Chinese mini story – 推销员 The Salesman. Part 1

推销员

 

推销员走进小区。

个儿推销员矮个儿推销员,"师傅,我们今天销售目标多少?"

矮个儿回答,"零。"

个儿愕然。心想,"说,公司推销员,怎么没有销售目标呢?"

他们走进楼房。开始敲门。

了,户主防备。

女士,您好!"矮个儿说。

什么买,走。"户主关门。

正好,我们什么卖,我们只是免费样品。"

户主眉毛,"什么样品?"

清洁剂。"矮个儿着,过去精致瓶。女人接过仔细看。

如果我们忙,试用我们产品,并且,评估打分,我们瓶,感谢。"矮个儿继续说。"星期时间试用它。"

户主欣然接过测试单。

 

[pinyin]

tuīxiāoyuán

 

liǎng gè tuīxiāoyuán zǒujìn yī gè xiǎoqū。

gāo gèr tuīxiāoyuán wèn ǎigèr tuīxiāoyuán," shīfu, wǒmen jīntiān de xiāoshòu mùbiāoshì duōshao?"

ǎigèr huídá," líng。"

gāo gèr èrán。 tā xīnxiǎng," tīng rén shuō, nǐ shì gōngsī zuì bàng de tuīxiāoyuán,zěnme huì méiyǒu xiāoshòu mùbiāo ne?"

tāmen zǒujìn yī zhuàng lóufáng。 kāishǐ yī hù hù qiāomén。

mén kāi le, nǚ hùzhǔ yī liǎn fángbèi。

" nǚshì, nínhǎo!" ǎigèr shuō。

" wǒ shénme dōu bù mǎi, qǐng zǒu。" nǚ hùzhǔ yù guānmén。

" zhènghǎo, wǒmen yě shénme dōu bù mài, wǒmen zhǐshì lái sòng miǎnfèi deyàngpǐn。"

nǚ hùzhǔ yáng le yáng méimao," shénme yàngpǐn?"

" wàn yòng qīngjiéjì。" ǎigèr shuō zhe, dì guòqu yī gè jīngzhì de xiǎo píng。 nǚrénjiēguò lái zǐxì kàn le kàn。

" rúguǒ nǐ néng bāng wǒmen yī gè máng, shìyòng wǒmen de chǎnpǐn, bìngqiě, zàizhè fèn pínggū dān shàng dǎfēn, wǒmen huì zài sòng nǐ yī píng, yǐ shì gǎnxiè。" ǎigèrjìxù shuō。" nǐ yǒu yī gè xīngqī de shíjiān shìyòng tā。"

nǚ hùzhǔ xīnrán jiēguò le cèshì dān。

 

[vocabulary]

ChineseTrad.PinyinEnglish Definition
推销员tuī xiāoyuánsales representative; salesperson
小区xiǎo neighborhood; district
师傅shī fumaster
销售xiāo shòuto sell; to market; sales
目标 biāotarget
愕然è ránstunned; amazed
户主 zhǔhead of the household
防备fáng bèito guard against
正好zhèng hǎojust (in time)
免费miǎn fèifree (of charge)
样品yàng pǐnsample; specimen
清洁剂qīng jié detergent; cleaning solution
精致jīng zhìdelicate; fine; exquisite
评估píng to evaluate; to assess
欣然xīn rángladly; cheerfully

[English]

The Salesman

Two salesmen walked into a neighbourhood.

The tall one asked the short one,”Sir, what is our sales target today?”

The short one said, “Zero.”

The tall one was surprised. He thought,”People said that you are the best salesman. How could you not have a sales target?”

They entered a building and started to knock door to door.

The door was open, the house owner appeared with cautious look.

“How are you, Madam!” The short one said.

“I don’t want to buy anything, please leave.” She told them that while closing her door.

“That’s about right, we are not selling anything either. We’re here to give out free samples.”

The woman raised her eyebrow, “What sample is it??”

“All purpose cleansing solution.” He passed on an elegant-looking bottle to the woman. She took it in her hand and checked on it carefully.

“If you can do us a favour and test the product for us, fill the test report, we will give you a second free sample to show our appreciation.” The short one continued. “You got a week’s time to test it.”

The woman happily accepted the test.