美語會話 133 Run into a foreign client 遇到外國客戶

劇碼： Office Talk

Elaine在柜臺遇到外國客戶……

Elaine: Can I help you?

Client: I'm looking for someone who works here, but I lost his business card. His name's Jong or Jang or something like that.

Elaine: Chang?

Client: Yeah, that sounds right.

Elaine: There are about twenty people named Chang who work here. What department?

Client: Let me think...accounting, finance, something like that.

Elaine: [Checks office directory] Eric Chang in accounting?

Client: That's him!

Elaine: I'll call him and tell him you're here.

Client: I appreciate your help.

Elaine: Would you like to have a seat over there? It'll just be a minute. And can I have your name?

Client: Here's my card.

Elaine:OK. I'll have him come up to get you.

business card

名片，也可稱作name card或簡稱card

Please give me your business card.

請惠賜一張名片。

department (n.)

部門

A: Where do you study?

你在哪里念書?

B: At Harvard, in the English department.

哈佛英文系。

finance (n.)

財務

I have a BA in finance.

我有財務的學士學位。

appreciate (v.)

感激

Do you appreciate my suggestions?

你覺得我的建議對你有幫助嗎?

something like that

諸如此類的

A: Do you work for the government?

你為政府工作嗎?

B: Something like that. Actually, I'm a spy.

可以這么說。其實，我是個間諜。

accounting (n.)

會計

She's in the accounting department.

她屬于會計部。

office directory

辦公室名冊，分機表

Look up his number in the office directory.

在公司分機表上找一下他的號碼。

Office Talk

伊蓮:有什么我能幫您的嗎?

客戶:我在找一位在這兒工作的人，但是我弄丟他的名片了。他姓蔣或是簡之類的。

伊蓮:是張嗎?

客戶:對，聽起來是。

伊蓮:大約有二十個姓張的在這兒工作。是哪個部門的?

客戶:我想想看……會計、財務之類的吧。

伊蓮:(查辦公司名冊)是會計部的艾瑞克張嗎?

客戶:就是他!

伊蓮:我來打電話告訴他您來了。

客戶:非常謝謝你的幫忙。

伊蓮:請在那邊坐一下好嗎?只要一下就來了。請教大名?

客戶:這是我的名片。

伊蓮:好的。我請他上來接您。