"music" Hello and welcome to English at Work. The company's computer system（ 体系） has been fixed（使固定） and Anna seems（ 似乎） to have found a new 'friend' in Dave, the IT（信息技术） support（ 支持） man. But her main concern（关心） now is pitching（倾斜） her new idea for a plastic（塑料的） aubergine to pull the boss. So, Anna, that guy（家伙） didn't really know what he was doing（做）, did he? You mean Dave? Dave!

  Was that his（他的） name? He had a really bad smell（气味）. No he didn't. He's done a great job. Look, everything is working（使工作）, so if you don't mind（头脑）, I think we should get this pitch（倾斜） for Paul finished. You'd better hurry（赶紧） up.

  Paul is taking the afternoon off to go to his biscuit（(英)饼干） lovers（爱好者）' convention（习俗）. Right, well, we might（可以〔用于礼貌地提出建议〕） as（当…的时候） well leave it until tomorrow then Anna. No Tom, there's no time like the present. I heard someone say that once. We've got to get our idea to Paul as soon as possible. Then we might have time for a drink.

  Or shall（〔某事〕必定） I ask Dave? No, no, you're right. Look, I'll design some pictures of the aubergine and you get the results of our survey（调查） together, yeah? Great. Well done Anna. Remember to make your pitch clear（清晰的） and exciting.

  Really sell it with words like exceptional（例外的）, fantastic, quality（质量）, profit（益处）, efficiency（效率） and value（价值） for money. OK, I've got all that. I'm just adding some of the facts and figures（数字） from our customer survey（调查）. Anna, I've got the designs, they're coming off the printer（[计] 打印机） now. Denise, I'm off now. Can't wait any（稍微） longer for my Garibaldi's.

  Wait, Paul, I need to tell you about our new product idea.