職場白領(lǐng)口語對(duì)話第2期:會(huì)打電話很關(guān)鍵
Calling a company
A：ABC Company, my name is Lucy. How can I help you?
B：Hello, Lucy, this is Monica. I’m calling for the accountant position. I saw the information about the vacancy on your company’s website. Is it still available?
A：Thank you for your interest. The position is still available. Have you already sent your CV to us?
B：No, not yet. First, I want to check about the availability and see if you could give more information.
A：It is urgent for us to fill this position now and I would like to stress that English is a must because of the international contacts and most likely traveling abroad very soon. If all these is not problem for you, I recommend you to mention these in your cover letter and send it to me directly.
B：The notification period of my current job is not that long and I’m quite profession to English and I am happy with the traveling abroad as I’m good dealing with the people from other cultures. It makes the whole job even more interesting. I will send my resume to you still this week.
A：ABC公司，你好，我是Lucy，請(qǐng)問您有什么事?
B：Lucy，你好!我是Monica。我想詢問一下貴公司的會(huì)計(jì)崗位。我在貴公司的主頁上看到了職位招聘信息，請(qǐng)問這個(gè)信息現(xiàn)在還有效嗎?
A：謝謝您的關(guān)心。目前我們還沒有找到何時(shí)的人選。您給我們投簡歷了嗎?
B：還沒有。我想先確認(rèn)一下這個(gè)職位現(xiàn)在是不是還空缺著，同時(shí)想多了解一下。
A：目前我們急需這方面的人才，我們也希望應(yīng)聘者的有較好的英語水平，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)職位可能需要經(jīng)常和出差國外，和外國人接觸，如果這些條件您都符合，我建議您直接寫一封信給我們，直接寄給我就可以了。
B：我目前的工作的通知時(shí)間不是很長，我本人英語水平也很不錯(cuò)，另外我擅長與不同國家的人打交道，喜歡出差國外。我現(xiàn)在對(duì)這份工作更加有興趣了。我會(huì)在本周內(nèi)給您發(fā)簡歷的。
Is it still available?
請(qǐng)問這個(gè)信息現(xiàn)在還有效嗎?
available 有用的，有效的，如：Several cars are available within this price range.
在這個(gè)價(jià)格范圍內(nèi)，有好幾種汽車可供選購。
Do you have a room available?
你們有空房間嗎?
同義詞：obtainable 可獲得的;可取得的
如：Are his records still obtainable?
他的唱片還能買到嗎?
區(qū)別：
錯(cuò)句: Details are available by calling this number.
訂正: Details can be obtained by calling this number.
翻譯: 通過撥打這個(gè)電話號(hào)碼可以獲得詳情。
分析: 這里強(qiáng)調(diào)細(xì)節(jié)的“獲得”，需通過撥打電話，而available只是客觀表示細(xì)節(jié)的存在。
注意：近幾年available比obtainable和procurable用得更為普遍。
