對話-“搭乘公共汽車”

對話——“搭乘公共汽車”

WhichBusShouldITake?

Traveler:Isthisthebusthatgoesbythepark?

Driver:No,itisn't.Butyoucantransferfrom

thisbustobusnumber24whenwegettothe1stStreet.

Traveler:Good.Howmuchisthefare?

Driver:It'seightycentsforadultsandthirty-five

centsforchildrenundertwelve.Don'tusebill,and

droptheexactfaresintothemoneyboxaftergettingon

thebus.

Traveler:Willitcostforthetransfer?

Driver:Yes.Whenyougetonthetransferbus,

justshowthebusdrivertheticketstub.Youwill

onlyhavetopaytenmorecentsforyourselfanda

nickelforyourchild.

Traveler:It'sgood.

Driver:Youcantakeaseatnow.Andwhenyou're

readytogetoff,remembertopressthebuttonnear

yourseat.

Traveler:ThenhowfaraheadoftimedoIneedto

ringthebellforyoutostopthebus?

Driver:OneminuteisOK.

譯文：我該搭乘哪路公共汽車？

旅客：這班公共汽車經(jīng)過公園嗎？

司機(jī)：不經(jīng)過。但是你可以搭這班車到第一街轉(zhuǎn)乘二十四路汽車到達(dá)那里。

旅客:好，那么車費多少錢？

司機(jī)：大人八十美分，十二歲以下的小孩三十五美分。不要用紙幣，上車之后把錢數(shù)整

好的硬幣投入收款箱中。

旅客：轉(zhuǎn)車要錢嗎？

司機(jī)：要。當(dāng)你上了轉(zhuǎn)乘的公共汽車時，就把這張票根給司機(jī)看。你只需另外再付十美

分，而你的孩子只需再付五美分。

旅客：不錯。

司機(jī)：現(xiàn)在你找個座位坐下吧。當(dāng)你要下車的時候別忘了按你座位旁的按鈕。

旅客：我應(yīng)提前多久按鈴請你停車呢？

司機(jī)：提前一分鐘就可以了。

對話乘坐火車

(JennyandTonyareatthetrainstation)

Tony:WewanttotakeatraintoNewYork.

Ticketagent(A):Regularorexpresstrain?

Tony:Howmuchtimewouldwesaveifwetooktheexpress?

A:Aboutonehour.ThenextexpresstrainarrivesinNewYorkat3:15.

Tony:Andhowmuchmoredowehavetopayfortheexpress?

A:Firstclassis24dollarsmore,andsecondclassis15dollarsmore.

Tony(toJenny)：Whatdoyouthink?

Jenny:Aslongaswecanarriveonehourearlier,Idon'tmindpayingalittle

extra.

Tony:OK.(toA)Thengivemetwosecond-classticketsontheexpress,

please.

(TonyandJennyarriveinNewYork)

Jenny:Oh!AtlastweareintheBigApple!Nowwehavetotakeasubwayto

gettotheVillage.Don'tweneedtobuyasubwaymap?

Tony:Yes,butIthinkwecangetitfreeatthesubwaystation,atthetoken

booth.

(Atthesubwaystation)

Tony:CanIhavetentokens?AndalsocanIgetafreesubwaymap?

Ticketboothemployee(:Sure.Here'sapackoftentokens,twelve-fifty,and

thisisyoursubwaymap.

Tony:Thankyou.

Jenny:WearegoingtotheEastVillage.Whichtrainshouldwetake?

B:TaketheNo.8trainandgetoffatAstorPlace.Tony/Jenny:Thanksalot.

(東尼和珍尼在火車站)

東尼：我們要搭火車去紐約。

售票員：要普通車還是快車？

東尼：如果我們坐快車，可以節(jié)省多少時間？

售票員：差不多一個小時。下??班快車在3點15分到達(dá)紐約。

東尼：那么坐快車的話，我們要多付多少錢？

售票員：頭等票多付24美元，二等票多付15美元。

東尼：(對珍尼)你認(rèn)為如何？

珍尼：如果能早一個小時到達(dá)我不介意多付一些錢。

東尼：好。(對售票員)那么來兩張二等快車票。

(東尼和珍尼抵達(dá)紐約)

珍尼：?。∥覀兘K于來到紐約！要去鄉(xiāng)村的話我們就必須坐地鐵。需不需要買一張地鐵

路線圖？

東尼：是的。但我想在地鐵車站可能拿到免費的。

(在地鐵車站)

東尼：給我來10個代幣。另外可否給我一份地鐵路線圖？

售票員：當(dāng)然可以。這是一包代幣，12.50美元。這是地鐵路線圖。

東尼：謝謝。

珍尼：我們要去東方村莊該坐哪一列車呢？

售票員：坐8路車，在亞士都站下車。

東尼/珍尼：多謝。

公司各個部門的描述

來源：洋話連篇

英：

Corporate

Headquarters/mainofficeoftheentirebusinessenterprise,whether

itislocal,national,orinternational.

