An Emergency in the Office 办公室里的紧急情况

    Key  Sentences（重点句子）
    570． We've got a bit of a crisis¹ on in Mr. Parker's office.
    帕克先生的办公室人手有点紧张。
    571．I was wondering if you could help us.
    我想知道你是否能帮个忙。
    572. His  secretary  has  just  telephoned   to  say that  she's ill.
    他的秘书刚才打电话来说她病了。
    573．Could you possibly spare a girl from your department?
    你能从你们部抽调一个女秘书过来吗？
    574．What's her  shorthand²  like?
    她的速记怎么样？
    575．She sets her letters out well.
    信函打得挺漂亮。
    576．I wouldn't say  she  was  the  world's  fastest   worker.
    我还不能说她算得上是一把好手。
    577．I expect she'll manage.
    我希望她能胜任。
    578．Do you think you'll be able to manage?
    你看能忙得过来吗?
    579．You will be very busy.
    你很快就会忙起来的。
    580．Are you sure you haven't seen the missing file?
    你肯定没有见到那份失踪的卷宗吗？
    581. It's marked “confidential” and it has a limited circulation³.
    这是一份上面标有“机密”并且只限少数人参阅的卷宗。
    582．The  file's got  all the details  of  the  new  desk  range.
    这封卷宗涉及到新办公桌系列的所有细节情况。
    583．We're supposed to be launching  them at the International Office Equipment Exhibition.
    我们本来打算在国际办公设备展览会上投放这批设计。
    584．Something much worse has just happened.
    还有比这更糟糕的事情发生了。
    585．Don't most people pay by cheque?
    大多数人不是用支票支付吗？
    586． Is it your responsibility?
    你要对此负责吗？
    587．Will they expect you to replace the money?
    他们会不会要你赔这笔钱？
    588． I'm afraid I  have to report  the loss of an  important  file.
    恐怕我得去汇报丢失重要文件这件事了。
    589．It's a very serious matter.
    这可是一件非常严重的事情。
    Dialogue A(L: Miss Li; W: Mr. Williams; M: Miss Mary)L: Good Morning, Mr. Williams. We've got a bit of a crisis on in Mr. Parker's  office, and I was wondering if you could help us.
    W: I certainly will if I can. What's  up?
    L: Mr. Parker is due back from Beijing this morning, and his secretary has just telephoned to say that she's ill. She thinks she's got flu.
    W: I'm sorry to hear that.
    L: Mr. Parker will need someone to help him. The other two girls in the Sales Office can't do shorthand, so could you possibly spare a girl from your department?
    W: Oh dear! Well, I suppose I could let him have Mary.
    L: What's her shorthand like?
    W: Reasonable. She  sets  her  letters  out  well, although I wouldn't  say she was  the world's fastest worker.
    L: Oh, I expect she'll manage. Thanks for your help.
    (In the Mr. Parker's Office)L: Here's today's post, Mary.
    M: Thank you.
    L: It  was sorted and stamped  with today's date, as you know, in the General office. In  this “in” ray are  all the  letters  and memos⁴ which have come in while Mr. Parker has been away. You'll  see  that Sally has  written a  note  with  each  one  to  show whether she has taken any action or not. By the way, Sallf keeps all the stationery⁵ in this drawer here, letterheads, envelopes, flimsy and so on. Mr. Parker will probably be in any minute now. if you need help you can come into my office down the corridor. Do you think you'll be able to manage?
    M: OK, I think it'll be fun to have a change.
    L: Yes, well, you'll be very busy. The work here is rather different from the work in the General Office, you know. I must leave you now.
    M: Thank  you, Miss  Li.
    Dialogue B(M: Miss Mary; J: Mr. John; B: Mr. Brown, the Security officer)M: John, are you sure you haven't seen the missing file? I could have brought it into this office with some other files. Please have a look everywhere. It's marked “confidential”and it has a limited circulation.
    J: Oh, Mary. Do go away. I've got much worse troubles than a lost file.
    M: But it's  serious. The  file's  got  all the  details  of   the  new  desk range. Mr. Parker says if anyone copied our designs, it could put  the  work  on  the  new  desks  back  at  least  a  year! And  we're supposed to be launching them at the International Office Equipment Exhibition.
    J: Mary, please, something much worse has just happened.
    M: Why, what's  the  matter?
    J: I've got the Security Office coming up in a minute. It's just a matter of a loss of＄  300 in cash.
    M: Oh, no! When did  that happen, and  how?
    J: Somebody came in this morning, bought three hundred dollars worth of office furniture and paid in cash.
    M: How odd. Don't most people pay by cheque?
    J: Yes, usually, well, there was no one in the Accounts Department, so I went to get the key of the safe. When I got back…the money had gone.
    M: HoW terrible, John. Is it your responsibility? Will they expect you to replace the money?
    J: Well, I haven't got＄30, let alone ＄300… Oh, here's the Security Officer now. Good morning, Mr. Baker⁶.
    B: Good morning. Miss Mary. This is a very unfortunate affair. Now, John, I'll  have  to  ask  you some  questions  about  the money  that's missing.
    J: Oh, Mr. Baker, before  you start, I'm  afraid I have  to  report the loss of an important file. It's a very serious matter.

1 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

2 shorthand   

n.速记，速记法

参考例句：

• The reporters took down the speech in shorthand.记者们迅速记下讲话的内容。
• Instead of writing her shorthand by hand,she could use a machine.她可以不用手，而使用一种带键盘的机器进行速记。

3 circulation   

n.循环，流通，传播，发行，发行量

参考例句：

• There is a large circulation in the musical public.在音乐界销路很广。
• The ideas have been in circulation for some time.这些想法已经流行了一段时间。

4 memos   

n.备忘录( memo的名词复数 )；（美）内部通知

参考例句：

• Big shots get their dander up and memos start flying. 大人物们怒火中烧，备忘录四下乱飞。 来自辞典例句
• There was a pile of mail, memos and telephone messages on his desk. 他的办公桌上堆满着信件、备忘录和电话通知。 来自辞典例句

5 stationery   

n.文具；(配套的)信笺信封

参考例句：

• She works in the stationery department of a big store.她在一家大商店的文具部工作。
• There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.文具一多，心里自会觉得踏实。

6 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。