每天说半小时英语口语069

A:Good morning.Wilson Association.
早上好。这里是威尔逊协会。

B:This is Mr Brown speaking.I'd like to speak to Mr. Thomas,please.
我是布朗先生。请找托马斯先生听电话。

A:I'm sorry,but Mr.Thomas left the office a few minutes ago.
对不起，托马斯先生几分钟前离开办公室。

B:That's bad!I've been trying to call him for the last ten minutes ,but your line has been busy.Will he be back soon?
那太糟糕了！这10分钟我一直打电话找他，但是你们的电话线一直被占用。他很快会回来吗？

A:I'm afraid not.He's gone for the rest of the day.
恐怕不会。今天他都不回来了。

B:Is there anywhere I can reach him?
我还能联系到他吗？

A:I don't believe so.He's going out of town on business.May I take a message?
我想不能。他出了镇，去出差了。我可以为你捎个口信吗？

B:I have a business appointment with him for tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, but I'm afraid I can't make it.
明天早上10点钟我和他有个商务约会，但是我恐怕不能参加了。

A:Would you care to make another appointment?
你介意订另一个约会吗？

B:Unfortunately,I'm leaving town rather unexpectedly, and I may be gone for several days.
不幸的是，我突然要离开市镇，我可能要去几天。

A:I see.I can tell Mr.Thomas that you phoned.
我明白。我可以告诉托马斯先生你打过电话来。

B:Thank you.
谢谢你。

A:Bye-bye.
拜拜。

电话的好处多

Phones provide simple,economical,but very efficient means to do a lot of things. For example, if you want to make an appointment with somebody,you would normally call up his office and arrange a time either with him or through his secretary.If you want to go to the movies,you call to see what's playing,ask for the time schedule,and check the prices.If you want to buy something, you would call ahead to make sure the store has what you need, and at a good price.If you want to travel,you had better call to find out schedules,prices,ticket information,and reservations.
电话为办很多事提供了简单、经济但是非常有效的方式。例如，如果你想和某人订个约会，你通常可以打电话到他办公室，和他或他秘书商量时间。如果你想去看电影，你可以打电话去问问放什么电影，要时间表，查询价格。如果你想买东西，你可以事先打电话去确认商店有你要的东西，而且价格便宜。如果你想去旅游，你最好打电话去查询时间表、价格、车票信息和预订。