Executive

Dealingwithhighlevelsofmanagementandstrategicdecision-making.

Managerial

Responsibleformanagingstaff,projects,andoperations,andfor

tacticaldecision-making.

Administrative

Assistingexecutiveandmanagerialranks(e.g.ExecutiveAssistant/

PersonalAssistant/Secretary).

Clerical

Dealingwith'paperwork'(realorcomputerized).

Maintenance

Responsiblefortheupkeepofthecompany'sassets.Cancomprise

bothpreventivemaintenanceandrepairfunctions.

Backoffice

Dealingwithsuchactivitiesasbilling,networking,accounts

receivable/payable,payroll.

Support

Provideassistancetoahigher-levelauthority(personnelcanbe

professionalornon-professional).

Regional

Dealingwithlarge-scalecompanyoperationsoutsideofheadquarters

Regionscanbearbitraryareaswithinacountry,orcanconsistofentire

countriesorevengroupsofcountries(eg.Europe,Asia).

Field

Dealingwithcompanyaffairsatanylevelotherthancorporate(also

commonlyusedtodescribepersonnelworkingoutsideoftheoffice).

中：

公司總部

整個企業(yè)的總部，包括地方性的，全國性的，和國際性的。

最高決策部門

負(fù)責(zé)高層管理和戰(zhàn)略決策。

管理部門

負(fù)責(zé)公司職工、項目和企業(yè)運營的管理及策略的制定。

行政主管部門

協(xié)助經(jīng)理和管理者的職位(如，行政或經(jīng)理助理/私人

助理/秘書)。

文書

主要處置一些“文書工作”（包括書面的和電子的）。

資產(chǎn)維護(hù)部門

負(fù)責(zé)維護(hù)公司的資產(chǎn)。包括定期保養(yǎng)和設(shè)備修理。

后勤部門

處理諸如賬單、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、應(yīng)收帳款、應(yīng)付帳款、薪資帳冊等事務(wù)。

支持部門

協(xié)助較高職位的管理(人員可以是專業(yè)人士或非專業(yè)人

士)。

地區(qū)部門/公司

處理公司總部之外的大型商務(wù)活動。地區(qū)可以是一國內(nèi)的任何地區(qū)，也可以包括

整個國家或幾個國家(如歐洲)

總部以外領(lǐng)域

處理公司總部外的公司事務(wù)，也用來表示那些在公司辦公區(qū)外工作的公司職工，

如在街上推銷產(chǎn)品的人。

對話——關(guān)于打“的”

TakingTaxi

(Tonymakesaphonecalltothefrontdeskofthehotel.)

Tony:Pleasegetmeataxi.

Clerk:Yes,sir.Whafsyourroomnumber,please?

Andwheredoyouwanttogo?

Tony:Myroomnumberis3028.IwillgototheSAM'SCLUB.

Clerk:Yes,sir.ThenumberofyourtaxiisNY0668

Tony:Thanks.HowlongwillIhavetowait?

Clerk:I'mafraidtheyareverybusy.Itmaybeabouttenminutes.

(Thetaxiarrives9minuteslater.)

Tony:IsyourtaxinumberNY0668?

Driver:Yes,sir.Getin,please.

Tony:Thankyou.Pleasehurry,Tmlate.CanIgettotheSAM'SCLUBbefore

four?

Driver:Allright,sir.Ithinkwe'llgetthereif

therearenodelaysontheway.

Tony:Howexactlydoyoufigureoutthecarfare?

Driver:Accordingtothekilometerrage,thefirstfivekilometerareUS$4

andeverykilometerextracosts

you50cents.

Tony:Oh,Isee.

Driver:Hereweare,sir.

Tony:Thankyou.HowmuchdoIoweyou?

Driver:YouoweUS$19.

Tony:That's20dollars.Keepthechange.

Driver:Thankyou.

