陳豪在北京的ABC美國公司工作,他來到美國同事Amy的辦公室。
(Office ambience)
C: Hi Amy.
A: Hey, Chen Hao, what's up?
C: 我晚上下班有活動,我去多認識一些生意上的人。
A: That's called a networking event.
C: Networking是什么意思啊?
A: 很簡單。Networking in business is connecting with other people who might be of help to you or whom you might be able to help.
C: 換句話說,就是帶有商業(yè)目的的社交活動。
A: 沒錯。The point is to go and meet as many people as possible to expand your circle of business friends and associates.
C: 我最不擅長跟陌生人打交道了。Amy, 你有什么好的建議嗎?
A: Sure. The first thing you need to be able to do is to introduce yourself with confidence.
C: 你能不能說得再具體點兒?
A: You look for the approachable people. Those are people who are standing by themselves or who are in groups of three or more.
C: 只能去找那些獨自一人,要不就是三五成群的。兩個人為什么不行呢?
A: You never walk up to two people who are in conversation because you risk interrupting a private conversation.
C: 有道理。人家兩個人在一起聊天兒,很可能是在談私事,我上去打招呼,一定很不禮貌。
Amy, 自我介紹的時候有什么需要注意的地方嗎?
A: You start with "Hello" and then you say who you are, using both your first and last name.
C: 除了介紹自己的名字,還要說些什么?
A: You need to offer a handshake and some information about yourself, such as your job title and organization.
C: 那我可以說,“你們好,我叫陳豪,我是北京ABC公司的銷售部經(jīng)理?!边@樣行嗎?
A: 沒問題。
CH: Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow.
MC: 第二天,陳豪又遇到了Amy。
A: How did it go last night? Did you make lots of new contacts?
C: 還不錯。我至少認識了十幾個人,其中一些人對我以后擴展業(yè)務(wù)很有幫助。不過,我也遇到了一個很尷尬的場面。
A: What happened?
C: 我剛認識了一位女士。她的一個朋友走了過來。她沒給我們做介紹,我不知道該怎么辦,就干站在那兒。他也是,感覺特別尷尬。
A: When someone you don't know approaches you, don't wait for anyone else to introduce you. Take the responsibility for introducing yourself immediately.
C: 有了這次的教訓(xùn),我下次一定會主動自我介紹。
A: Right. Find the approachable people, start with a greeting, give your name, and say something about yourself. Don't wait for other people to introduce you.
C: 我記住了。
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