INTRO Welcome back（在后） to English at Work. It's an exciting day for tip-top trading. It's launching（发射） its latest product the plastic aubergine. The launch is taking place at a swanky hotel. Lots of clients（[经] 客户） have turned up, but there's one important person missing. Has anyone seen Anna?

  I haven't seen her all morning. Tom, you were with her last. That was last night at the pub. She was drowning（淹死） her sorrows. Drowning her sorrows? Yeah.

  She saw Dave from IT with another woman. Julie from Accounts（记述）, actually. She was very upset（心烦的）. Oh, poor Anna. So you left her drowning in the pub. And who's got the prototype（原型） aubergine to show at the launch（发射）?

  Oh, no. Anna has... it's in her bag. What are we going to do? Panic（惊慌）! No, Denise.

  Calm（ 镇静） down. I'll just have to make a start. And I'm sure Anna will turn up. Okay（好）. Here goes. Excuse（原谅） me, everyone.

  Could you all gather（聚集） round? Our presentation（展示） is about to begin. I'll change the slides（滑） for you on the computer, Paul. I'm good with technology. Okey-dokey. Ladies and gentlemen（绅士）, thank you for coming to our presentation（展示）.

  We have something very exciting to show you. And it's not a fruit. And here it is. Fresh from the factory. Our plastic aubergine.