主管在工作中会不时地与你探讨工作方面的问题,或者是了解一下你的思想动态,征求你对公司及他本人意见等,这是与主管沟通的好机会,一定要态度诚恳、直言不讳地提出意见。
Dialogue
A: As you know, our new product is due for release next month. I think we've finally worked the kinks out./正如你所知,我们的新产品预定在下个月推出。我想我们已经解决了所有的疑难问题了。
B: Great. That's vital. Quality is the focus of the ad campaign. The machines must work well if they're going to be the cash cow we want them to be./太好了。那很重要。品质是广告活动的焦点。如果要让这些机器如我们所愿成为摇钱树的话,就不能出乱子。
A: Let's go over our promotion plans again./我们再看一遍我们的促销计划。
B: OK. We have six major retailers running demonstrations at most branches. And our exhibition team is already on the road setting up for computer shows./好的,我们有6家主要的零售商在大部分的分店做展示。而且我们的展示队伍已经为计算机展在行动了。
A: Good. What about print and radio?/很好,那印刷品和广播呢?
B: We've taken out full-page ads for three large trade magazine. And more important, our press releases have been well received./我们在3家大的商业杂志刊登了全版广告。更重要的是,我们的新闻稿已经全被采纳了。
A: Any larger ads?/有更大的广告行动吗?
B: Yes. We're putting the same full-page ad in the Sunday edition of three major newspaers./有的。我们在3家大报的星期天版放了相同的全版广告。
A: Sounds perfect./听起来很完美。
B: But nothing ever works out as you want it. So I have a number of other tricks up my sleeve,as well./不过事情有时候会事与愿违,所以我还有其他的妙计。