地道美语听力播客961：设计生产线

Thomas: What do you think of my creations?

托马斯：你觉得我的作品怎么样?

Celeste: These are…interesting?

塞莱斯特：他们……很有趣。

Thomas: They’re part of my new product line to be sold under my own label.

托马斯：这是要出售的生产线的一部分，用的是我自己的商标。

Celeste: Really?

塞莱斯特：真的吗?

Thomas: Yeah, I’m jumping in with both feet. Everybody advised me to get my feet wet by licensing a collection, but I don’t want to sell under someone else’s brand.

托马斯：是的，我毫不犹豫的做了。大家都建议我先从授权做起，试试水，但是我不想用别人的牌子，卖别人的产品。

Celeste: I thought you started all this by doing custom work.

塞莱斯特：我以为你是从做定做开始的。

Thomas: I did, but I’m ready to produce an entire line I’ve designed according to my vision, not work to a client’s specs.

托马斯：是的，但是我已经准备好做一整条生产线了，按照我自己的标准设计的，而不是顾客的标准。

Celeste: I can understand that. Will you be selling to trade or retail customers?

塞莱斯特：我能明白，你要批发还是零售?

Thomas: Retail. I plan to have showrooms in every major city. See? This is a sample of our product catalog.

托马斯：零售，我计划在各大城市都置办好陈列室，明白吗?就是我们所有产品的样品展示。

Celeste: I see. Your products look high-end, but they’re intended for the mass market.

塞莱斯特：我明白。你的产品看起来挺高端的，可是你却把它们投向大众市场。

Thomas: That’s right. Do you want to take home a sample?

托马斯：是的，没错。你要带个样品回去吗?

Celeste: Um, I guess so. I’d never considered using anything like that.

塞莱斯特：恩，好。我从没想过可以用到这么高档的东西。

Thomas: Once you sit on a designer toilet seat, you’ll never go back!

托马斯：一旦你用过之后，你就迷上它了。