Starbucks Plans Big Expansion In ChinaStarbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz said China is set to usurp Japan as its biggest market outside North America, as the coffee titan plans to open 'thousands of stores' in China over time.He also said the Seattle-based chain was eager to crack the potentially lucrative Indian and Vietnamese markets, where it doesn't yet have a presence.'Asia clearly represents the most significant growth opportunity on a go-forward basis,' said Mr. Schultz, in an interview.Starbucks has searched for new areas of growth following a deep retrenchment in the U.S. during the past year, which involved Starbucks closing hundreds of underperforming stores and shaving nearly 0 million of costs.Mr. Schultz says the company has turned its fortunes around, allowing it to now shift its attention to international markets. In January, Starbucks reported its first quarter of same-store sales growth since the end of 2008.But he said the company would plan its China growth carefully. 'Over time there will be thousands of stores in China,' said Mr. Schultz. 'But it's a complicated market that requires significant discipline and thoughtfulness.'Despite its long presence in the Chinese market -- Starbucks opened its first shop in Beijing in 1999 -- the coffee company only has 376 stores on the China mainland, compared with 878 in Japan.'Cracking the code in China for any company is not an easy task -- there will be a number of winners and lots of losers of people who go there and rush to judgment and don't succeed,' said Mr. Schultz. 'The thing I am most interested in when I go to China is whether or not local Chinese are buying Starbucks coffee and sitting in our stores.' /201004/101425

美国8月份就业增长停滞，美国的失业率依然保持在9.1%的高位美国劳工部星期五发布的报告显示，8月份就业没有出现净增长。相比之下，7月份的就业岗位估计净增长8千个。大部分经济学家曾经预测，八月份就业市场至少会出现一些增长八月份的就业报告是将近一年来表现最差的一个医疗健康方面的就业有所增长，但是政府部门的工作有所减少。另外，一家大电话公司的罢工也影响到就业情况由于担心正在放缓的经济增长会影响销售和盈利，雇主们不太愿意增加雇员。驱动美国大部分经济活动的消费者出的疲软损害了美国经济的增长。消费者既担心自己的就业，又面临高企的能源和食品价格，因此对未来缺乏信心，而这种信心是购买大件产品所必需的美国总统奥巴马下星期四将在参众两院一个联席会议上发表讲话，推出刺激全国经济和创造就业机会的计划 Job growth stalled in the U.S. economy in August, leaving the unemployment rate at a relatively high 9.1 percent. Friday's report from the Labor Department shows no net gain of jobs in August, compared to an estimated net gain of 85,000 in July. Most economists had predicted the figures would show at least some gains in the job market. The August report is the weakest in nearly a year. Employment rose in health care, fell in government, and was hurt by a strike at a major phone company. Employers are reluctant to hire because of worries that painfully slow U.S. economic growth will hurt their sales and profits. Economic growth has been hurt by weakness in the consumer spending that drives most U.S. economic activity. Consumers worried about their jobs and facing high prices for energy and food lack the confidence in the future needed to make major purchases. U.S. President Barack Obama will introduce a plan to stimulate the national economy and create jobs in a speech before a joint session of Congress next Thursday. /201109/152358

