咕咕愛囉唆

attend to+人 照顧某東西/人

attend to their need滿足某人需求

tend to 對方未要求，主動去照顧滿足

tend to 人for sick

tend to a garden

override （vt.）更重要的事情出現，而取代原來的。撤銷，推翻

Yvonne:

Good morning, Mr. Swells.

I hope you had a pleasant evening.

hope+真實會發生的事

-ant（adj.）

pleasant愉悅的；愉快的

Dirk:

I'd prefer if you both call me Dirk.

prefer偏愛

Well, ladies, what's on the agenda for today?

agenda=schedule

Christie:

Most of the day is meetings in the office.

most of the day今天大部分時間

First one is with Paul Wong.

Do you remember Paul?

Dirk:

The name rings a bell.

ring a bell聽起來有點耳熟；有印象

Yvonne:

Paul is in charge of logistics.

in charge of 負責

logistics（n.）物流；後勤

He wants to go over the details of our new shipping agency.

go over整個看過、討論

detail細節

shipping貨運

agency代理商

real state/travel/ modeling agency房地產仲介/旅行社/模特兒經紀公司

Dirk:

Oh!

That Paul.

I met him on my last trip here.

Christie:

And speak of the devil, here he is now.

speak of the devil說曹操，曹操到

Paul:

Dirk. It's been a while.

It has been a while.

最近好嗎？一段時間不見了

How was your flight?

Dirk:

Good to see you too, Paul.

It's always a good flight when you fly business class.

Dirk:

Those meetings were the number one reason I came on this trip.

Yvonne:

Sometimes a face-to-face is the only way.

face-to-face面對面

the only way唯一的方法

Paul:

I've taken the liberty of reserving a table at Papa Gino's.

liberty自由

I have taken the liberty of（介係詞） +N/Ving 自作主張作某事

Shall we?

Dirk:

Paul, I hate to override your plans, but would you mind if we went to a night market instead?

override推翻原本計畫

would you mind

用went而不是用go，假設法較客氣，時態往後退。

Yvonne:

Wonderful idea.

That way we can sample the local food.

that way這樣的話

sample（n.）樣品

sample（v.）品嘗；試試看；體驗

But let's not forget we have a nine a.m. meeting at the factory.