10、 On the Phone打电话(1)Social Call 社交电话A:Hello? 喂?B: Hi, is Jane there? 喂,简在吗?A:May I ask who’s calling? 请问是哪位?B:This is Martin. 我是马丁。A:Hold on, I’ll get her. 等等,我去叫他。B:Thanks. 谢谢。C:Hello? 喂?B:Hi, Jane, this is Martin. How are you doing? 喂,简,我是马丁。你好吗?C:I’m great, how are you? 很好,你好吗?B:Fine. I was wondering if you’d like to go out to dinner tonight? 很好。你今天晚上想不想跟我出去吃饭?C:That would be terrific. Where should we go? 好啊。去哪儿?B:I thought we could try that new place on the corner by your apartment building. 我想我们可以去你住处拐角处 0
10、 on the phone打电话
(1)social call 社交电话
a:hello? 喂?
b: hi, is jane there?
喂,简在吗?
a:may i ask who’s calling?
请问是哪位?
b:this is martin.
我是马丁。
a:hold on, i’ll get her.
等等,我去叫他。
b:thanks.
谢谢。
c:hello?
喂?
b:hi, jane, this is martin. how are you doing?
喂,简,我是马丁。你好吗?
c:i’m great, how are you?
很好,你好吗?
b:fine. i was wondering if you’d like to go out to dinner tonight?
很好。你今天晚上想不想跟我出去吃饭?
c:that would be terrific. where should we go?
好啊。去哪儿?
b:i thought we could try that new place on the corner by your apartment building.
我想我们可以去你住处拐角处的那个新开的饭馆。
c:good idea. what time should we meet?
好。咱们什么时间见面?
b:why don’t i come pick you up at around 7:00?
我7点左右来接你怎么样?
c:i’ll be ready!
那我等你!
(2)business call 公务电话
a:li yang crazy english company, good morning.
早上好,李阳疯狂英语公司。
b:good morning. may i speak to andrew zhang, plase.
早上好。请找一下安德鲁•张。
a:i’m sorry, mr. zhang is in a meeting at the moment. can he call you back?对不起,张先生在开会.可以让他给你回电话吗?
b:sure thing. 当然可以。
a:can i have your name and number, please.
请把你的名字和电话号码给我。
b:yes, this is peter chen from beijing. i’m at 87367059.
好的,我是北京的彼得•陈。我的号码是:87367059。
a:i’ll have him call you right back.
我让他很快给你回电话。
b:thanks. 谢谢。
a:mr. chen, please.
请找陈先生。
b:i’m sorry, mr. chen just stepped away from his desk. may i take a message?
对不起,陈先生刚好走开了。要给他留言吗?
a:would you ask him to call mr. zhang from li yang crazy english company?
请叫他给李阳疯狂英语公司的张先生打个电话好吗?
b:may i ask what this is in reference to?
可以问问是关于什么事情吗?
a:i’m just returning his call.
我是回他的电话。
b:ok. i’ll give him the message.
好的。我会转告他。
a:thanks. good-bye.
谢谢。再见。
额外成就感
电话英语
message 留言
* can i leave a massage for tom?
我可以给汤姆留言吗?
* please take my phone messages for me. i’m going to be out of the office for a while.
请帮我记一下电话留言。我要出去一会。
call back 再打来电话
* tell kim i’ll call her back ten minutes later.
我十分钟后再给金姆打电话。
* i’m so busy right now i can’t really talk. i’m going to have to call you back later.
我现在很忙,不能跟你多说。一会再打电话给你。
return a call 回电话
* i haven’t spoken to her yet; she won’t return my calls.
我还没跟她说上话呢,她不肯给我回电话。
* i don’t know what time we’re leaving tomorrow. i’m still waiting for jim to return my call.
我不知道明天几点走。我还在等吉姆给我回电话。
hold on 稍等,不要挂电话
* don’t hang up. hold on, i’ll get him.
别挂电话。等一下,我去找他。
* i’m not sure if i have the information you need. hold on for a minute and i’ll look.
我不能确定这有没有你想要的信息。别挂电话,我帮你查一下。