Dialogue 1
-Good morning.Department of Policy and Legal Affairs.General Administration
of Customs.Can I help you?
-Good morning.Can I speak to Derector General Chen Jian,please?
-Who's calling ,please?
-This is Susan Brown of the Commercial Section,Embassy of the United States
of America.I am calling on behalf of Mr. Jim Green about tomorrow's meeting
with DG Chen Jian.
-I am sorry,Mr. Chen's away on business at present.
-Can you give me some idea when he'll be back?
-He said he'd be back on Freday.Would you like to leave a message?
-No,thank you.I'll call back later.
Dialogue 2
-Good afternoon.This is Ms. brown of the U.S.Embassy.I'd like to make an
appointment with Mr. Chen.
-Hold on a moment,please.I'll check his appointment book.Is 3:00p.m tomorrow
all right?
-Yes,that's fine .Thank you.
-You're welcome.Incidentally,can you call back tomorrow morning to confirm
the appointment?
-Sure.I'll do that.
Dialogue 3
-Good morning.Department of Policy and Legal Affairs.
-Good morning.This is Ms. Brown again calling about the appointment this
afternoon.
-Ms. Brown,who was the appointment with?
-With Mr. Jim Green.
-I'm terribly sorry.Mr. Chen will be a little late for his appointment.He's
been held up at the airport.
-Oh,what a pity!Are we going to postpone the appointment?
-Yes,I'm sorry to say we'll have to cancel Mr. Chen's appointment for this
afternoon. Shall we rechedule it for a later date?
-Sure,no problem.I'll call you back tomorrow.
Dialogue 4
-Hello.It's New vision Translation Company.
-Hello.May I speak to Liu Fang?
-Speaking.
-Hi,Liu Fang.This is Wang Gang.
-Oh,Hi,Wang Gang.How've you been?
-Just fine.I called to ask something about translation.
-Please tell me what's going to be translated?
-A Hong Kong technology company would like to invest in our district to
build a factory,but some files about this company are in English,so the
government of this district would like to ask your company to translate it
into Chinese.If it's OK,we can meet tomorrow.
-No problem,we have the best translators here,and the price is
reasonable.Please bring the copies of the files when you come here tomorrow.
-OK,we will talk about the details when we meet.See you tomorrow!
-See you tomorrow.Bye.
Dialogue5
-Director Wang,here is a call for you.
-Find out who it is and tell him I'll call back.
-It's Mr. Zhang in the presonnel division.
-Tell him I'll call back later.
-He says it's urgent.
-OK,I'll take it in my office.
Dialogue 6
-Good morning,Director's office.
-May I speak to him,please?
-I'm sorry,He's in a meeting.Is it urgent?
-Yes.Willl he be long?
-I expect him back in one or two hours.Shall I take a message or will you
call later?
-I'll call again later.Good-bye.
Dialogue 7
-Hello,it's "Rural China"magazine office in Jiangsu.
-Hello.I'm asking about your advertisement for a secretary in today's
newspaper.Do you still have that position open?
-Yes.But do you have any experience as a secretary?
-I've got 4 years'experience in Shanghai.
-Fine.Can I have your name and phone number please?
-Yes,my name is Hilary Beacham.
-Will you please spell it?
-OK.H-I-L-A-R-Y HIlary.B-E-A-C-H-A-M Beacham.Hilary Beacham.
-The telephone number?
-78906543.
-Thank you.Can you come tomorrow afternoon?
-'m afraid not.But would Thursday afternoon be all right?
-That's all right.When you come,ask for Dong Jianqiang,OK?
-Yes.See you then.