Nineteen.

I wanted to have a word about the departmental budget forecast you asked me to draw up. I totally agree with you on the need for working out the future expenditure well in advance, it's only that since we've never done this forecast in such a detailed way before，it's taking us much longer than I expected. Would it be acceptable to the board if I deferred the submission date by a fortnight?

19:

我想谈谈你让我草拟的部门预算。我完全同意你需要事先制定未来支出的想法，只是，因为我们从来没有做过如此详细的预测，耗时比我预期的要长很多。如我将提交日期延后两星期，委员会可否接受？

Twenty.

May I come in here? Thank you. I think Tom's last point was very valuable. We mustn't forget how important it is to make a really good impression when we launch the new T-six engine at the Air Show in Paris. Although we're very familiar with the engine's specifications and performance data, we aren't skilled at giving polished multi-media presentations which the audience expects nowadays. Tom's right. I think we should consider hiring in a professional from a marketing company.

20：

我可以进来吗？谢谢你！我认为汤姆最后一点很有价值。我们不能忘记在巴黎航空展上推出新的T- 6引擎时，给人留下好印象是多么重要。虽然我们对引擎的规格和性能数据非常熟悉，但是我们并不擅长于做现在观众所期待的精美的多媒体演示。汤姆是对的。我认为我们应该考虑从一家营销公司招聘一名专业人员。