蘇珊:(Thinking) I don`t become CEO of this company to see us miss our targets.(心想)我成爲這家公司的首席執行官可不是爲了看着公司無法達到預期的業績. 蘇珊:Bill, these charts from the fincace department are not encouraging.比爾.這些財務部門提供的圖表不太理想. 比爾:I know. We`re failing far short of our revenue projections.我知道.我們遠沒有達到預算的收入. 蘇珊:That`s right. And take a look at this chart. It shows our fourth-quarter results compared to last year`s.沒錯.看一下這張圖表.圖中把我們第四季度的`成果和去年同期做了對比. 比爾:That isn`t good. Revenues are down-down nearly twenty percent compared to last year.表現不好.收入很低--幾乎比去年同期低了百分之二十. 蘇珊:I`m afraid so. And it gets worse. This chart shows investors` expectations.恐怕是這樣.而且它還有繼續下滑的趨勢.這張圖顯示了投資者的預期目標. 比爾:They expect a ten percent increase. We`ll never be able to make that.他們希望能有百分之十的增量.我們絕不可能達到. 蘇珊:Have some faith! Where there`s a will, there`s a way, right?要有信心! 比爾:With back-to school season around the comer we might be able to drum up more orders. But, there just wouldn`t be enough time to get supplies in, processed, and shipped.學校即將開學.我們或許能獲得更多訂單.但是獲取材料供給.加工與運輸的時間就不夠了. 蘇珊:Don`t worry about logistics; focus on selling. You`ve come through for me in the past. Don`t let me down.別擔心後勤事務.專心銷售就好了.你以前就曾爲我順利攻克難關.別讓我失望. 比爾:Your pep talk`s encouraging. But it`s simply impossible at this stage of the ball game. We`ll have to take the hit this quarter and make it up next quarter.你的話很鼓舞人.但就現在情況來看.已經不可能了.我們這一季度虧損一點.下一季度才能完成目標. 蘇珊:I hate to burst your bubble, but if we don`t make it happen this quarter, you and I may not be around for the next one.我很不想讓你的美夢破滅.不過如果我們這一季度沒法完成目標.你跟我或許下一季度就不在這兒混了.
