Dialogue 1：

A: Hello, Mr.Porter. Please have a seat.

你好，波特先生，请坐。

B: Thank you.

谢谢。

A: I like what I see in your application. I just need to ask you a few questions.

我看了你的申请表，感到挺满意的。我只需要再问你几个问题就可以了。

B: Please go right ahead. I hope I can help.

请问吧，希望我能帮上忙。

A: Good. My first question is, how do you feel about working in a small company?

好的。我的第一个问题是，你对在一个小公司工作有什么看法？

B: I'd prefer to work in a small company. It’s easier to make things happen.

我更喜欢在小公司工作，在小公司工作更容易出成绩。

A: I agree. Do you get along well with co-workers?

我也赞成。你跟同事相处得好吗？

B: I've never had any problems before.

我以前跟同事相处从来都没问题。

A: Good. How do you feel about working on weekends? Sometimes that’s necessary here.

好的。你怎么看待周末上班？我们这里有时候需要周末上班。

B: I'm a young guy. I’ll do what it takes to get the job done.

我是个年轻人。为了完成工作，做什么都无所谓。

A: Excellent. Do you have a family, Mr. Porter?

好极了。波特先生，你成家了吗？

B: I have a fiancée. We’ll be married in August.

我有个未婚妻，我们计划在八月份结婚。

A: Congratulations.That’s nice. I hope you know that your wife will be a welcome part of our company.

We encourage family life here. /ɛnˈkɚrɪdʒ/

祝贺你。真是太好了。我希望你明白，你的妻子也是我们公司欢迎你加盟的原因之一。

我们这里对家庭生活持鼓励态度。

B: That’s what I’ve been told.

别人也是这样对我说的。

A: Well, I like what I see here. If you don't have any questions, then let me be the first to say welcome to our company.

好的。我对所有都挺满意的。如果你没有什么问题，那就让我第一个代表公司对你说欢迎你的加入吧。

Dialogue 2：



A: Have you heard the rumor about the new management?/ˈrumɚ/

你有没有听说过一些关于新管理层的传言？

B: No. What is it?

没有啊，什么传言？

A: Apparently they were brought in to cut costs. They’re going to be reducing some of the departments.

很显然，新管理层上任是为了降低成本，他们打算缩减一些部门。

B: That means firing people.

那就是说要裁员了。

A: Exactly. Iwonder who will get cut.

没错啊。我很想知道哪些人会被炒。

B: I'm sure the marketing section will be cut pretty hard.

我敢肯定营销部会炒掉许多人。

A: I agree. That section is too big and a lot of the workers take their jobs for granted.

我也这么觉得。那个部门太多人了而且许多人对工作都是应付了事。

B: I wonder when we'll know for sure.

我想知道什么时候才有准确的消息。

A: It will probably be a few weeks from now. The new management will have to evaluate the companyfor a little bit.

有可能要过几个星期。新的管理层，得花点时间对公司进行评估。

B: Maybe they've already done that.

也许他们已经评估完成了。

A: That's possible.If so, we'll be hearing about it soon.

有可能。如果是这样，很快我们就会听到裁员的消息了。

B: I think our jobs are safe, though.

不过，我认为我们的工作还是有保障的。

A: I'm sure they are. We're more qualified that most people here. /ˈkwɑləˌfaɪd /

我敢肯定是这样。我们比这里的大多数人都更胜任。

B: Maybe some cuts will be good for the company.

也许裁掉一些人对公司是有好处的。

A: They could be good. We'll just have to wait and see.

肯定有好处啊。我们就等着看结果吧。

Dialogue 3：

A: You wanted to see me, sir?

你要见我吗，先生？

B: Yes, James.Please come in and sit down. I wanted to ask you about your sales lately.

是的，詹姆斯。进来，坐吧。我想就最近的销售情况问问你。

A: What about, sir?

关于什么呢，先生？

B: I'll be blunt. You haven’t made a single sale in the past 3 weeks. What is going on?

我就单刀直入吧。过去三个星期你连一单生意都没做成。这是怎么回事？

A: It's January, sir.The yacht market is slow this time of year. /jɑt/

现在是一月份，先生。每年这个时候游艇销售都是淡季。

B: I understand that. But all my other salesmen have managed at least one sale this month.

这点我清楚。可是别的销售人员这个月至少做成了一单。

A: I don't know what to say, sir. I suppose I'm having some bad luck.

