Man: Mary Soul, is impossible to increase the budget for the sales department.

男士：玛丽・索尔，能不能给销售部门增加点预算？

Woman: Maybe. What's it for?

女士：或许可以。要这笔预算是做什么用呢？

Man: I'd like to promote one of our assistants, David, to sales representative.

男士：我想把我们的一名助理 —— 大卫，提拔为销售代表。

He's really distinguished himself since he joined our company last year with his excellent customer service skills, he's a real asset to the department.

自从他去年加入公司以来，凭借出色的客户服务能力，表现非常突出，他真是我们部门的宝贵人才。

Woman: Okay. That sounds reasonable. I’ll run some numbers and I'll let you know promptly.

女士：好的。这听起来合情合理。我会核算一下相关数据，然后尽快告诉你结果。