职场美语对话第29集：试探市场-给潜在客人打电话时用的语言_职场英语

职场美语对话第29集：试探市场-给潜在客人打电话时用的语言

BBCEnglish at Work Episode 29: Put the feelers out

BBC白领工作英语第 29 集：试探市场给潜在客人打冷电话时用的语言

Narrator: 再见了 Mr Socrates! 他回美国了！让伦敦的团队来处理怎样扩展 Tip Top 贸易公司的欧洲市场。

Paul: 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.

Denise: Oh yes. Like what?

Paul: Err, well… well, how nice English beer is.

Tom: Yeah but what about the European marketing strategy – what are we going to do about that?

Paul: Well, Anna is supposed to lead on that, I’m taking a more biscuitorial control over it.

Anna: A what?

Tom: It means you do all the work while he eats all the biscuits.

Paul: 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.

Anna: Cold calling? But I like to be warm when I’m on the phone.

Denise: No Anna. Cold calling is when you call prospective clients when they’re not expecting you to, to ask them something or to sell them something. I’m very good at calling people.

Tom: Yeah, usually the hair dresser! So Paul, where do we begin, who do we call?

Paul: Track down some potential clients in Europe, see what they’re buying now, see what they want in the future. Make them think it’s our laser-curved fruit they want!