A：Hi, Isaiah. How are you?

嗨,愛賽亞!你好嗎?

B：I’m well. And you?

挺好的,你呢?

A：Fine. How’s your job going?

不錯.你的工作怎么樣?

B：I don’t know if I told you or not, but I decided to start my own business.

我不知道我告訴你沒有, 我打算自己開公司了.

A：Really? That’s fantastic. What kind of business is it?

真的嗎?太棒了!是什么類型的公司?

B：I’ve started an investment banking firm with some of my old colleagues from Goldman Sachs.

我和以前高盛的幾個同事合伙開了家投資銀行.

A：How’s it going?

那現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行的如何了?

B：It started off a bit slow, but now, business is really booming!

剛開始的時候進(jìn)展比較緩慢,不過現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)開始蒸蒸日上了.

A：That’s such great news. I’m really happy for you! Where is your office located?

真是個好消息.我真替你高興.你們的辦公地點(diǎn)在哪里?

B：Our headoffice is here in Beijing, but we’re planning on opening up two more offices soon.

我們的總部就在北京這兒,但我們馬上打算再開兩家分公司.

A：Where will those be located?

分公司會設(shè)在哪兒呢?

B:If all goes well, we’ll open one up in Hong Kong in April and another one in Singapore in October.

如果一切進(jìn)展順利的話,四月份會有一家在香港開張,另一家十月份開在新加坡.

A:When will you find out?

這事你們什么時候能定下來?

B:We’re negotiating the final details of the leasing contracts tomorrow.

我們明天會針對合同做最后的協(xié)商.

A:Well, good luck. I hope it all goes well for you tomorrow!

哦,祝你好運(yùn).希望你明天一切順利.

B:Thanks!

謝謝!