我不知道该说什么，先生。我想是我的运气不好吧。

B: Bad luck? I can't afford for my people to have bad luck.

运气不好？我可承担不起我的手下运气不好。

A: I'm aware of that sir.

我明白，先生。

B: Are you aware that I don't want to have this conversation again?

我不想有第二次这样的谈话了，你明白吗？

A: Yes. I understand. I'll see what I can do.

是的，我明白。我知道该怎么做了。

B: You'd better.Get on the phones more. Start talking to people. Stay late if you have to.

你最好多想办法，勤打打电话，多跟别人聊聊。如果有必要，加加班。

A: Yes, sir. I think I can improve the situation.

是的。先生。我想我能扭转现在这种局面。

B: I hope you can.That’s all I have. Do you have any questions?

希望你做到。我要说的就这些。你有什么问题吗？

A: No questions,sir.

没问题。先生。

B: Good. I'll talk to you later. Good bye.

好吧。我以后再找你谈。再见。

Dialogue 4：

A: Hi there, Doris. Welcome back.

你好，Doris，欢迎回来。

B: I can't believe I'm already back at work.

真不敢相信我已经回来上班了。

A: How was your trip to Europe?

去欧洲的旅行怎么样？

B: It was wonderful. It was like a second honey moon for Jonathan and me.

妙极了，对于乔纳森和我来说。就像二度蜜月一样。

A: That does sound nice. Where did you go?

听起来真不错。你们都去哪儿了？

B: We flew to London, and then took a train to Paris. From there we went to Rome.

我们坐飞机到伦敦，然后乘火车到巴黎，从那里我们再去罗马。

A: I need to takea trip like that. You even seem to have a tan.

我也需要来这样的一次旅行。你连皮肤都晒成古铜色了。

B: Just 48 hours ago I was on the beach in Italy .

仅仅48小时以前我还在意大利的海滩上呢。

A: I'm so jealous.I don't know why you even came back.

我羡慕死了，我真不明白你竟然还舍得回来上班。

B: I don't either.It looks like I've got a lot of work on my desk.

我也不想回来，不过我的桌子上好像已经堆了一大堆工作。

A: Yes.Unfortunately, the sales orders really piled up while you were gone.

没错。很不凑巧，你离开的这段时间订单确实来了一大堆。

B: Oh, well, I guess I'd better get started.

噢，好了。我想我最好得开始干活了。

A: I'll try to help you make a dent in some of that work.

我会尽力帮你着手其中一些工作。

B: Really? Oh, that would be great.

真的吗？那就太好了。

A: In return, you have to do me one favor.

作为回报，你得帮我个忙。

B: What is it?Just name it and I'll do it .

什么忙？尽管说出来，我一定帮。

A: All you have to do is tell me more about your vacation.

你只需要多給我讲讲关于你度假的事情。

B: That seems easy enough.

那再容易不过了。

Dialogue 5：

A: Hello ?

喂?

B: Yes, this is Stacy Edwards from Pullman Real Estate. Is that Oliver Stanford?

你好，我是晋尔曼房地产公司的史蒂茜.爱德华。请问是奥利弗.斯坦福吗？

A: Yes, it is.What can I do for you?

是的。有什么能为你效劳吗？

B: We have some good news on the sale of your house.

我们有一个好消息告诉你，是关于你要卖房的事。

A: Well, don't keep me in suspense . What is it?

好了。别吊我胃口了。是什么消息？

B: We have a buy erinterested in your place.

我们有一位买家对你的房子感兴趣。

A: How much does he want it for?

他出价多少？

B: He's offered ＄300,000.

他出价300,000美元。

A: That's above market value. That's a pretty generous offer.

那价格可是高出市场价了，真是个相当大方的出价。

B: That's what we think. We'd like to set up a meeting between you two.

我们也这么想，我们想给你们俩定个会面的时间。

A: Yes, that would be good. When were you thinking?

好的，那太好了。你们打算什么时候？

B: He wanted to meet next Tuesday afternoon.

对方想下个星期二下午见面。

A: That's fine with me. Will this be at your office?

我没问题。是在你的办公室见面吗？

B: Yes, and then we thought we could come to see the house.

是的。而且我们想到时我们可以一起去看看房子。

A: That would be excellent. I'll see you then.

那太好了，到时见。

B: Thank you. Bye now.

谢谢，再见。