(单词翻译:单击)
Hi, Samantha. Do you have a minute?
嗨，萨曼莎。你现在有空吗？
Hi, Richard. Come in, please.
嗨，理查德。请进。
I've been trying to get hold of you all afternoon.
我整个下午都在找你呢。
I was at the weekly managers' meeting. How are things?
我那时在开每周管理人会议。近况如何啊？
Oh, splendid. I have some news. Good news?
哦，好极了。我有事要告诉你。好事吗？
Wonderful news... to me, anyway! I've been offered a job for three years as an assistant to Prof. Hayes from Birmingham University.
大好消息……反正对我来说是！我得到了一份为期三年的伯明翰大学海斯教授的助理工作。
I'll join him in Mexico City. What do you think about that?
我将在墨西哥城与他会合。你觉得这工作怎么样？
Wonderful, Richard! Just what you've always wanted, isn't it? Does it mean that you'll leave soon?
太棒了，理查德！这是你一直想做的工作，不是吗？也就是说你马上就要走了？
Next week. But before I go, I'd like to invite you out for dinner — just to thank you for all the help you gave me during my three-month research work here.
下周走。但在我走之前，我想请你出去吃顿晚饭——感谢你对我这三个月的研究工作给予的全部帮助。
Would tomorrow evening be a good time for you? We can go to the Shanghai Restaurant in Chinatown. Fine with me.
明天晚上合适吗？我们可以去唐人街的上海餐馆。可以的。