東尼：我要一輛出租車。

職員：好的，先生。請問房號？您要到哪兒去？

東尼：我住3028房。要到山塘?xí)T店。

職員：是，先生。您要的出租車車號是NY0668。

東尼：謝謝。我要等多久？

職員：恐怕他們現(xiàn)在很忙，要等十分鐘左右。

（9分鐘后，出租車來了。）

東尼：這輛出租車的牌號是NY0668嗎？

司機(jī)：是的，先生。請上車吧。

東尼：謝謝，請快點。我要遲到了。我能在4點之前趕到山塘?xí)T店嗎？

司機(jī)：可以的先生。我想如果路上不耽擱，我們可以到達(dá)那里。

東尼：你們的車費怎么計算？

司機(jī)：我們按公里計算里程，前五公里起價4美元，每超過一公里加收5角。

東尼：我知道了。

司機(jī)：到了，先生。

東尼：謝謝，車費是多少？

司機(jī)：19美元。

東尼：這是20元錢，剩下的做小費。

司機(jī)：謝謝！

公司部門的英文標(biāo)識名稱

來源：中青網(wǎng)

總公司HeadOffice

分公司BranchOffice

營業(yè)部BusinessOffice

人事部PersonnelDepartment

（人力資源部）HumanResourcesDepartment

總務(wù)部GeneralAffairsDepartment

財務(wù)部GeneralAccountingDepartment

銷售部SalesDepartment

促銷部SalesPromotionDepartment

國際部InternationalDepartment

出口部ExportDepartment

進(jìn)口部ImportDepartment

公共關(guān)系PublicRelationsDepartment

廣告部AdvertisingDepartment

企劃部PlanningDepartment

產(chǎn)品開發(fā)部ProductDevelopmentDepartment

研發(fā)部ResearchandDevelopmentDepartment（R&D）

秘室SecretarialPool

如何用英語跟上司說話

來源：中青網(wǎng)英語角

1.申請許可

Wouldn'titbepossibleformetotakethedayoffthisFriday?

（這個星期五，我是否可以休一天假？）

請休假用takethedayoff。如果是兩天以上就用daysoff。老板會很干脆地答應(yīng)說

that'llbeOK,或是會帶有不悅意味回答willeverythingbeallright?（一切都安排

就緒了嗎？），這些都要看你平時的工作表現(xiàn)而定。

2.提議

Ithinkweneedtobuyanewcopier.（我想我們需要買■—臺新的復(fù)印機(jī)）

說出上句之前，必須說明ourcopyingmachinehasbrokendownagain.（復(fù)印機(jī)

又出毛病了）以作為提案的依據(jù)?？蜌庖恍┑奶嶙h，用suggest如Iwouldsuggestwe

buyanewcopoer.

3.表示了解上司的指示

Yes,ofcourse.（是，我知道了）

也可用Iunderstand（我明白了），或Yes,rightaway（好的馬上去做），對上司說

OK,或allright并不恰當(dāng)。很忙時，說I'msorry,butI'mbusynow.CouldIdo

itlater?

4.確認(rèn)上司指示的內(nèi)容

YoudidsaynextTuesdayat2:00RM.,didn'tyou?（您是說在下星期二下午2

點，是不是？）

任何事都必須確認(rèn)一下。如果對方是外國人更要如此。上句也可直截了當(dāng)?shù)卣fletme

confirm

（讓我確認(rèn)一下時間和日期）

5.報告商談結(jié)果

Ihadafeelinghewasinfavoroftheplan.（我覺得他贊成那個計劃）

記住Ihaveafeeling（that）（我覺得）,及...（that）hewasagainst

theplan.（他反對那個計劃）這兩句話都很管用

如何寫建立業(yè)務(wù)聯(lián)系的傳真

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WeunderstandfromTheSwissBusinessGuideforChinathatyour

organizationishelpingSwissfirmsinseekingopportunitiesofinvestingin

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relationswithyourorganizationandattractSwisscompanies'investment

hereinWhat,Wewritetointroduceourcity,thecityofWhat,asoneofthe

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OurcommitteeprovidesadviceandassistancetoWhatfirmsseekingto

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Ourcommitteefacilitatesandencouragesinvestmentfromothercountries

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如何用英語描述你的工作和職位？

來源：［北京娛樂信報］

Whatisyourjobtitle?

Whatlevelisyourjobwithinthecompany?Howmanymainlevelsof

positionsarethereatyourcompany?

