王女士: Mr. Brown, I'd like to talk to you about something that is getting to be a problem. I'd like, if possible, to see it settled at this meeting.
布朗先生.我想和你谈谈快要发生的一件比较麻烦的事情.如果可以的话.我想在这次会议上解决.
布朗先生: What is it, Mrs. Wang?
王女士.是什么事?
王女士: It's about the quality of 300 cartons of dried mushrooms. They reached us two weeks ago, and were immediately examined after they arrived. To our astonishment, about 20% of them were moldy and in many cartons there were even small brownish bugs crawling
是关于300箱干蘑菇的质量问题。两周前到的货,我们当即进行了检查。令我们惊奇的是,大约20%的干蘑菇已发霉,甚至在许多箱内有褐色小甲虫爬出爬进,有一半蘑菇已被吃掉。这样的货物我们是不能接受的。它们不宜被人们食用。医药卫生官员对这些货物发出了“停售通知”。
布朗先生: Is that so? So far we haven't had any complaint of this kind. Our mushrooms have enjoyed a good reputation for their superior quality for years. We are really at a loss to understand why your lot was found moldy and worm-eaten. Have you any evidence?
有这么一回事?我们还从未收到过这样的抱怨呢.多年来.我们的蘑菇因质量好而享有盛誉.这真叫我们难于理解.给你们的那批货怎么发霉了.甚至被虫咬了.你有什么证据吗?