A：You look tired. *
      你看上去很累。

B：Yeah, I’ve been working so much overtime lately.
      是啊，我近来一直加班工作。

A：Really? How come?
      真的吗？怎么回事？

promotion的意思

B：My boss gave me a big project. I had to have it finished it by this morning. It was so difficult!
      我的老板给了我一个大的项目，我必须在今天早上完成。真是够难的。

promotion的解释

A：You shouldn’t work so hard.
      你不要拼命工作。

B：I know. But hard work pays off, you know.
      我知道，但是你知道，辛苦工作总有回报的。

A：What do you mean?
      怎么讲？

B：Maybe now I’ll get that promotion I was hoping for.
      可能目前我快得到提升了，这是我一直期待的。

A：What do you do?
      你是做什么的？

B：I work in sales for money, but my real passion is writing.
      我靠做销售谋生，但我真正的爱好是写作。

A：What do you write?
      你都写些什么。

B：I am writing a book based on my childhood. It’s about a friendship between a boy and his grandfather..
      我正在根据我的童年生活写一本书，是关于一个男孩和他祖父之间的友谊的。

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A：That sounds interesting. How about your sales job? Do you enjoy it?
      听起来有点意思。你的销售工作怎么样？你喜欢吗？

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B：Not really, but it pays the bills. What about you? Where do you work?
      不喜欢，但我得靠它吃饭。你呢？你在哪里工作。

A：I work for a large advertising agency.
      我在一家大型广告代理公司工作。

B：What do you do exactly?
      具体做什么工作呢。

A：I work in the finance department.
      我在金融部工作。

B：Have you been there long?
      你在那里工作了很长时间吗？

A：This is just my first year. I’m hoping to get a promotion next year.
      这只是我第一年在那里工作。我希望明年能够升职。

B：Good luck with that.
      祝你好运。

A：Thanks! Keep me posted about your book!
      谢谢! 随时告诉我你书的进展。

A：As you know, the FastTrek 2000 is due for release next month. I think we've finally worked the kinks out.
      正如你所知，FastTrek 2000 预定在下个月推出。我想我们已经解决了所有琐碎的问题。

B：Great. That's vital. Quality is the focus of the ad campaign. The boards must work well if they're going to be the cash cow we want them to be.
      太好了。那很重要。品质是广告活动的焦点。如果要让这些适配卡如我们所要的成为摇钱树的话，就不能出乱子。

A：Let's go over our promotion plans again.
      我们再看一遍我们的促销计划。

B：OK. We have six major retailers running demonstrations at most branches. And our exhibition team is already on the road setting up for computer shows.
      我们有六家主要的零售商在大部分的分店做展示。而且我们的展示队伍已经为计算机展在起跑了。

A：Good. What about print and radio?
      很好，那印刷品和广播呢？

B：We've taken out full-page ads for two large trade magazines. And more important, our press releases have been well received.
      我们在两家大的商业杂志刊登了全版广告。更重要的是，我们的新闻稿已经全被采纳了。

A：Any larger ads?
      有再大一点的广告吗？

B：Yes. We're putting the same full-page ad in the Sunday edition of three major newspapers.
      有的。我们在三大报的星期天版面放了相同的全版广告。

A：Sounds perfect.
      听起来很周全。

promotion是什么意思

B：But nothing ever works out as you want it. So I have a number of other tricks up my sleeve, as well.
      不过有时候就是会事与愿违，所以我还有很多其它的妙计。

1. 晋升；升职；提升；擢升
    If you are given promotion or a promotion in your job, you are given a more important job or rank in the organization that you work for.

    e.g. Consider changing jobs or trying for promotion.
           考虑换个工作或者争取升职。
    e.g. ...rewarding outstanding employees with promotions to higher-paid posts.
           将出色的员工提升到薪水更高的职位作为奖励

2. （尤指通过广告进行的）促销，推广，推销
    A promotion is an attempt to make a product or event popular or successful, especially by advertising.

promotion的解释

    e.g. During 1984, Remington spent a lot of money on advertising and promotion...
           1984年，雷明顿公司在广告和促销方面花费了大量的资金。
    e.g. Ask about special promotions and weekend deals too.
           也问一问特别促销和周末特价的情况。