Despite an uptick in ad sales, talk of re-engineering the cost base and the like still featured in Big Tech's quarterly earnings calls this week.

尽管广告销售有所上升，但大型科技公司本周的季度财报电话会议上仍然讨论了重新设计成本基础等问题。

He would ring a door-bell, a housewife would answer, and Kaltenborn would begin repeating his memorised sales talk with an accent so terrible it was funny.

他会按门铃，一位家庭主妇会应门，然后 Kaltenborn 就会开始用难听得让人觉得好笑的口音重复他背下来的销售演讲。

He would then take off his hat and point to a copy of the sales talk in perfect French that he had pasted in the top of his hat.

然后他会摘下帽子， 指着他贴在帽子顶上的一份完美法语的销售演讲稿。

Anyway that's enough sales talk from me. . . I'll just take a sip of this coffee that's just arrived, thank you, and then I'll say something about what actually happens when you apply.

总之，这些就是我的推销… … 我要尝一口刚来的咖啡，谢谢。之后我会告诉你如何申请。

How did he manage to become an expert salesman when he couldn't speak French? Well, he had his employer write out his sales talk in perfect French, and he memorised it.

不会说法语的他是如何成为专业推销员的？好吧，他让他的雇主用完美的法语写下了他的销售演讲，然后他就记住了。