Situational conversations

Dialogue one can you make copies for me?

A: Can you make copies for me?

B: How many copies of these files do you need?

A: I need 3 copies of each.

B: I see.

Dialogue two my printer is broken

A: Hello, Maintenance department?

B: Yes, is there anything I can do to help?

A: Yes, my printer is broken would you take a look at it?

B: No problem.

Dialogue three where is the paper shredder

A: Where is the paper shredder?

B: You know where the fax machine is?

A: Yeah.

B: The paper shredder is on the left of the fax machine.

Dialogue four I need you to fax something for me

A: We didn’t have time, I need you to fax something for me.

B: What is it?

A: A report to the sales department.

B: Do you have the fax number?

A: The number is on the cover page.

B: Ok, I will go and fax it.

Dialogue five single or double sided

A: Would you please make some copies of this report?

B: How many copies do you need?

A: Four copies.

B: Single or double sided?

A: Single sided please.

B: Ok, but I won’t be able to make copies until later this afternoon.

A: Why?

B: The copy machine is out of order so we are waiting for the repairman to come.

A: Ok, please have them done as soon as possible.

Dialogue six how to operate the various office machine

A：Now, I will show you how to operate the various office machines that you will be using.

B：I noticed that most equipment is quite new.

A：We have the best of everything because it is less expensive to operate and it has much lower Maintenance repair costs.

B：Quite reasonable.

A: The first equipment for you to learn is this high speed copier, it has fully automatic controls, so you just enter your requirements in the control panel and you can staple the pages too.

B: Sounds a little bit complicated.

A: Actually it is very easy to use, but it takes a while to learn the best settings.

B: I will ask you to help the first few times.