Whatkindofbusinessisyourcompanyin?

你的工作職位是什么？

你在公司是什么級別的？在你們公司里有多少主要的職位級別？

你們公司從事什么樣的業(yè)務(wù)？

下面是一些詢問工作地點的方式：

Whichcompanydoyouworkfor?

Whodoyouworkfor?

Wheredoyouwork?

典型的回答是：

Iworkfor...

I'memployedat...

（或者你可以簡單地給出你公司的名字）

下面是你如何詢問別人做什么樣工作的方式：

What'syouroccupation?

What'syourtitle?

Whatdoyoudoforaliving?

通常的回答是:

I'ma...Iworkin...

如果你知道一個人是公司的老總，你可以問：

Whatkindofbusinessareyouin?

Whatdoesyourcompanydo?

如何用英語接聽電話？

在公司接聽電話時，一般要先報上自己的姓名與公司名稱，

比如：

ThisisRitaChangofABCTradingCompany.

（這里是ABC公司的RitaChang.）

或者也可以說：

ABCTradingCompany.CanIhelpyou?

（ABC貿(mào)易公司，我能為你作些什麼嗎？）

如果接聽的是分機(jī)，要報上自己部門的名稱，比如：

ABCTradingCompany,OverseasSalesDepartment.CanIhelpyou?

（ABC貿(mào)易公司海外銷售部。我能為你作些什麼嗎？）

打電話一方聽到這樣的話彳爰，要告訴對方自己想找的人：

I'dliketospeaktoMr.Brown,please.

（麻煩一下，我想和Brown先生講話。）

或者告訴對方自己要轉(zhuǎn)的分機(jī)號：

CouldIhaveextension321,please?

（請轉(zhuǎn)接分機(jī)321）

如果想轉(zhuǎn)接某個部門，而非具體某個人時，可以說：

I'dliketospeaktosomeoneinthePersonnelDepartment.

（我想和人事部的人講話。）

如果接聽者即是打電話者要找的人，可以間單地回答：

Speaking.

（我就是，請講。）

怎樣對新同事致辭?（范文）

來源:飛躍英語

IamPeter,Salesmanagerofthecompany.

Firstofall,Iwouldliketotakethisopportunitytowelcomeyoutoour

company.

Asyouareawarethatourcompanyistheoneoftheleadingcompanies.

Iknowyouwillbeproudofyoubeingamemberofourcompany.Itisalways

mygreatconcerntokeepthebusinessgoing.Wecanneverrestonour

laurels.Weneedtosetnewgoalsforourselvesallthetime.Asyouare

equippedwithnewknowledge,newthoughtsandnewinsights,makefull

useofthemwhiletheyarestillfreshinyourminds.

Workhard,notonlyforourcompanybutalsoforyourself,that'stheonly

wayforyouandourcompanykeepgrowing.

AgainIwouldliketowelcomeyouandfromtodayon,let'sstrivefor

development.

我是本公司的銷售部經(jīng)理彼特。

首先借此機(jī)會，我衷心感謝各位能夠選擇并加入我公司。

如諸位所知，我公司是著名的公司之一，我認(rèn)為你會為成為我公司的-員感到驕傲。

發(fā)展公司的業(yè)務(wù)一直是我關(guān)注的中心問題。我們不能依賴舊有的成績。我們需要不斷創(chuàng)

新。你們具有新的知識、新的觀念以及新的見解。請趁它們還沒有過時善加利用。

請一定努力工作，不僅為了公司也為你自己，這是你自己和我們公司發(fā)展壯大的唯

一出路。

再次歡迎你們的加盟，從今天開始讓我們??同為發(fā)展而奮斗。

郵電用語

Abroad國外信件

Allpricesincludepostageandpacking全部價格包括郵資和包裝

Callschargedatthenationalrate電話按國內(nèi)長途收費

Counterservice服務(wù)柜臺

Countryletters國內(nèi)信件

Enquires問訊處

Ifyourmobilebreaksdownmorethantwicebecauseofamechanicalfault,

wewillreplaceit.如果你的手機(jī)出現(xiàn)兩次以上的故障，我們將予以更換。

Ifyourmobilephonebreaksdown,wewillcarryoutasmanyrepairsasyour

productneeds,freeofcharge.如果你的手機(jī)出現(xiàn)故障，我們隨時提供免費修理。

Inmostinstanceswewillrepairyourmobilephonewithinfiveworkingdays.

