蘋果派生活美語
Cutting Costs
成本拉鋸戰
C: Chuck G: Greta
A few days later, Greta returns to the restaurant to tell Chuck her decision.
G: Hi, Chuck. I’ve made up my mind.
C: OK, boss. What should we do?
G: We’ll cut costs in the short term by limiting our menu. I want you to talk with our chefs and cut out at least one-third of our menu items.
C: It’s a good thing you came to check on things. I was just about to place an order for ingredients.
數天後,葛瑞塔回到餐廳告訴查克她的決定。
葛瑞塔: 嗨,查克。我已決定好了。
查 克: 好的,老闆。我們該怎麼做呢?
葛瑞塔: 我們將暫時限縮菜單來削減成本。我要你和大廚們談談,並移除至少三分之一的品項。
查 克: 妳能來視察真是太好了。我正好要訂食材呢。
生活必備字詞:
make up one’s mind (to V) 下定決心∕決定(做)……
limit vt. 限制;限定
place an order (for sth) 下單(買某物)
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