口语正文

工作交流 Consulting with Colleagues
Can you do me a favor? 你能帮个忙吗？
A: Hi,Lisa,can you do me a favor?
B: Sure.What's the matter?
A: I need to call Brian in the Business Department.Where can I find his office number?
B: Ah,you can find that in the company's telephone directory.Here you are.
dial the extension 拨打分机
A: I've found Brian?s office number — 1234.That's weird.Only four digits.
Can you tell me how to dial the number?
B: OK.You see,all the phone numbers in this company start with 8611.
So Brian's number is actually 86111234.
As that's an inside connection you are about to make,you need only to dial the extension 1234.
make outside connections 拨打外线电话
A: Lisa,how can I make outside connections?
B: Oh,you need to dial 0 first.Wait for a moment until you hear the long beep.
Then dial the number you want.
log on/in OA account 登陆办公账号
A: Excuse me,Mark,how can I log on my OA account?
B: That's easy.Your user name is your given name.
The initial password is 111111.You can change it after you log on.
Could you help me? 你能帮忙吗？
A: Mr.Smith,I was wondering if you could help me with something.
B: What can I do for you?
A: Could you kindly translate this letter into French for me?
B: No problem.Hope it's not too difficult.
give me a little help with... 帮我看看......
A: Rose,are you free now?
B: Give me 5 minutes.I'll finish off my work on the computer.
A: Please finish the job at hand,then could you come over and give me a little help with my report?
B: Sure,I'd love to.
You are my savior! 你是我的救星！
A: What's wrong with your report?
B: It seems I cannot do without the company's budget for this year.Where can I get the statistics?
A: Oh,you're lucky.I've just got the numbers from John.Here,take this.
B: Thank you.You are my savior!
sign in the visitor's book 在来访本上登记
A: This is our factory.
B: Wow,it's huge!
A: Now you have to put on this badge for safety. And would you sign in the visitor's book, please?
B: Yes,of course.
How large is the plant? 工厂的面积多大？
A: Hi,Howard,I wonder if you can tell me something about our plant.
B: Sure.What do you want to know?
A: How large is the plant?
B: It covers an area of 75,000 square meters.
10th anniversary 10周年庆典
A: The plant is much larger than I expected.
B: Is it?
A: When was it set up?
B: In the late 90s.We'll soon be celebrating our 10th anniversary.
We are running on three shifts. 我们实行三班倒工作制。
A: With such a big plant,we must have many employees.
B: That's true.About five hundred.We are running on three shifts.
这在目前非常先进。It's very advanced at present.
A: Here,is this our new production line?
B: Yes,it is.
A: It's very advanced at present.
B: Thank you.I'm afraid you'll have to wear an overall.It's a hygienic requirement.
It's a security requirement.=It's for your safety. 这是出于安全的要求。
A: Could you stand back a little bit please?
B: Why? What's wrong?
A: Nothing.It's a security requirement not to touch the machine.
B: Oh,I'm sorry.
You are going to have to redo/revise this planning. 这个计划书你必须重做一遍。
A: I'm sorry,Mr.Zhang.But you are going to have to redo this planning.
It's badly organized.I can't present this to the general manager.
B: I'm sorry,Ms.Brown.I'll rework it.Thanks for your suggestion.

重点讲解

1. Can you do me a favor? 你能帮我个忙吗？
相关的习惯表达还有:
Can/ Could you help me?/ Can / Could you lend me a hand?
2. log on 登陆
例句：
Logon failure: user not allowed to log on to this computer.
登录失败: 不允许用户登录到此计算机。
Log in 也有登陆的意思，它和log on意思相同。例句：
Have you logged in lately？你最近登陆电脑了吗？
3. wonder惊奇的感觉, 惊异, 惊叹, 惊讶
令人惊奇的事物; 奇事, 奇物; 奇迹; 奇观; 奇才
wonder if 经常一起连用，其意思为想知道是否……
例句：
I wonder if you supply toys.
不知贵公司是否供应玩具。
与wander相关的习惯表达
a nine day's wonder 轰动一时(便被遗忘)的事物; 昙花一现的新鲜事
A wonder lasts but nine days. [谚]什么事儿都新鲜不了多久。
do [perform, work] wonders 创造奇迹, 取得惊人成就
for a wonder 说也奇怪, 意想不到地
I wonder at you. 你真使我吃惊。你怎么搞的?
It is a wonder that... 奇怪的是
lost in wonder [astonishment] 惊叹不已
no [small, what] wonder (=and no [small, what] wonder ) 没有什么奇怪, 不足为怪
no [little, small] wonder (that...) 难怪...,...并不奇怪
the seven wonders of the world 世界七大奇观
to a wonder [古]...得叫人惊叹
What a wonder! 多么令人惊异! 真想不到!
4. employee雇员，雇工
There are 30 employees in his firm.
他的公司有30名雇员。
An employer should appraise the ability of his men.
雇主应该鉴定员工的能力。