营业; [经] 经商; 贾
Taxicabs-(出租车)
B：Oh, no. We’re going to be late for the meeting.
噢，糟糕。我们开会要迟到了。
A：No. We’ll get a cab. It’s faster than taking the bus or the subway.
不会的。我们坐出租车去。那比坐公车或搭地铁快。
B：Oh, good.
哦，好啊。
A：How much will it cost?
要多少钱？
B：Well, cabs are more expensive than the bus or the subway. It’ll probably cost around six dollars.
嗯，坐出租车比坐公车或地铁贵。可能大概要花6美元吧。
A：Taxi!!!
出租车！！！
B：I can’t find the business card. Do you know the address?
我找不到名片了，你知道地址吗？
A：Yeah. I met with them back in March, remember?
知道。我在三月还和他们见过面，记得吗？
B：Right.
对呀。
A：Driver, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., please.
司机。去宾夕法尼亚大街1600号。
创业
A：I was thinking of starting my own business.
我正在考虑开始自己创业。
B：What kind?
哪一类的？
A：I know you wanted me to take over your restaurant business, but to be honest, I can’t stand working in the food industry.
我知道你想让我接手你的餐厅，但是说实话，我受不了干食品业这行。
B：Don’t worry, I knew that about you a long time ago.
别担心，你这一点我很早以前就知道了。
A：I thought maybe you and dad could loan me some money to open a skate boarding shop.
我想你和爸爸也许能借我点钱让我开一个滑板商店。
B：That’s possible. Do you have a business plan?
那也有可能，你有创业计划吗？
A：Not in writing, but I’ve thought of all the preliminary details.
还没有落实到文字，但是我已经想过所有准备阶段的细节。
B：So what would you sell?
那你打算卖什么呢？
A：We’d sell skateboards, clothing, shoes, and accessories.
我想卖滑板、衣服、鞋和一些装饰。
B：What would make your shop different from the others’?
你打算怎样使你的店区别于其他人的呢？
A：I thought we could make our own T-shirts.
我们可以制作我们自己的T 恤。
B：It sounds OK to me, but you’ll have to talk to your father about this, too.
听起来还可以，但你还得和你爸爸也谈谈这件事情。
1. 做生意：因为不喜欢编程等技术类的工作,梦想著做生意(do business)当经理(比教喜欢跟人沟通)他便主动请缨到销售部门去做,经过了差不多5年时间的努力,获得提升,成为一线的经理.
2. <做生意>,<做买卖>：(10) do wrong to sb.<使某人受委屈> | (11) do business<做生意>,<做买卖> | (12) do right<做得好>
3. 做买卖;做生意：do away with =get rid of 废除,去掉,取消 | do business 做买卖;做生意 | do down 胜过;欺骗;说......的坏话
4. 开展经营：division分立 | do business开展经营 | document 文件
1. do business
1. Each year thousands of Chinese mainlanders come to the Philippines to do business, and more and more end up settling in the country.
2. China also sometimes requires foreign companies seeking to do business in the country to take on a local firm as a partner.
3. He also said Chinese merchants and companies should do business according to law and respect the local ethnic and religious customs.
4. The letter also promised the hotel would strictly regulate its management and do business strictly according to laws to avoid such cases in the future.
5. If it fails to do so, the industry and commerce administration authorities may cancel its business licence.
6. It is the first foreign bank to do Renminbi business with domestic enterprises since China joined the World Trade Organization.
7. The overarching goal is to establish a culture of IP protection awareness within your organization and among those with whom you do business.
8. The centre of the professors'daily work has shifted from teaching to research, publishing papers and even making use of their academic advantages to do business.
9. If you come upon a business report about Beijing's real estate market, how do you interpret its " vacancy rate "?
10. Some Chinese have returned and opted to do business school in China.