英語小達(dá)人每天10分鐘 308 An Amazing Salesman
不可思議的推銷員
The manager of a department store came to checkon his new salesman. In fact, it was really amegastore--you could get anything there.
一家百貨商場的經(jīng)理到店里檢視新來的推銷員。事實(shí)上，這是一家超大的商場，里面應(yīng)有盡有，什么都能買到。
"How many sales did you make today?" the managerasked.
“你今天做成了幾筆買賣?”經(jīng)理問。
"One," replied the new guy.
“一筆，”新來的推銷員答。
"Only one?" said the manager. "Most of my staff make some 20 sales a day. How much was thesale worth?"
“只有一筆嗎?”經(jīng)理說，“我們的大部分員工每天都能大約成交20筆呢。你賣了多少錢?”
The salesman answered, "$43,868."
推銷員答：“43，868美元。”
Flabbergasted, the manager asked him to explain.
經(jīng)理大吃一驚，要他說說看。
"First I sold a man a fishhook," the salesman said. "Then I sold him a rod and a reel. Then Iasked where he was going fishing, and he said down by the coast. So I suggested he'd need aboat, then I took him down to the boat department. He bought a runabout. When he said hisVolkswagen might not be able to pull it, I took him to the automotive department and sold hima big SUV."
“首先，我賣給他一個(gè)釣鉤，”推銷員說，“然后賣給他釣竿和線軸。接著我問他準(zhǔn)備去哪兒釣魚，他說要去海邊。于是我就建議他買一條船，并把他帶到船只部，他買了一艘小小汽艇。當(dāng)他說他的車裝不下這小汽艇時(shí)，我就把他帶到汽車部，賣給他一輛大SUV。”
The amazed manager asked, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fishhook?"
驚訝的經(jīng)理問道：“你把所有這些東西賣給了一個(gè)來買釣鉤的人?”
"No," the new salesman replied. "He actually came in for a bottle of aspirin for his wife'smigraine. I told him, your weekned's shot. You may as well go fishing."
“不是，”新來的推銷員說，“事實(shí)上，他是因?yàn)槠拮拥钠^痛而來給她買阿司匹林的。我對他說：‘你這個(gè)周末算是泡湯了，不如去釣魚吧。’”
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