电话英语—等候与回电(3-3)

Dialogue¹ B

　

(A：Receiver B：Prof．Davis)

A：Good afternoon．David Brown's office．

B：bd afternoon．This is Prof．Davis from the University² ofWashington．

A：Can I help you？

B：I'd like to speak to Mr．Brown．Is he there？

A：Would⁴ you mind⁵ waiting for a few⁶ minutes？I'm just trying tofind him．

B：Certainly．Thanks．(Pause)

A：Hello．Are you there？

B：Yes．Go ahead，please．

A：I'm sorry，but he is in a meeting⁷ now．The best time to catchhim would be 5∶30．

B：Gould you possibly ask him to call me back？It's rather⁸ urgent⁹．

A：Of course¹⁰．What number are you on？

B：He ha my number bur I'll give it to you just in case．It's2235-7561．

A：OK．Mr．Davis．I'll have Mr．Brown get in touch with you assoon as³ the meeting is over．

B：Thank you．It's very kind of you．

A：You're welcome．Good-bye．

1 dialogue   

n.对话；vi.对话；vt.用对话表达

参考例句：

• Practise the dialogue in pairs.两人一组练习对话。
• The dialogue went on until nine o'clock.谈话一直到九点。

2 university   

n.大学

参考例句：

• She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。
• I'm going to enter a university.我要上大学。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

5 mind   

n.思想，主意，心意；v.介意，照顾，留心

参考例句：

• I've changed my mind.我一经转变主意。
• You really don't mind?你真的不介意？

6 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

7 meeting   

n.会议；集会

参考例句：

• Will you be at the meeting?你会来开会吗？
• We would like to hold the meeting at an early date.我们希望早日举行这次会议。

8 rather   

adv.宁愿，宁可；相当

参考例句：

• I would rather go out tonight,if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话，我宁愿今晚出去。
• This book is rather too easy for this boy.这本书对于这个孩子来说太简单。

9 urgent   

a.紧急的，急迫的，紧要的

参考例句：

• He asked to see the manager for something urgent. 他有急事求见经理。
• A part of this urgent task was allotted to us. 这项紧急任务的一部分分给了我们。

10 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。