Ⅳ.对话篇

Beth: I wonder what it was like to work all day in the basement of a huge building sorting mail.

贝丝：我在想在一幢大楼的地下室里整天分拣邮件是什么样子。

Sally: Oh I don't think the mailroom staff stayed in the basement all day.

莎莉：噢，我不认为那些收发员整天呆在地下室。

Beth: When would they leave the basement?

贝丝：他们什么时候离开地下室？

Sally: To take all of the mail to the various floors of the building and the right offices on each floor.

莎莉：把邮件分发到不同的楼层和各层的收件人办公室里的时候。

Beth: Hmmm - so they spent a lot of time in the elevators?

贝丝：嗯―这么说他们有很多时间是在电梯里度过的？

Sally: I suppose so, but they do get to see and hear all of the office rumors and gossip.

莎莉：我想是吧，但是他们确实看到和听到所有办公室的流言蜚语。

Beth: And that way they get to all of the company secrets?

贝丝：这样他们就知道了所有公司的秘密？

Sally: Now you're thinking! How else do you think they work their way from the bottom to the top?

莎莉：现在你说对了！要不然你认为他们是怎样从下往上爬的？

Beth: Hard work - like the rest of us!

贝丝：艰苦的工作―和我们其他人一样。