在工作中要敢于向主管提出自己的意見、建議、主管很可能對你的想法贊賞有加；即便沒有被采納，主管也會注意到你并欣賞你的勇氣。當然，要注意提問的時機。

A: We're going to have a problem meeting the budget for the production of our new equipment.
我們拔給新設備產品的預算會有問題。

B: How much of the problem?
問題有多嚴重？

A: Well, it seems that we underestimated the costs. According to the factory, it will cost about eight percent more than initially projected.
看樣子我們似乎低估了成本。根據制造廠商的說法，成本會比原計劃的高出約8%.

B: Let me see... Looking at this, if my calculations are correct, we are about five thousand dollars over budget.
我看看……看狀況，假如我算得沒錯，我們大約比預算多出了5000美金。

A: That's right. It's going to cost about five thousand more to complete the first order.
是的。大約要多花5000美金來完成第一批訂單。

B: I see...
我明白了……

A: But if sales go as well as they should, that's still we within our profit margin. Proceeds from sales of the first order will easily cover the cost of the second order.
不過假如銷售狀況有應有的表現，那就仍在我們的獲利范圍之內。第一批訂單的收入將會很容易就抵過第二批訂單的成本。

B: In other words, you only need a budget increase for the first order.
換句話說，你只需要增加第一批訂單的成本。

A: Exactly. After that, the product should finance itself.
完全正確。之后，產品本身就可以獲利，不需要再增加預算。

B: Ok. Well, you know, all major budget decisions must be approved by our CEO and the financial offer.
好的，你知道，所有主要的預算決策需要經過首席執行官及財務主管的批準。

A: Yes, I know. But I thought that if I could get your support first, it might make getting approval easier.
是的，我知道。只是我覺得如果我能先取得你的支持可能會比較容易得到批準。

B: Well, you've got my support on this. I'll see what I can do to get the top brass to agree.
嗯，你已經得到我的支持了。我會看看有什么方法可以讓高層主管同意。

（來源：競學網 英語點津 Annabel 編輯）

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