一般我們在5個工作日修好你的手機(jī)。

Internete-mailwithfreefastaccesstousefulsites發(fā)電子郵件，免費訪問常用

的網(wǎng)站。

Localcalls本地電話

Mobilephonecenter移動電話中心

Nationalcalls國內(nèi)長途電話

Nokiaoriginalaccessories諾基亞原裝配件

Pleasejointhemainqueue請排成一隊

Pleasepostallyourmailhere,thankyou請在此郵寄，謝謝合作

Pocketphoneshop手機(jī)商店

Postyourcommentshere請留下您的意見

Pricepaidincludingfeesandvat.所付價格包括服務(wù)費和增值稅

Simplyreturnyourdamagedorfaultyphonetoourstoreanditwillbe

exchangedforaloanphoneuntilyourphonehasbeenrepaired.只要你把你

損壞或有故障的手機(jī)拿回我們商店，在你的手機(jī)修好前，我們會提供備用電話。

Stampvendingmachine郵票銷售機(jī)

Weofferaspecialinstantreplacementserviceforpagers.我們對BB機(jī)提供

快捷換貨的特別服務(wù)。

Wewillreplaceanyaccessoriesyouboughtfromusforyouroriginalphone.

我們?yōu)槟銖奈覀冞@買的原裝手機(jī)換配件。

銀行英語口語（一）

Whatkindofaccountdidyouhaveinyourmind?

你想開哪種帳戶？

Doyouliketoopenacurrentaccount?

你想開一個活期存款帳戶嗎？

Adepositorcurrentaccount?

定期還是活期？

Pleasetellmehowyouwouldliketodeposityourmoney.

請告訴我你想存何種戶頭？

There'saservicechargeforthecheckingaccountbutnochargeforthe

savings.

支票戶頭要收服務(wù)費，現(xiàn)金戶頭不收。

Ourminimumdepositforasavingsaccountis100dollars.

我們儲蓄存款的最低存款額是100美圓。

Fiveyuanistheminimumoriginaldeposit

最低起存款額是5元。

Youcanopenasavingsaccountatanytimewithaninitialdepositof50

dollars.

你可隨時以50美圓的起存額開立儲蓄帳戶。

Evenoneyuanisallright.

甚至一元也可以起存。

Hereisyourpassbook.Pleasebringitbackwhenyoudepositorwithdraw

moneyanytimeyoulike.Keepitwellandinformuswheneveryouloseit.

這是你的存折，存取款時請帶來。保管好存折，遺失請告訴我們。

Ishouldliketoopenacurrentaccount.

我想開一個活期存款帳戶。

IneedacheckingaccountsothatIcanpaymybill.

我需開個支票帳戶，這樣就能付帳。

We'dliketoknowhowweopenachecking-savingsaccount.

我們想知道如何開一個支票儲蓄帳戶。

Ihaveacheckingaccounthere.

我在這里有一個支票存款帳戶。

辦公室禮儀：如何致歉

來源：飛躍英語

PartOne

Lily：Ioweyouanapology,Mr.Steven.

Steven：Whatdoyoumean,Lily?

Lily：I'mterriblysorryabouttheappointmentlastThursday.Ihopeyou'll

excuseme.

Steven：Forgetit.I'dhavedoneexactlyasyoudidifIhadbeeninyour

situation.

Lily：That'sverykindofyoutosayso.

Parttwo

Eva：Sorrytobelate.Iwascaughtupinatrafficjam.AmIthelastguestto

arrive?

John：Yes,VIPsalwaysare.Soit'squiteallright.Andyou'reaveryimportant

personatthisparty.

Eva：Oh,pleasedon't!

John：Iwasjustkidding.We'vebeenexpectingyouallthistime!

PartThree

Annie：Sorrytohavekeptyouwaiting,Eva.Iwasansweringanoverseascall.

Eva：It'salright.Youmustbeaverybusygeneralmanager.

Annie：Well,Ihopeyouweren'tboredwhileIwasonthephone.

Eva：No.Iwasreadingthisnewbrochureofyours,yousee.I'mverymuch

interestedinyournewproduct.

請假條（事假）的例子

請假條（事假）

To:JohnSmith,Supervisor

From:GeorgeChen,AccountingDepartment

Date:March11,2001

Subject:CasualLeaveofAbsence

John,IwouldliketoknowifIcouldaskforacasualleaveofabsencefrom

March23to27.

