2分鐘英語課堂：留言 Leaving Messages in English

Is Heather Home?

希瑟在家嗎?

(Hold phones)

Laura : Hello?

勞拉：喂?

Eric : Hi! Is Heather there?

誒力克：嗨，希瑟在嗎

Laura : May I know who’s speaking?

勞拉：請問你是哪位

Eric : This is Eric Martin.

誒力克：我是誒力克·馬丁

Laura : Heather's not here right now.

勞拉：希瑟現在不在

Eric: Do you know when she’ll be back?

誒力克：你知道她什么時候回來嗎

Laura : She went to the store to buy some groceries. She might be back in another 20 minutes. Would you like to leave a message?

勞拉：我去商店買東西去了。大概20分鐘后就回了。你要留言嗎

Eric: Yes, would you please tell her Eric Martin called?

誒力克：好的，麻煩你告訴她我打電話了好嗎

Laura : Sure. I'll tell her you called once she’s back.

勞拉：好的，她一回來我就告訴她

Eric: OK. Thanks.

誒力克：好，謝謝

Leaving a Message at an Office.辦公室留言

(Please hold phones)

Lisa: Hi! Can I speak to Mr. John Cain?

麗薩：請幫我呼叫一下約翰·該隱嗎

Deck: I’m sorry. He just left for a meeting. Is it something urgent?

德克：抱歉，他剛去開會了。有什么急事嗎

Lisa: Well, I just need to ask him something about the printing job he gave us. Could you take a message for him?

麗薩：恩，我想問問他關于他給我們的繪畫工作的事。你能幫我給他留言嗎

Deck: Yeah, sure!

德克：好的

Lisa: Okay, just let him know that the design hasn’t arrived yet, and we can’t keep the schedule if it doesn’t reach us within 2 hours.

麗薩：好，麻煩你告訴他如果設計方案兩個小時內沒到，我們就不能按時交工了

Deck : Alright, I will tell him that.

德克：好的，收到

Asking to Leave a Message.

請求留言

(Hold phones)

Laura: Hi! May I speak with Mr. Martin?

勞拉：請幫我呼叫馬丁先生

Lisa: Mr. Martin is not at home. May I know who’s calling?

麗薩：馬丁現在不在家。請問您是哪位

Laura: It’s Laura Pattinson. When can I talk to him?

勞拉：我是勞拉·蒲定孫。他什么時候回來

Lisa: I’m not sure when he’ll be back. Do you want to leave a message?

麗薩：我不太確定。你需要我?guī)湍粞詥?/p>

Laura: Yes, please. Could you remind him about tomorrow’s Association party? It’s important for him to be there on time.

勞拉：好的，你告訴他明天的聯誼會。請他務必按時參加

Lisa: Alright. I’ll let him know.

麗薩：恩，好的，我會告訴他的

Forgot to Read the Message?

忘記讀取留言

Laura: Hey! Why weren’t you there at the party?

勞拉：嗨，你怎么沒去晚會

Eric: What party?

誒力克：什么晚會

Laura: I left a message with your wife asking you to be there at the Association’s party. Didn’t you get it?

勞拉：我向你的妻子留言告訴你務必參加聯誼會。你沒有收到?

Eric: Ooops. She always pens down the messages for the calls I get in the day. I forgot to read yesterday’s.

誒力克：天啊，她總是把當天的留言記下來，我忘了看昨天的了

Laura: Fantastic! You just missed one of the most important business events!

勞拉：怎么這樣?你錯過了一場最重要的商務會議

Eric: Never mind! There’ll be many other opportunities.

誒力克：沒關系，還有機會

Vocabulary

Groceries : Food, fruits or other things you eat that you can buy from a grocery store or a supermarket.

Pens down : Pen down is to write down. Sometimes people also say jot down.

Association : An association is a group of people who’ve come together for some common goal.

Opportunities : Opportunities are happenings or incidents which you can benefit from in some way if you take the right action.