大家说英语 第477期:接听电话(1)

 　　Oh! The phone ... Linda, Taylor, somebody¹ ... the phone... 哦！电话...琳达，泰勒，来人啊，有电话。

　　Hey, Ben. The phone is ringing. 嗨，本。电话在响。

　　I know. 我知道。

　　Please, answer the phone! 那就帮忙接一下电话！

　　But I don't know what to say. 但是我不知道说什么。

　　You talk on the phone all the time. 你不是常常讲电话吗。

　　That is different. This is a work phone. 那是不一样的。这是一个工作电话。

　　You can answer a work phone. It's easy. 你可以接听工作电话。很简单的。

　　OK, What do I say? 好的，我应该说什么？

　　First, say, "hello." Then say the name of the business² and your name. 首先要说“你好”。然后说一下公司名称和你的名字。

　　Oh. I can do that. 哦。我能做到。

　　I know! You can also say, "How can I help you?" 是啊！你也可以说“我能为您做什么吗？”

　　That's a good idea. Hello, Let's Talk TV, this is Ben. How can I help you? 好主意。你好，这里是Let's Talk电视台，我是本。我能为您做什么吗？

　　Hi, Alex. I'm back. 嗨，阿莱克斯。我回来了。

　　Hey, Linda. 嗨，琳达。

　　Are there any messages? 有什么留言吗？

　　Messages? No. No messages. But some people called for you. 留言？没有。没有留言。但是有人给你打电话。

　　Who were they? 是谁啊？

　　I don't know. 我不知道。

　　What do you mean? 什么意思？

　　I said³ you weren't here. Then I hung⁴ up. 我说你不在这里。然后我就挂了电话。

　　What? Alex! You have to take messages! 什么？阿莱克斯！你一定要留话啊！

1 somebody   

n.重要人物；pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• Somebody is using the computer.有人在用电脑。
• He seems to be somebody.他似乎是个重要人物。

2 business   

n.商业， 买卖， 交易， 生意， 事情， 事物， 营业， 商行

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。

3 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

4 hung   

v.悬( hang的过去式和过去分词 )；（被）绞死；贴；逗留

参考例句：

• The picture hung aslant. 照片挂歪了。
• The caller hung up. 打电话的人挂断了电话。