YesterdayIreceivedaletterfrommyparents,whoarebothover70,telling

methatabigfloodtookplaceatmyhomevillage,causingseriousdamage

tomyhouse.Astheonlysonofmyparents,Ishouldofbacktoassessthe

situation,andhelpthemtogetoverthesedifficulties.ThoughIcannotstay

athomefortoolongatime,Ishouldatleastmakearrangementsforrepair

work.Ibelievemyrelativesinthevillageandmyneighborswillalsocometo

help.FinanciallyIhavenodifficulties.

Iwillcallyouat1:30p.m.oryoucancallmeatanytime.

辦公英語:第一天上班招呼語

F:Welcomeaboard!

F:歡迎你來本公司工作！

C:Thankyou,I'mdelightedtobeworkinghere,Ms.Buchwald.

C:謝謝。我很高興能來這里上班，布華奇先生。

F:CallmeBuck,willyou?MynameisReginaldBuchwaldbuteverybody

callmeBuck.It'seasier.

F:叫我布客就可以了，好嗎？我的全名是雷奇納客.布奇華，但是大家都叫我布客。

這樣比較方便。

C:IwouldhesitatetocallyouanythingbutMr.Buchwald.Isn'titrather

disrespec廿ultomakeanicknameoutofthefamilyname?

C:除了布奇華先生之外，我不好直呼其他名字，替別人另外取綽號，不是很不禮貌

嗎？

F:Will,PresidentEisenhowerwasknownasIke.Everybodyinthis

companyallthewayupanddownthelineiscalledbyhisorherfirstname.

F:嗯，艾森豪威爾總統(tǒng)也被呢稱為艾克。我們公司的上上下下都是直呼每個人的名

字。

F:It'sbeenourtraditioneversincethecompanywassmall.Anddon't

worryaboutthedisrespectbusiness.OK?

F:在我們公司規(guī)模很小的時候這就已經(jīng)形成傳統(tǒng)。不要擔(dān)心不禮貌的事了，好嗎？

C:l'lltry.

C:我會試試看。

F:Good.Butwhenthereareoutsiders,likebusinesspeoplefromother

companies,itmightbegoodpracticetoaddressyourhigher-upsas

Mr.,Ms.orwhateverisappropriate.

F:好。不過。如果有外人在時，如其他公司的人，最好能稱呼你的上司為先生、小

姐或任何適當(dāng)?shù)姆Q謂。

F:Totheoutsideworld.ourcustommaybeinterpretedasasingnof

flippancyorlaxdiscipline.Getit?

C:對外人而言，我們的習(xí)慣可能會是輕率的和紀(jì)律松懈的表現(xiàn)。明白嗎？

C:Yes,sir.

C:是的，先生。

F:(laughing)Anddon'tsirmeeither.NowI'llshowyouyourprivateoffice.

F:(笑著說)也不要叫我先生?，F(xiàn)在，我?guī)闳タ茨愕乃饺宿k公室。

清倉大拍賣

AClearanceSale

Jennifer:Hi,Wendy.I'mgoingtoIsabel's.Areyoucoming?

Wendy:No.Thethingstherearetooexpensiveforme.Ican'taffordit.

Jennifer:Thatisnoproblematall.Isabel'sishavingaclearancesale,and

todayisthelastday.Youdon'twanttomisssuchagoodchance,doyou?

Wendy:Really?That'swonderful.Canyouwaitasecond?Ineedtochange.

Jennifer:Allright,buthurryup.Italwaystakesyouhourstochange.

Wendy:Iwill.Doyouthinkwecanstillgetsomethingreallyniceandcheap?

Imean,sincethisisthelastday.

Jennifer:Ithinkso.Theydon'tsellshoddyclothesforonething.

Wendy:ShouldweaskCindytocomealong?Shesawaneveninggown

madeofsilktherelastmonthwhichshewantedtobuyverymuch.Shedidn't

buyitofcourse.Itwouldcostherthreemonths'salary.

Jennifer:Shealreadyboughtthateveninggown.

Wendy:When?

Jennifer:Yesterday.Sheworethatgownlastnight,andshowedoffto

everybodyatMr.Miles'party.

Wendy:Oh?!Thatisn'tlikeher.

Jennifer:Hurryup,willyou?We'llhavetogotoagasstationfirst.

Wendy:Allright,allright.I'mreadynow.Let'sgo.

請病假

SickLeave

John:Doyouhaveanytissue,Eveline?I'veusedallmine.

