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工作环境

A：Can you meet this deadline?
你可以在规定期限完成吗？

B：Yes, I’ll have it finished by (tomorrow morning/ this afternoon/ Friday at 5pm).
可以，我会在（明天早上/今天下午/星期五5点）之前完成。

打错电话

A：May I speak to Lin Lin,please?
我可以和琳琳讲话吗？

B：There is no one here by that name.
这里没有琳琳这个人。

A：Is this four-two-one double eight six-four?
这里是421-8864吗？

B：No. This is four-two-one double eight three-five.
不，这里是421-8835。

A：Oh. I'm sorry.
噢，对不起。

B：That's all right.
没关系。

订货

A：This price is quite a bit higher than it was last time .
这次的价格比上次要贵了一些。

B：We‘re sorry ,but we ‘ve had a slight price increase here .
真抱歉，不过我们出只涨了一点点而已。

A：Slight ?I wouldn‘t call this slight .
一点点？这叫一点点？！

B：We‘ve had to increase our prices on this item by just 8%.
这一种我们不得已也只加了8%而已。