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本文选自Ugly Betty《丑女贝蒂》，欢迎大家来此做客。
Bianchi: Bianchi Gallery.
Betty: I'm not sure if you can help me, but I'm trying to reach Vincent Bianchi.
Bianchi: You got him.
Betty: Oh, OK. Wow. I wasn't expecting this ... Um ... I thought I was gonna have to leave a message.
Bianchi: You wanna call back? I could let the machine pick up.
Betty: No! No, no. No. OK, Mr. Bianchi, I am a really big fan of yours. That cover shoot you did for Rolling Stone... Wow, that was amazing.
Bianchi: Thanks. You have excellent taste. How can I help you?
Betty: Well, I'm calling about your availability for a magazine shoot...
Bianchi: You gotta go through my rep for that, Sheila Cordova.
Betty: You know, you and I, we went to the same high school.
Bianchi: Huh?
Betty: Queensborough High, right? Class of 9?
Bianchi: Do I know you?
Betty: No, no, no. We didn't go at the same time. Actually, my name is Betty Suarez. Class of 2002. But, it turns out that you and me, we grew up from blocks from each other. I live of Roosevelt.
Bianchi: You're a Jackson Heights girl, huh?
Betty: Uh-huh.
Bianchi: You don't say.
Betty: I practically live at Astoria Lemon Ice. You know that doughnut place two blocks down? That's where I grew up. I worked there every summer in high school and it burnt down. Now it's a deli. It's pretty good, but...
Bianchi: Not as good as SaI's though, huh?
Betty: On 87th? Oh, my gosh, like the best sausage and pepper hero on the eastern seaboard.
Bianchi: Just the smell of those could get me high. I haven't thought about those in a long time. So, Betty Suarez, OK, you've got me hungry and curious. What is this job you wanted to talk to me about?
Betty: Well, I work at Mode magazine and my boss, Daniel Meade, was wondering ...Hello?

汉语翻译

Bianchi: Bianchi 画廊。
Betty: 不在帝豪你能不能帮我隔忙，我想找Vincent Bianchi。
Bianchi: 我就是。
Betty: 哦，嗯，哇喔，我真没想到…… 我以为我只能留个口信。
Bianchi: 你要再打一次吗？我可以打开留言机。
Betty: 不！不，不，呃，不要。呃，Bianchi先生，我是你的忠实粉丝，你为滚石乐队拍的封面照……哇喔，简直太棒了。
Bianchi: 哦，谢谢，你很有品味。找我有什么事吗？
Betty: 呃，事实上，我想问你能不能帮一本杂志拍些照片。
Bianchi: 嗯，你得跟我的经纪人Sheila Cordova联系。
Betty: 你跟我，我们上过同一所高中。
Bianchi: 啊？
Betty: 皇后区高级中学，对不对？93级的。
Bianchi: 我认识你？
Betty: 不，不认识。我们不是同一届的。其实我叫 Betty Saurez，2002级的。不过你跟我，我们住得很近，仅仅相隔四个街区。我住在罗斯福附近。
Bianchi: 是杰克逊高地那边的人吗？
Betty: 是的。
Bianchi: 真的啊？
Betty: 实际上我住在Astoria的冰柠檬店。你知道卖甜甜圈的地方吗？再过两个街区，那就是我长大的地方。我高中时每个夏天都去那打工，直到那被火烧了。现在那是食品店。也很不错，不过……
Bianchi: 没SaI那家好，对吗？
Betty: 87年开的那家？哦，天啊，那里有东海岸最棒的胡椒香肠无敌三明治。
Bianchi: 嗯，没错，光是味道就能让我很高兴，我很久都没想过那些事了。Betty Saurez，你把我的馋虫和好奇心都引出来了，你要跟我谈的是什么工作？
Betty: 我在时尚杂志做事，我老板Daniel Meade想…… 喂？

重点讲解：

1. I'm trying to reach ... 我想找……
2. rep n. 经纪人
3. You don't say. (表示惊讶) 不会吧，真的啊，我不觉得那奇怪。

常用句型：
1. Hello, is Tom there, please? 你好，请问汤姆在吗？

2. Would you tell him Nancy called? 你能转告他南希来电话了吗？

3. May I speak to Mr Li? 我可以和李先生通话吗？

4. He's not here. Who's calling, please? 他不在这里，请问您是哪位？