English At Work: Episode 29: Putting the feelers out

工作中的英语:第 29 集:伸出触角

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2021-04-16

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Anna's making some cold calls to find new clients for Tip Top Trading.
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  • Bye-bye, Mr Socrates.

  • He's flying back to America,

  • leaving Tip Top Trading's London team trying to work out how best to focus their business on the European market.

  • Sorry to keep you waiting.

  • I had to go to the airport with Mr Socrates to see him off.

  • We had a good chat in the taxi and he said some very positive things.

  • Oh, yes?

  • Like what?

  • Er, well, well, how nice English beer is.

  • Yeah, but what about the European marketing strategy?

  • What are we going to do about that?

  • Well, Anna is supposed to lead on that.

  • I'm taking a more biscuitorial control over it.

  • A what?

  • It means that you do all the work while he eats all the biscuits.

  • Do you mind, Tom?

  • Now, what I'm thinking is we put the feelers out,

  • do some cold calling, see what people are buying at the moment.