Daily Wisdom

I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

                                  – Tom Schulman, Screenwriter

我站在桌子上提醒自己，我们必须经常用不同的角度看待事物。                                  –汤姆·舒尔曼，编剧

Unit Six 教材原文：

对话及参考译文：

Dialogue

New Words

1. increase     v.  增长；增加

The population continues to increase. 人口持续增长。

increase to 增加到（某个数字）

increase by 增加了（多少）

2. sensible    adj.  明智的; 合乎情理的; 意识到的

I think the sensible thing would be to take a taxi home.

我想还是坐出租车回去的好。

Notes

1. Today, we are going to talk over how to increase sales in our country next year.

今天，我们要讨论一下如何提高明年国内的销售量。

2. In addition, I think we ought to run some more chain shops not only in some large cities but also in some medium-sized cities in our country. 

此外，我认为我们应该在一些大城市和我国一些中等城市经营更多的连锁店。

3. On the one hand, we should do further advertising and promotion. On the other hand, we should improve our after sales service.

 一方面，我们应该做更进一步的广告和促销活动。另一方面，我们应该提高售后服务。

Listening & Speaking Practice

1. Watch the video clip of The 24 Solar Terms.