make a start and I'm sure Anna will turn up.

我先開場(chǎng)，我肯定安娜一定會(huì)來的。

OK, here goes.Excuse me everyone, could you all gather round?

好了，我去了。打擾一下，大家能往一起聚聚嗎？

Our presentation is about to begin.I'll change the slides for you on the computer Paul.

我們的展示馬上開始。我?guī)湍闱袚Q幻燈片，保羅。

I'm good with technology.Okey dokey.

我擅長(zhǎng)這種技術(shù)工作。好吧。

Ermm…ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to our presentation.

女士們，先生們，謝謝大家出席發(fā)布會(huì)。

We have something very exciting to…ermm…show you and it's not a fruit…h(huán)a ha…

我們要展示一個(gè)非常精彩的產(chǎn)品，不過不是水果，哈哈。