Eveline:Here.Areyouallright?

John:Thanks.I'mallright.It'sjustmynose.ItmustbeanallergyDoyou

haveanyaspirin?Ihaveaterribleheadache.

Eveline:Idon'thaveanaspirin.Perhapsyoushouldgotoadoctor.

John:No,no.I'mokay.It'stheweather.Itwaswarmandsunnythis

morning,andnowit'schillyandraining.

Eveline:Really,John.Istillthinkyoushouldgotoadoctor.You*vebeen

sneezingeversinceyouenteredtheofficethismorning.Whydon'tyoutake

thisafternoonoff?Ifyoudon*twanttoseeadoctor,atleastyoucango

homeandhaveagoodrest.

John:Ican't.I'malreadybehindschedule.Besides,youknowMr.Thomas.

HewouldthinkthatIwasputtinghimon.

Eveline:Youdidn,tdoanythingbutsneezethismorning,andyoucan*tdo

anythingthisafternoonlikethis.(SheplacesherhandonJohn's

forehead.)Gee!You'vegotafever!

John:DoI?...Oh,no.

Eveline:Listentome.Yougohomenow.I'llcallmydoctorandhavehimgo

over,OK?

John:WhataboutMr.Thomas?

Eveline:I'llhandlehim.Nowgohome.THcallyouafterwork.

John:Thanksalot,Eveline.Good-bye.

在醫(yī)生診所

AttheDoctor'sOffice

Ralph:Excuseme,miss.ImadeanappointmenttoseeDr.Leeat3p.m.this

afternoon.MynameisRalphWilliams.

Nurse:Letmecheck,Mr.WilliamsYes,Mr.Williams.Dr.Leeisexpecting

you.Youmaygoinnow.

Ralph:Hello,doctor.

Doctor:Well,whatseemstobethetrouble,Mr.Williams?

Ralph:It'snothingseriousactually,doctor.It'sWell.Jgettiredvery

easilyrecently,andIoftendozeoffduringmeetings,officehours,

sometimesevenwhileI'mdining.

Doctor:Howlonghasthisbeengoingon?

Ralph:Abouttwomonths.Ididn'tpaymuchattentiontoitatthebeginning,

butyousee,Igotfiredthismorning.Idozedoffwhilewewerehavingan

importantmeeting,rightinfrontoftheboss.Iwasveryembarrassed.

Doctor:howisyourappetite?

Ralph:Prettygood,I'dsay.

Doctor:Youhaven'tlostweight,haveyou?

Ralph:No,doctor.Actually,I'veputontwolbs.

Doctor:Unbuttonyourshirt,please.

(Ralphunbuttonshisshirtandthedoctorcarriesoutthephysical

examination.)

Ralph:Well,doctor?

Doctor:You'llhavetohavesomelaboratoryexaminationstoknowforsure.

Ralph:Whatexaminations?

Doctor:Bloodtestandurinetest.Youcancomebacknextweek,saysixteen,

toseetheresults.

在牙醫(yī)診所

AttheDentalclinic

Bonny:Doctor,I'dliketohaveacheck-uponmyteeth.

Doctor:Hi,Bonny.Youhaven'tbeenhereforoverayear.

Bonny:Oh,thatlong?Ithoughtitwasonlyonemonth.

Doctor:You*restillasnaughtyasyouusedtobe.Whatseemstobethe

problemthistime?

Bonny:Myteethseemtobesensitivetoheatandcold.It'llbleedwhenI

brushaswell.

Doctor:Let*stakealookOpenyourmouthwide,pleaseDoesithurt?

Bonny:No.

Doctor:Here?

Bonny:Ouch!

Doctor:Ithurts?

Bonny:Ofcourseithurts.DoIhaveanydecayedteeth?

Doctor:Yes,therearetwoofthem.Doesthegumeveracheorbecomesore

tothetouch?

Bonny:Yes,sometimes.Usuallyaroundthecaninetooth.

Doctor:Theteethinthatareaseemtobesound.Itmightbeakindofgum

disease.WemayaswelltakeanX-rayjusttobesure.(Doctoradjuststhe

machine.)

Bonny:Whataboutthosetwodecayedteeth?

Doctor:Thedecayhasn'tgonedeepintotheteethyet.Wecanputinagold

filling.

Bonny:IthinkI'lldothatnexttime.I'minahurrytoday.

