第三套真题听力Conversation One对话一M: So, what's the next thing on the agenda, Mary?男：玛丽，议程表上下一项是什么？W: Well, it's the South Theater Company.女：是有关南方剧院企业。They want to know if we 'd be interested insponsoring a tour they want to make to East Asia.她们想懂得我们与否对赞助她们去东亚旅行感爱好。M: East Asia? Uh ... and how much are they hopingto get from us?男：东亚？呃...她们期望我们出多少赞助费？W: Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds, but I do not know if they might settle for less.女：信上写是 2 万英镑，不过我不懂得赞助金额少点她们与否会接受。M: Do they say what they would cover?男：她们有无说这些钱用来做什么？Have they anything specific in mind?她们有无部分特定想法？W: No, I think they are just asking all the firms in town for as much money as they think they'llgive.女：没有，我认为她们只是想要镇上所有企业拿出其认为该企业能赞助金额。M: And we are worth 20,000 pounds, right?男：在她们看来，我们能拿出 2 万英镑，对吧？W: It seems so.女：看起来是这样。M: Very flattering.男：太会奉承了。But I am not awfully happy with the idea.不过我对这个想法并不是很满意。What do we get out of it?我们能得到什么好处？W: Oh, good publicity I suppose.女：我猜测是很好广告宣传。So what I suggest is not that we just give them a sum of money, but that we offer to pay forsomething specific like travel or something,我提议是：我们不要只是给她们一笔钱就完事了，我们可以赞助像旅行之类特定项目。and that in return, we ask for our name to be printed prominently in the program,这样，我们就可以规定她们把我们企业名字明显地标示在项目宣传上。and that they give us free advertising space in it.她们也就给了我们免费广告空间。M: But the travel bill would be enormous, and we could never manage that.男：但旅行费用太高，我们也许没法赞助。W: I know.女：我懂得。But why do not we offer ...
