地道美语听力播客905：为商务事宜预定活动场地

Roberto: All right, we have to find meeting rooms and a banquet hall for the annual sales meeting and luncheon. Do you have any ideas?

　　罗伯托：好了，我们得去找找会议室和宴会厅，要举办年度销售会议和午宴了。你有什么好主意吗?

　　Nicole: We could hold it at a hotel as we’ve done in past years or we can try the convention center.

　　尼科尔：我们可以就像去年那样选个旅馆，或者说今年可以试试在会议中心。

　　Roberto: The company has grown so much in the past year. I don’t think the hotel has the capacity we need. The convention center sounds like a better option.

　　罗伯托：去年公司规模扩大了，我觉得旅馆的容不下。会议中心听起来不错。

　　Nicole: The advantage of the hotel is that it has in- house catering and waitstaff for the luncheon.

　　尼科尔：旅馆方便的地方就是那配有室内酒席和午宴服务人员。

　　Roberto: Yes, but we can bring in outside catering, which would give us more food options. The large convention center rooms will also allow us to configure the space the way we want it.

　　罗伯托：是啊，可是我们举行室外酒席，我们就有机会选择更多的食物种类了。会议中心挺大的，这样我们就可以随意布置了。

　　Nicole: But the hotel meeting rooms have built-in A/V. I’m not sure that’s available at the convention center.

　　尼科尔：可是旅店的会议室里配有内嵌式A/V, 我不确定会议中心有没有。

　　Roberto: All right, I think we should visit both venues and book after we’ve met with the event managers. Agreed?

　　罗伯托：好，我认为我们可以来给你个都去看看，见到项目经理后再预定。行吗?

　　Nicole: Agreed. And we’ll need to sample the catering options, right?

　　尼科尔：行。我们需要抽样调查一下酒席承办服务，对吧?

　　Roberto: Of course. What are expense accounts for?

　　罗伯托：当然，账单里都含什么?