Doctor:Asyouwish.Don'tputitofftoolong,though.It'llgetevenworse

車禍

ACarAccident

Lucy:Itwasaredlight,William.Youshould'vestoppedthecar.

William:Sorry.Ididn'tseeit.

Lucy:Itoldyounottodrinksomuch.Yourbreathreeksofalcohol.Wellget

intotroubleifwerunintoapolicemanSlowdownabit.

William:I'monlygoing60mph.(Theyseeadogrightinthemiddleofthe

road.)

Lucy:Lookout!..(Williamswervestoavoidthedogandalmosthitsacar

comingtheoppositeway.Thatcarhappenstobeapolicecar.)Oh,no!

William:Thatdamnstraydog!

Policeman:OK,buddy,yourdrivinglicence.

William:Here!Listentome,officer,itwasn'tmyfault.Itwasthatdog.

Policeman:Whatdog?Ididn*tseeanydogs.

Lucy:It'strue,officer.Therewasadoginourlane.Ifitwasn'tforthedog,

wewouldn'thavealmosthityou.

Policeman:Youcouldhavebraked,couldn*tyou?Howfastwereyougoing?

William:Wellitwasabout50mphorless.Iwasdrivingveryslow.

Policeman:50mph?Don'tyouknowthespeedlimitdowntownis40

mph?Allright.Thafllbeonehundreddollars.

William:Waitasecond!Whatdoyoumean"onehundreddollars"?

Policeman:Thefine.It'sonehundreddollars.Speedinganddrivingunder

theinfluenceofalcohol.Youcan'tfoolmewiththatsmellofalcoholinyour

breath.

在醫(yī)院

AttheHospital

Mrs.Brown:(Carryingherbabyinherarms)Excuseme,whereisthe

departmentofpaediatrics?

Information-Clerk:Goalongthatcorridorandthenyouwillseeasign,

whichwillleadyoutothedepartmentofpaediatrics.It'sonthesecondfloor.

Mrs.Brown:Thankyou.(Shefindsthesign,andfollowsthedirectionand

findsthedepartmentofpaediatrics.)Hereweare,precious.Soonyouwillbe

okay.

Nurse:Haveyouregisteredyet?

Mrs.Brown:No,andthisismyfirsttimehere.

Nurse:Anydesignateddoctor?

Mrs.Brown:Yes,Dr.Hurt,CliffHurt.

Nurse:Hereisyourregistrationcard.Dr.HurtisatclinicNo.3.Youcansit

overthereandwaitforyourturn.

Dr.Hurt:Hello,littlefellow.You'reDavidBrown,right?Well,Mrs.Brown,

whatseemstobetheproblem?

Mrs.Brown:I'vegotthefluthesedays,andIthinkhe'sbeeninfectedbyme.

Hestartedtocoughlastnight.Itookhistemperaturethismorning.Itwas

39degrees.

Dr.Hurt:Unbuttonhisclothes,please.(Doctorexaminesthebabywithhis

stethoscope.)Theback,please.(Mrs.Brownturnsbaby'sbacktothe

doctor.)Allright.Nowopenyourmouth

Mr.Brown:Well,doctor?

Dr.Hurt:Notveryserious.I'llwriteyouaprescription.Ifyoufollowthe

directions,yourchildwillsoonbeokay.

Vocabulary

注釋

1.paediatricsn.小兒科

2.stethoscopen.聽診器

3.prescriptionn.藥方、處方

在辦公室

AttheOffice

Manager:Rudy,willyoupleasemaketencopiesofthisreport?

Rudy:I'dliketo,butthephotocopierisoutoforder.

Manager:Thenusethexeroxmachine.

Rudy:Itbrokedownoneyearago.

Manager:Oh,forgetitthen.Hey,Itoldyoutoputfilesonthe"in"tray,not

onmydesk.

Rudy:Thepileisovertenfeethigh.I'mafraidit'llfallalloverandburyyou

underneathifIputthisfileontopofit.

Manager:Veryfunny.What'swrongwithyoutoday?Youaremysecretary

andyouarenotsupposedtotalktomeinthattoneofvoice.Didn'tyouknow

that?

Rudy:Whatdoyouexpect?I'vebeenworkingforyouforthreeyears,and

you'venevergivenmeaholiday.Idon'tfeelwelltodaybecauseIhavea

terribleheadache.I'mnotinthemoodforbeinggentleandpolite.Ifyou

can'tstandit,it'sy