ウィスパリング同時通訳練習　ビジネス編

２-２ Cost Analysis

A: Procurement Supervisor

B: Procurement Staff

A: Would you please look at this graph? What does this graph show us? What is the cost of the material in this figure?

B: The material to cost ratio is high is this figure. The cost of the material needs to be reduced.

A: The price of the CC-02 has fallen by 25% in recent years but the cost of materials has not decreased. This means that our company lost that much potential profit.

B: We lost almost all of our profit.

A. Do you understand that material cost analysis is a very important function of procurement?

B: Yes.

Speech

  You will hear a speech which will be read without any breaks. When each part has been completed, you are required to give a summarized rendering of it in Japanese. You should take notes while listening. You are to start interpreting within 30 seconds after the passage has been read.