Eztalk美語【136】on a business trip 出差去

劇碼： Office Talk

湯姆出差去……

Joe: Good afternoon. I'd like to speak with Tom Smith.

Helen: I'm afraid he's away from his desk at the moment.

Joe: Do you know when he will be back?

Helen: He's away on a business trip. He won't be back until some time next week.

Joe: Is there some way I can get into contact with him?

Helen: The best way to reach him is by cell phone. I'll give you his number.

Joe: Thanks. And could I have his e-mail, just in case I can't get him by phone?

Helen: Sure. His cell phone is 0911222333. And his e-mail is lower case t, smith--that's one word, at, c, c, w, dot, com, dot, t, w.

Joe: Thank you so much. Does he read his e-mails daily?

Helen: Yes. He usually replies immediately.

Joe: Great. Thanks again. You've been very helpful.

Helen: My pleasure. I hope you get a hold of him.

at the moment

目前

A: Are you going to buy a computer?

你要買計算機嗎?

B: At the moment, I don't have enough money.

我目前沒那么多錢。

lower case

小寫的，也可以說little。有些電子信箱要分大、小寫，若你的信箱屬于這種，應該是特別告知?！复髮懙摹箘t為upper case或capital

You can use upper and lower case characters in your password.

設(shè)定密碼時，大、小寫字母都可以用。

helpful (a.)

有幫助的

Thanks, you have been very helpful.

謝謝，你幫了很大的忙。

get a hold of someone

聯(lián)絡(luò)上某人，打電話找到某人

Have you been able to get a hold of her?

你有辦法聯(lián)絡(luò)到她了嗎?

just in case

以防萬一

A: Well, I've changed all my money to Thai baht for my trip.

嗯，為了這次旅行，我把所有錢都換成泰銖了。

B: You better bring some American dollars, just in case.

你最好帶點美金，為了保險起見。

reply (v.)

回信

A: I asked my girlfriend to marry me.

我跟我女朋友求婚。

B: Has she replied yet?

她回答你了嗎?

My pleasure.

(響應別人道謝)這是我的榮幸。

A: Are you sure you don't mind taking care of my cat?

你確定不介意幫我照顧貓?

B: Don't you worry, it's my pleasure!

別擔心，這是我的榮幸!

Office Talk

喬:午安。我要找湯姆史密斯聽電話。

海倫:他恐怕目前不在座位上。

喬:你知道他何時會回來嗎?

海倫:他出差了。他下個星期才會回來。

喬:我能用什么方式跟他聯(lián)絡(luò)上嗎?

海倫:最好打他的手機。我會給您手機號碼。

喬:謝謝?？刹豢梢越o我他的電子信箱，以防萬一我打電話找不到他?

海倫:沒問題。他的手機號碼是○九一一二二二三三三。他的電子信箱是小寫t，史密斯(Smith)——t和史密斯要連在一起，小老鼠(@)，ccw，點com，點tw。

喬:非常感謝你。他每天都會讀電子郵件嗎?

海倫:會。他一般都會馬上回復。

喬:太好了。再次謝謝你。你幫了很大的忙。

海倫:這是我的榮幸。希望您能聯(lián)絡(luò)上他。