Are You Using The Right Word? | DEVISE Vs. DEVICE · Simple English Videos
本视频通过幽默故事讲解'devise'和'device'的用法区别,适合练习词汇辨析和职场英语表达。
Hi, everybody.
大家好!
I'm Jay from Simple English Videos.
我是来自 Simple English Videos 的 Jay。
In this lesson, you'll learn how to use the words devise and device.
在这节课中,你将学习如何使用“devised”和“device”这两个词。
Watch how Annie's plan leaves me horribly embarrassed and Tom in deep trouble again.
看看安妮的计划是如何让我陷入极其尴尬的境地,同时又让汤姆再次陷入大麻烦的……
And now today's lesson.
现在,我们来学习今天的课程内容。
No, no, no, no, no, no.
不,不,不,不,不,不。
Hold it, hold it, hold it.
等一下,等一下,再等一下。
No, no, no, no, no.
不,不,不,不,不。
Oh, Goooooaaaal!!!!
哦,进球了!!!!
You are really good at this online football game.
你真的很擅长这款在线足球游戏。
Nah, I was just lucky.
不,我只是运气好而已。
Uh oh, the boss is looking over your shoulder.
哦不,老板正在盯着你看呢……
You two are playing video games on company time?
你们俩居然在上班时间玩电子游戏?
What's with you guys?
你们这些人到底怎么回事?
Is this what happens every time I leave you to your own devices?
每次我让你自己待着、不干涉你的时候,都会发生这种事吗?
We need to increase sales, not play video games.
我们需要增加销售额,而不是去玩电子游戏。
Sorry, boss.
对不起,老板。
Won't happen again.
这种事情不会再发生了。
I need the two of you in a Zoom meeting right now.
我现在需要你们两个人参加一个 Zoom 会议。
Sales are falling.
销售额正在下降。
We need a new strategy and a new way to sell our products.
我们需要制定新的销售策略,并采用新的销售方式来推广我们的产品。
And we need it fast.
我们迫切需要它,而且需要尽快得到它。
How can we help?
我们能提供什么帮助呢?
Annie, you find something, maybe a product or a tool that can boost our sales immediately.
安妮,如果你发现了什么的话,也许是一种能够立即提升我们销售额的产品或工具,那就太好了。
Something spectacular.
某种极其壮观的事物。
And, Tom, I need you to devise a whole new strategy for the sales team using whatever Annie comes up with.
汤姆,我需要你为销售团队制定一套全新的策略,这套策略要结合安妮提出的所有建议来制定。
Do you have any idea of what direction you'd like me to take?
您有没有想过希望我朝哪个方向发展(或者采取什么行动)?
Oh, I have some ideas about this, boss.
哦,老板,我对此有一些想法。
Let me work with Tom on sales strategy, and we'll find a new tool to boost sales together.
让我和汤姆一起制定销售策略,然后我们会共同找到一种新的工具来提升销售额。
Okay, team, let's make it work.
好的,团队成员们,让我们共同努力,让这件事顺利进行吧。
As luck would have it Tom, I already sent you an incredible device
运气真好,汤姆——我已经给你寄去了一台非常棒的设备。
each of our sales people can use to get people to buy our stuff.
我们的每一位销售人员都可以使用这些方法来促使人们购买我们的产品。
What is it?
那是什么?
It's in a package right under your desk.
它就在你桌子下面的那个包裹里。
I left it there yesterday before I headed back to Cambridge.
昨天在返回剑桥之前,我把东西忘在那里了。
It's a football.
这是一个足球。
No, that's the beauty of it.
不,这正是它的妙处所在。
It's actually the incredible Sales Master 5000.
实际上,这就是令人惊叹的“Sales Master 5000”系统。
It's a football, not a device to improve sales.
这只是一个足球,而不是用来提高销量的工具。
That's the trick.
这就是关键所在。