Taking Orders 点菜务经典对话Wwaitress 女务员 GGuest 顾客W：May I take your order now , sir?我可以为您写单了吗，先生？G：Ur… I don’t know much about Chinese food, can you recommend something ?嗯#8;#8;我对中餐不怎么熟悉，您能给我推荐一下吗？W：Certainly. How about Cabbage in Oyster sauce? It’s tender and tasty.好的蚝油白菜怎么样？又鲜又嫩G：Good, I’ll take it. What’s the Chicken Soup with Corn like?好的，就要这个鸡茸玉米是一道什么样的菜？W：It’s soup with corn and minced chicken. It’s sweet and delicious.是用鸡茸和甜玉米做的，很鲜甜G：Well, I’ll take this, too. I’d like to have some fried rice, could you make some recommendations?那么，这个也要吧我想要个炒饭，您有什么好介绍的吗？W：How about the Chef’s Fried Rice?来份主厨推荐的炒饭如何？G：How do you make it?是怎么做的？W：It’s fried rice with shrimp, eggs and broccoli.是用虾仁、鸡蛋和甘蓝一起炒的G：OK, I’ll try that. Thank you.好的，我也试试这个吧谢谢W：Anything else , sir?先生，您还要点什么吗？G：No , thanks. That’s all now.谢谢，先点这些W： Shall I bring you a knife and k?您要不要刀叉呢？G：.No, thanks. The chopsticks will do.不用，谢谢筷子就可以了常用句型百宝箱1. 介绍菜式1) Would you like to have table d’hote or a la carte?您是选择套餐，还是零点呢？) We have both buffer-style and a la carte dishes, which would you prefer?我们有自助式和点菜式，您喜欢哪一种？3) We offer special s different diets.我们有特殊食谱，可以满足不同的餐饮需要) I’m on a diet.我在节食5) We have a wide range of vegetarian dishes you to choose from.我们有许多素菜可供您选择6) What table d’hote do you have?你们有什么套餐？7) I’m not familiar with Chinese food, could you recommend something?我对中国菜不太熟悉，你能不能给推荐一下？8) We serve Cantonese, Sichuan, Shanghai, and Beijing cuisines, which cuisine is would youprefer?我们有粤菜、川菜、沪菜和京菜，您喜欢哪一种呢？9) Which flavor would you prefer, sweet or chill?您喜欢哪种口味，是甜的还是辣的？) General speaking, Cantonese cuisine is light and clear; Sichuan cuisine is strong and hot;Shanghai cuisine is oily and Beijing cuisine is spicy and a bit salty.一般来说，粤菜比较清淡，川菜浓烈而辛辣，沪菜比较油，而京菜较香而咸) Maybe Cantonese cuisine will suit you.粤菜可能会适合您的口味) Would you like to try our House specialty?您想尝尝我们的招牌菜吗？) It is very popular with our guests.它非常受欢迎) It’s served by the dozen.它是打卖的) What is today’s special?今天的特价菜是什么？) Today’s special is xx ,with a 0% discount.今天的特价菜是 xx,有 6 折优惠) How do you cook it ?这道菜是怎么做的？18) What is it like?这是怎样的一道菜？19) It’s crisptastytenderclearstrongspicyaromatic.它很酥脆可口鲜嫩清淡浓烈辣香味扑鼻) It looks good, smell good and tastes good.这道菜色、香、味俱全1) It’s a well-known delicacy in Chinese cuisine.它是中国菜的一道有名的佳肴) You’ll love it .您会喜欢它的3) It’s persons.这道菜是供 个人用的) It’s out of season.这个已经过季了5) Why not try our buffer dinner?为什么不试试我们的自主晚餐呢？6) The beef BBQ is terrific！牛肉烧烤可是棒极了！7) If you are in a hurry, I would recommend…如果您赶时间，我推荐您#8;#8;) Which brand of milkbeercigaretteswine… would you prefer?您喜欢什么牌子的牛奶啤酒香烟葡萄酒#8;#8;？9) It will stimulate the appetite.它会刺激你的胃口. 确认细节1) Are you on a special diet?您对饮食有什么特别的要求吗？) Would you like to put it on your hotel bill?是不是把费用计到您酒店的帐上？3) How would you like your eggcoffeesteak?您喜欢我们怎样做您点的鸡蛋咖啡牛扒？) Would you like your fried eggs sunny-side up?您点的鸡蛋是不是只煎一面，蛋黄朝上？5) Would you like your beer draught or bottled?您喜欢扎啤还是瓶装啤酒？6) This wine is only served by the bottle. How about xx? It’s served by the glass.这种酒我们只甁出售Xx 怎么样？我们可以杯出售7) With ice or without ice, sir?先生，请问是否要加冰呢？3. 日式餐厅推荐菜式1) What kind of food is the tempura?甜不辣是什么样的菜？) It’s fish, prawns and assorted vegetables dipped in batter and then deep fried until crisp.那道菜用鱼、虾仁和各种蔬菜沾面糊，然后一直炸到松脆3) It’s very popular with both Japanese and eign guests.它很受日本人和外国客人喜欢) The tempura dinner comes with sashimi. Will that be fine?甜不辣加生鱼片，这样好不好？5) I would recommend the “Chawanmushi””Sukiyaki”我建议您点一个蒸鸡蛋羹日式火锅6) It’s an egg custard with chicken, shrimp and gingko nuts.那是加鸡肉、小虾、杏仁蒸的蛋羹