10、 On the Phone打電話
(1)Social Call 社交電話
A:Hello?
喂?
B: Hi, is Jane there?
喂,簡在嗎?
A:May I ask who’s calling?
請(qǐng)問是哪位?
B:This is Martin.
我是馬丁。
A:Hold on, I’ll get her.
等等,我去叫他。
B:Thanks.
謝謝。
C:Hello?
喂?
B:Hi, Jane, this is Martin. How are you doing?
喂,簡,我是馬丁。你好嗎?
C:I’m great, how are you?
很好,你好嗎?
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飯?
C:That would be terrific. Where should we go?
好啊。去哪兒?
B:I thought we could try that new place on the corner by your apartment building.
我想我們可以去你住處拐角處的那個(gè)新開的飯館。
C:Good idea. What time should we meet?
好。咱們什么時(shí)間見面?
B:Why don’t I come pick you up at around 7:00?
我7點(diǎn)左右來接你怎么樣?
C:I’ll be ready!
那我等你!
(2)Business Call 公務(wù)電話
A:Li Yang Crazy English Company, good morning.
早上好,李陽瘋狂英語公司。
B:Good morning. May I speak to Andrew Zhang, plase.
早上好。請(qǐng)找一下安德魯•張。
A:I’m sorry, Mr. Zhang is in a meeting at the moment. Can he call you back?
對(duì)不起,張先生在開會(huì)??梢宰屗o你回電話嗎?
B:Sure thing.
當(dāng)然可以。
A:Can I have your name and number, please.
請(qǐng)把你的名字和電話號(hào)碼給我。
B:Yes, this is Peter Chen from Beijing. I’m at 87367059.
好的,我是北京的彼得•陳。我的號(hào)碼是:87367059。
A:I’ll have him call you right back.
我讓他很快給你回電話。
B:Thanks.
謝謝。
A:Mr. Chen, please.
請(qǐng)找陳先生。
B:I’m sorry, Mr. Chen just stepped away from his desk. May I take a message?
對(duì)不起,陳先生剛好走開了。要給他留言嗎?
A:Would you ask him to call Mr. Zhang from Li Yang Crazy English Company?
請(qǐng)叫他給李陽瘋狂英語公司的張先生打個(gè)電話好嗎?
B:May I ask what this is in reference to?
可以問問是關(guān)于什么事情嗎?
A:I’m just returning his call.
我是回他的電話。
B:OK. I’ll give him the message.
好的。我會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)告他。
A:Thanks. Good-bye.
謝謝。再見。
額外成就感
電話英語
message 留言
* Can I leave a massage for Tom?
我可以給湯姆留言嗎?
* Please take my phone messages for me. I’m going to be out of the office for a while.
請(qǐng)幫我記一下電話留言。我要出去一會(huì)。
call back 再打來電話
* Tell Kim I’ll call her back ten minutes later.
我十分鐘后再給金姆打電話。
* I’m so busy right now I can’t really talk. I’m going to have to call you back later.
我現(xiàn)在很忙,不能跟你多說。一會(huì)再打電話給你。
return a call 回電話
* I haven’t spoken to her yet; she won’t return my calls.
我還沒跟她說上話呢,她不肯給我回電話。
* I don’t know what time we’re leaving tomorrow. I’m still waiting for Jim to return my call.
我不知道明天幾點(diǎn)走。我還在等吉姆給我回電話。
hold on 稍等,不要掛電話
* Don’t hang up. Hold on, I’ll get him. 別掛電話。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.
我不能確定這有沒有你想要的信息。別掛電話,我?guī)湍悴橐幌隆?/p>