昨天和大家分享了三段简单的办公室对话练习,今天分享一段较复杂的对话,测试下理解能力:
A: Amelia, did you look up the file I requested?
B: I"m sorry, Mr. Austin. I couldn"t find any information on that company, even though I checked all the cross-references. I don"t think it"s there.
A: I"m almost sure that information was filed.
B: Would you like me to check again under a different heading?
A: Yes, in fact, I believe I asked you to put it in Mr. Benton"s file.
B: Maybe that"s why I couldn"t find it. All the information on the Benton correspondence is filed under "B".
A: Then be quick, please.
B: By the way. I"m going to clean out all the old files by tomorrow. Would you like to look through any of them before I throw them away?
A: Of course. But first of all, fetch me those Benton files right now.
B: Yes, sir.
译文:
A: 阿米莉亚,我要的那些档案资料都找到了吗?
B: 对不起,奥斯汀先生。尽管我查了全部对照表,仍未找到有关那个公司的任何资料。我想这儿没有。
A: 我几乎可以肯定,那份资料已经存档了。
B: 让我在别的标题下再查一查好吗?
A: 好吧,事实上,我相信我让你把它存到本顿先生名下的档案中了。
B: 也许那就是我没找到它的原因,所有与本顿往来信件的资料都归在“B”字母下。
A: 那就抓紧时间找吧。
B: 顺便说一下,我准备明天把所有的旧档案清理一下。我把它们处理掉之前,你还要审核一遍吗?
A: 那当然了。 但首先快帮我查一下本顿的档案吧。
B: 好的,先生。