The Annual Budget
发布时间:2018年03月27日
发布人:nanyuzi  

The Annual Budget

 

年度预算

 

 

A: I just want to start by thanking those of you who took the time to review your budget plan and send me comments before the meeting today. Now, let’s go through the budget plan for the year.

 

A首先,我想感谢在开会前花时间审核预算计划并提交意见的同事们。现在,我们研究一下本年度的预算计划。

 

 

B: I didn’t receive anything before the meeting. Is there still time to amend the budget?

 

B开会前我没有收到任何东西。还有时间修改预算吗?

 

 

A: Yes, the point of the meeting today is to review the plan together with an aim to finalize it by next Friday.

 

A有,今天会议的主旨就是审核预算计划,以便能在下周五前最终确定。

 

 

B: Well, I think that we need to increase the budget for research this year.

 

B那么,我认为今年我们需要增加市场调查的预算。

 

 

A: What do you propose gets cut?

 

A那你建议削减哪方面的预算?

 

 

B: I think we could lower the budget for the conference in March and the networking event in November.

 

B我想可以削减3月份的会议预算和11月的交流活动预算。

 

 

A: I think we’re already working with quite a small budget for events. I’m not sure that we’d be able to cut it any further.

 

A我认为活动预算已经相当少了。我不确定能否进一步削减。

 

 

B: Actually, my executive assistant was investigating the costs of alternate caterers and found that we could cut costs by 75% by changing caterers alone.

 

B其实,我的行政助理一直在调查不同活动承办商的花费,结果发现,如果更换活动承办商,能减少75%的活动开销。

 

 

A: Great work. You’ll have to send me the details on that. Did you have any other comments?

 

A太好了。你得给我一份关于这个问题的详细报告。你还有其他建议吗?

 

 

B: That’s all for now. Overall, I think this looks like a very reasonable budget.

 

B目前为止就这么多了。总的来说,我认为这份预算看起来非常合理。