华尔街高级英语学习教程第7课：在飞机上Act2 (MP3和文本下载)

RECEPTIONIST: Plastic Box Mexico, can I help you?

MARCO: This is Marco Benini, from the ECS Corporation. I'd like to speak to Mr Cabron, please.

RECEPTIONIST: Hold the line, please! Mr Cabron? Mr Cabron?

RECEPTIONIST: He seems to be asleep at the moment. Do you want to hold, or will you call back?

MARCO: It's alright, I'll call back later.

RECEPTIONIST: Hello. Maximiliano Wojtowitz and Zoltan Licanthropos' office.

MARCO: Can I speak to Mr Wojtowitz, please?

RECEPTIONIST: I'm afraid that won't be possible.

MARCO: Oh! Er, may I ask why not?

RECEPTIONIST: Because Mr Wojtowitz died twenty years ago. Mr Licanthropos runs the firm now.

MARCO: Well, may I speak to him, then? My name is Benini.

RECEPTIONIST: Wait a moment, please; I'll call his extension.

RECEPTIONIST: Mr Licanthropos, I've got a Mr Benini on the line.

LICANTHROPOS: Does he sound suitable?

RECEPTIONIST: He might well be suitable. Shall I put him through?

LICANTHROPOS: Yes please, Drusilla.

RECEPTIONIST: Putting you through, Mr Benini.

MARCO: Ah, Mr Licanthropos, my name is Marco Benini, from the ECS Corporation. I wrote to your partner Mr Wojtowitz; your late partner, I should say, about our firm's wide range of personal security equipment. We live in a violent age –

LICANTHROPOS: What's your blood type, young man?

MARCO: My blood type? O negative, I think. As I was saying, we live in an increasingly violent age, and the successful man has to be prepared to protect himself against those less fortunate than him. There are many ways in which -

LICANTHROPOS: You sound like a strong, healthy young man with plenty of juice in you. Why don't you come along to my office?

MARCO: Yes, certainly! What time would suit you?

LICANTHROPOS: Let me look at my agenda. What about two o'clock in the morning? We won't be disturbed at that time.

MARCO: Two in the morning?

LICANTHROPOS: If that isn't convenient for you, any time after midnight will do.

MARCO: No, no, Mr Licanthropos, it’s alright. I'll see you at 2 a.m., then.

LICANTHROPOS: See you then, Mr Benini. Oh, and one thing; don't have anything with garlic in it for dinner, will you?

MARCO: What a weird guy! Still, not bad for only my second contact. Who's next on the list?

MARCO: OK, it's time to go for the big one now.

RECEPTIONIST: The Carlos Ramirez Foundation. Can I help you?

MARCO: My name is Marco Benini, and I represent the ECS Corporation. I'd like to speak to Mr Ramirez, please.

RECEPTIONIST: So would a lot of people.

MARCO: He is expecting to hear from me, actually. I wrote to him.

RECEPTIONIST: Are you a salesman?

MARCO: Well yes, sort of.

RECEPTIONIST: Mr Ramirez doesn't talk to salesmen.

MARCO: Oh! Well, look, actually I'm a friend of his daughter Juanita's. She gave me a message for him.

RECEPTIONIST: Oh, I see. Hold on please, while I put you through.

RAMIREZ: Carlos Ramirez speaking.

MARCO: Hello, Mr Ramirez! My name's Marco Benini; I'm a friend of Juanita's. We met at her wedding; wasn't it a wonderful and truly moving occasion?

RAMIREZ: I don't remember you. What do you want, anyway?

MARCO: I wrote a letter to you, as a matter of fact, saying that I'd be in touch when I came to Mexico.

RAMIREZ:You were wasting your time; I never read letters. Are you going to tell me what you want?

MARCO: Erm... I've got a business proposition to put to you.

RAMIREZ:You mean you want to sell me something, I imagine.

MARCO: And I've got a message for you from Juanita.

RAMIREZ:Oh? What sort of message?

MARCO: Why don’t we arrange a meeting? Then I can give it to you in person.

RAMIREZ: Hmm. OK, come over to my office, then.

MARCO: Certainly! What time would you suit you?

RAMIREZ:Straight away! Come on, you're late already!

MARCO: Well done, Marco Benini - supersalesman of the year.