JACK: Lucy, we really need to get working on this marketing assignment.

杰克：露西，我们得赶紧弄这个市场营销课的作业了。

We've only got five weeks left to the end of term to design it, carry it out, and then write up the results.

期末前我们只剩下5周时间来设计、实施，然后还要把结论写出来。

LUCY: Sure. Well, let's get started right now.

露西：是啊。嗯，那我们现在就开始吧。

Let's go over the instructions.

我们先来看看说明。

What exactly do we have to do?

咱们具体都要做些什么？

JACK: Well, it says here we have to look at one area of the entertainment industry.

杰克：是这样的，上面说我们需要研究娱乐产业的一个部分。

There's a list of the different types.

这有一个不同类别的清单。

LUCY: What are they?

露西：都有哪些呢？

JACK: Music, cinema, theatre, sport, and eating out.

杰克：音乐，电影院，剧院，体育还有外出就餐。

LUCY: Is that all?

露西：没了吗？

JACK: Looks like it.

杰克：看上去就这些了。

LUCY: So we choose one branch of the industry and then we look at how two different groups of people use it?

露西：就是说我们要选则这些产业的一个分支，然后再找两个不同的人群来看看他们在应用上的不同之处。

Is that right?

对吧？

JACK: Yes.

杰克：是的。

LUCY: And do we have to use any particular method to get our data?

露西：我们收集数据的话需要用什么特定的方法吗？

Can we mail out a questionnaire, or do face-to-face interviews, or maybe even observations?

我们是应该把调查问卷寄出去，还是做面对面的采访，还是说我们需要去做观察？

JACK: Well actually, it looks like we don't have a choice.

杰克：事实上我们没有太多的选择余地。

We have to do telephone interviews.

我们需要做电话采访。

LUCY: OK, so at least we don't have to waste time deciding between the different methods.

露西：好吧，至少我们不用浪费时间去决定到底用什么方法收集数据了。

JACK: Yeah, that's right.

杰克：嗯，是这么回事。

Oh, and the other requirement is the number of interviewees.

然后另一个要求是受访者的数量问题。

LUCY: Not too many, I hope. Ten? Twenty?

西：希望不要太多啊。10个？20个？

JACK: Well, we have to do two groups, remember, and it looks like we have to interview fifteen for each group.

杰克：是这样，我们要分两组，记得吗，看上去我们每组要采访15个人。

LUCY: That's thirty altogether then.

露西：那总共就是30个人

It's going to take ages.

要花好久时间啊。

JACK: Yes, but remember we're working on this together, so we'll only have to do fifteen each.

杰克：是的，不过我们是要一起来做这个事的，所以我们每个人只需要采访15个人。

LUCY: OK, so those are all the requirements?

露西：好吧，就这些要求了吗？

JACK: Yes, looks like it.

杰克：嗯，看上去就这些了。

LUCY: So, first, which area are we going to choose?

露西：那么首先，我们要选什么领域呢？

My preference would be cinema, since that's where I spend most of my money.

我倾向于选择电影院，因为电影院是我花钱最多的地方。

JACK: Hmm, I don't think that's such a good idea.

杰克：我觉得这个主意不是特别好啊。

I don't think there are huge differences in the market there.

我觉得就市场而言并没有特别大的区别。

I mean you get young and old, male and female, rich and poor all going to the same movies.

我是说看电影的人包括年轻人和老人，男人和女人，富人和穷人都会去看同一部电影的。

LUCY: Yeah, maybe you're right.

露西：好吧，你说的也对。

Let's make it music then.

那我们选择音乐吧。

JACK: Right. So, what two groups will we compare and contrast?

杰克：好的。然后我们选那两个组别来进行对比对照呢？

LUCY: Male and female?

露西：男性和女性？

JACK: No. Most of my female friends like the same music as me.

杰克：不合适。我的大部分女性朋友跟我喜欢的音乐是一样的。

Different age groups would be much more likely to show up differences, I think.

我觉得不同的年龄组别更容易分出区别来。