Alice Thompson is calling her car technician
S=Secretary A=Alice
S:Alan's Auto Repair. How can I help you?
A:Could I please speak to Jerry in Maintenance?
S:Who should I say is calling?
A:This is Alice Thompson, one of his customers.
S:Okay, I'll put you through. One moment, please! Sorry, the line is busy. Would you like to call back later?
A:I'd like to leave a message if you don't mind.
S:Sure!Please go ahead.
A:Please tell Jerry my car still doesn't accelerate very well. Please ask him to call me back as soon as possible. My cell phone number is 503-473-3766.
S:I'll pass the message to him. Anything else?
A:No. Thanks.
S:Bye now.
愛麗絲‧湯普森正打電話給幫她修車的技師。
S=秘書 A=愛麗絲
秘 書:艾倫汽車修理公司,請問需要什麼服務?
愛麗絲:我要找維修部的傑瑞。
秘 書:請問是哪位找他?
愛麗絲:我是愛麗絲‧湯普森,他的顧客。
秘 書:好的,我幫您轉接,請等一下。不好意思,電話忙線 中。您可以待會再打嗎?
愛麗絲:如果您不介意,我想要留話給他。
秘 書:當然,請講。
愛麗絲:請轉告傑瑞我的車還是不能順利加速。請他盡快回我電話,我的手機號碼是503-473-3766。
秘 書:我會轉告他的,還有其他事嗎?
愛麗絲:沒有了,謝謝。
秘 書:再見。
摘自江瑞仁《每天10分鐘,搞定美語會話》
(寂天文化提供)