LESSON 8 VISITING A SOFTWARE COMPANY
Receptionist: Good morning, Capital Electronics.
接線員:您好。這里是首都電子公司。
Dashan: Hello, I'd like to speak to Glen Parker, please.
大山:你好,我找格倫·帕克。
Receptionist: Mr Parker's line is busy at the moment. Would you like to hold?
接線員:帕克先生的電話正占線,您愿意持機(jī)等候嗎?
Dashan: No, thanks. Could I leave him a message?
大山:不必了,我能給他留言嗎?
Receptionist: Certainly.
接線員:當(dāng)然可以。
Dashan: Would you ask him to call Dashan at 234-2111, Room 123?
大山:請告訴他給234-2111打電話,找123房間的大山。
Receptionist: Oh, just a moment. Mr. Parker's line is free now. I can connect you.
接線員:請稍等,帕克先生的電話不再占用了,我可以給你接通了。
Glen: Glen Parker speaking.
格倫:我是格倫·帕克。
Dashan: Hi, Glen. It's Dashan.
大山:你好啊,我是大山。
Glen: Hi, Dashan. What a surprise. Where are you calling from?
格倫:大山,你好。真沒料到是你。你這是從什么地方打來的電話?
Dashan: I'm calling from downtown Ottawa.
大山:我是在渥太華市中心打電話。
Glen: Really? What are you doing here?
格倫:是嗎?你來這兒做什么事?
Dashan: I'm travelling across Canada with two friends from China.
大山:我現(xiàn)在正跟兩位中國朋友一起周游加拿大。
Glen: Fantastic. How long are you staying in Ottawa?
格倫:太棒了!你在渥太華能呆多久?
Dashan: Just a few days. How are Kathy and little Christopher doing?
大山:只呆幾天。凱西和小克里斯托弗一切都好嗎?
Glen: They're doing really well. Little Christopher? He turned ten a week ago. He's studying French now.
格倫:他們一切都好。你說小克里斯托弗嗎?他一個星期前就已經(jīng)10周歲?,F(xiàn)在正在學(xué)法語。
Dashan: Time flies, doesn't it?
大山:時間過得太快了,你說是不是?
Glen: It sure does. Listen, Dashan, I have to go now, but I'd love to show you my company. Would you and your friends like a tour?
格倫:真是太快了。大山,我得去辦事了,但是我很愿意領(lǐng)你參觀一下我的公司,你和你的朋友愿意來看看嗎?
Dashan: Hold on. I can ask. We have an invitation. Do you want to visit my friend's software company? He wants to give us a tour.
大山:等等,我問問他們。 有人邀請我們。 你們愿意到我的朋友的軟件公司去參觀嗎?他邀請我們?nèi)⒂^。
Yunbo: Yes. Of course. I'd love to see a Canadian business.
云波:當(dāng)然愿意,我很愿意看看加拿大的企業(yè)。
Rumei: Me, too.
如梅:我也很愿意。
Dashan: Glen, we'd like to. Thanks for the invitation. When should we come?
大山:格倫,我們愿意來,謝謝你的邀請。 我們什么時候去合適呢?
Glen: How about tomorrow morning at 10? I can give you a tour and then we can have lunch together. There's a terrific Italian restaurant in the building.
格倫:明天上午10點,怎么樣?我先領(lǐng)你們參觀,然后我們一起吃午飯。我們樓里有一家很不錯的意大利餐館。
Dashan: Great. We're looking forward to it. See you tomorrow.
大山:太好了,我們期待著參觀你們公司。明天見。
Glen: So long.
格倫:再見。
Dashan: We're on for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
大山:我們定在明天上午10點去。
Yunbo: Super. Dashan, How do you know Glen?
云波:好極了!大山,你是怎么認(rèn)識格倫的?
Dashan: Oh, Glen and I are old friends. We went to university together.
大山:是這樣,格倫和我是老朋友。我們是大學(xué)同學(xué)。