1)
A: I don‘t believe we‘ve met.
B: No, I don‘t think we have.
A: My name is Chen Sung-lim.
B: How do you do? My name is Fred Smith.
A: 我们以前没有见过吧?
B:我想没有。
A:我叫陈松林。
B:您好,我是弗雷德·史蜜斯。 2)
A: Here‘s my name card.
B: And here‘s mine.
A: It‘s nice to finally meet you.
B: And I‘m glad to meet you, too.
A: 这是我的名片。
B: 这是我的。
A: 很高兴终于与你见面了。
B: 我也很高兴见到你。 3)
A: Is that the office manager over there?
B: Yes, it is,
A: I haven‘t met him yet.
B: I‘ll introduce him to you .
A:在那边的那位是经理吧?
B:是啊。
A:我还没见过他。
B:那么,我来介绍你认识。 4)
A: Do you have a calling card ?
B: Yes , right here.
A: Here‘s one of mine.
B: Thanks.
A:您有名片吗?
B:有的,就在这儿。
A:喏,这是我的。
B:谢谢。 5)
A: Will you introduce me to the new purchasing agent?
B: Haven‘t you met yet?
A: No, we haven‘t.
B: I‘ll be glad to do it.
A:请替我引介新来负责采购的人好吗?
B:你们还没见面吗?
A:嗯,没有。
B:我乐意为你们介绍。 6)
A: I‘ll call you next week.
B: Do you know my number?
A: No, I don‘t.
B: It‘s right here on my card.
A:我下个星期会打电话给你。
B:你知道我的号码吗?
A:不知道。
B:就在我的名片上。 7)
A: Have we been introduced?
B: No, I don‘t think we have been. A: My name is Wong.
B: And I‘m Jack Smith.
A:对不起,我们彼此介绍过了吗?
B:不,我想没有。
A:我姓王。
B:我叫杰克·史密斯。 8)
A: Is this Mr. Jones?
B: Yes, that‘s right.
A: I‘m just calling to introduce myself. My name is Tang.
B: I‘m glad to meet you, Mr. Tang.
A:是琼斯先生吗?
B:是的。
A:我打电话是向您作自我介绍,我姓唐。
B:很高兴认识你,唐先生。 9)
A: I have a letter of introduction here.
B: Your name, please?
A: It‘s David Chou.
B: Oh, yes, Mr. Chou. We‘ve been looking forward to this.
A:我这儿有一封介绍信。
B:请问贵姓大名?
A:周大卫。
B:啊,周先生,我们一直在等着您来。 10)
A: I‘ll call you if you give me a name card.
B: I‘m sorry, but I don‘t have any with me now.
A: Just tell me your number, in that case.
B: It‘s 322-5879.
A:给我一张名片吧,我会打电话给你.。
B:真抱歉,我现在身上没带。
A:这样子,那就告诉我你的电话号码好了。
B:322-5879。
约会篇: 11)
A: Do you have some time tomorrow?
B: Yes, I do.
A: How about having lunch with me?
B: Good idea.
A:明天有空吧?
B:有啊。
A:一起吃顿中饭怎样?
B:好主意。
报价篇:
(41)
A: We can offer you this in different levels of quality.
B: Is there much of a difference in price ?
A: Yes ,the economy model is about 30% less.
B: We‘ll take that one .
A:这产品我们有三种不同等级的品质。
B:价钱也有很大的分别吧?
A:是的,经济型的大约便宜30%。
B:我们就买那种。 (42)
A: Is this going to satisfy your requirements ?
B: Actually , it is more than we need .
A: We can give you a little cheaper model .
B: Let me see the specifications for that .
A:这种的合你的要求吗?
B:事实上,已超出我们所需要的。
A:我们可以提供你便宜一点的型式。
B:让我看看它的规格说明书吧。 (43)
A: You‘re asking too much for this part .
B: we have some cheaper ones .
A: What is the price difference ?
B: The basic model will cost about 10% less .
A:这零件你们要价太高了。
B:我们有便宜一点的。
A:价钱差多少?
B:基本型的便宜约10%左右。 (44)
A: How many different models of this do you offer?
B: We have five different ones .
A: Is there much of a price difference .
B: Yes, so we had better look over your specifications.
A:这个你们有多少种不同的型式。
B:五种
A:价钱有很大的差别吗?
B:是的,所以我们最好先把您的规格说明细看一遍。 (45)
A: The last order didn‘t work out too well for us
B: What was wrong?
A: We were developing too much waste .
B: I suggest you go up to our next higher price level.
A:上回订的货用起来不怎么顺。
B:有什么问题吗?
A:生产出来的废品太多了。
B:我建议您采用我们价格再高一级的货 (46)
A: Did the material work out well for you ?
B: Not really .
A: What was wrong?
B: We felt that the price was too high for the quality .
A:那些材料进行的顺利吗?
B:不怎么好。
A:怎么啦?
B:我们觉得以这样的品质价钱太高了。 (47)
A: Has our material been all right ?
B: I‘m afraid not .
A: Maybe you should order a little better quality
B: Yes, we might have to do that .
A:我们的原材料没问题吧?
B:有问题呢。
A:也许您应该买品质好一点的
B:是呀,恐怕只有这么做了。 (48)
A: I think you had better come out to the factory .
B: Is there something wrong .
A: Yes ,your last shipment wasn‘t up to par .
B: Let ‘s go out and have a look at it .
A:我看你最好走一趟工厂,
B:出了什么事吗。
A:嗯,你上次送去的货没有达到标准。
B:走,我们去看看?