美語(yǔ)會(huì)話(huà) 133 Run into a foreign client 遇到外國(guó)客戶(hù)

劇碼： Office Talk

Elaine在柜臺(tái)遇到外國(guó)客戶(hù)……

Elaine: Can I help you?

Client: I'm looking for someone who works here, but I lost his business card. His name's Jong or Jang or something like that.

Elaine: Chang?

Client: Yeah, that sounds right.

Elaine: There are about twenty people named Chang who work here. What department?

Client: Let me think...accounting, finance, something like that.

Elaine: [Checks office directory] Eric Chang in accounting?

Client: That's him!

Elaine: I'll call him and tell him you're here.

Client: I appreciate your help.

Elaine: Would you like to have a seat over there? It'll just be a minute. And can I have your name?

Client: Here's my card.

Elaine:OK. I'll have him come up to get you.

business card

名片，也可稱(chēng)作name card或簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng)card

Please give me your business card.

請(qǐng)惠賜一張名片。

department (n.)

部門(mén)

A: Where do you study?

你在哪里念書(shū)?

B: At Harvard, in the English department.

哈佛英文系。

finance (n.)

財(cái)務(wù)

I have a BA in finance.

我有財(cái)務(wù)的學(xué)士學(xué)位。

appreciate (v.)

感激

Do you appreciate my suggestions?

你覺(jué)得我的建議對(duì)你有幫助嗎?

something like that

諸如此類(lèi)的

A: Do you work for the government?

你為政府工作嗎?

B: Something like that. Actually, I'm a spy.

可以這么說(shuō)。其實(shí)，我是個(gè)間諜。

accounting (n.)

會(huì)計(jì)

She's in the accounting department.

她屬于會(huì)計(jì)部。

office directory

辦公室名冊(cè)，分機(jī)表

Look up his number in the office directory.

在公司分機(jī)表上找一下他的號(hào)碼。

Office Talk

伊蓮:有什么我能幫您的嗎?

客戶(hù):我在找一位在這兒工作的人，但是我弄丟他的名片了。他姓蔣或是簡(jiǎn)之類(lèi)的。

伊蓮:是張嗎?

客戶(hù):對(duì)，聽(tīng)起來(lái)是。

伊蓮:大約有二十個(gè)姓張的在這兒工作。是哪個(gè)部門(mén)的?

客戶(hù):我想想看……會(huì)計(jì)、財(cái)務(wù)之類(lèi)的吧。

伊蓮:(查辦公司名冊(cè))是會(huì)計(jì)部的艾瑞克張嗎?

客戶(hù):就是他!

伊蓮:我來(lái)打電話(huà)告訴他您來(lái)了。

客戶(hù):非常謝謝你的幫忙。

伊蓮:請(qǐng)?jiān)谀沁呑幌潞脝?只要一下就來(lái)了。請(qǐng)教大名?

客戶(hù):這是我的名片。

伊蓮:好的。我請(qǐng)他上來(lái)接您。