Dialogue B

A：Good morning．

B：Good morning．This is Li Gang here I'm calling from New York in America．

A：How can I help you？

B：I'm trying to get hold of Mr．Chen．Is he available？

A：I'll just find out for you，sir… Hello，are you still there？ Unfortunately，Mr．Chen is not available at the moment．Would

you like me to put you through to Mr．Li？

B：Yes，please．That's very kind of you．

A：You're welcome．

Dialogue C
（A：Jane B：Mary C：Sue）

A：Hello！

B：Hello！Good morning．Who is that speaking？

A：It's Jane．I'm so sorry that I made such an early phone call．

B：It's nothing．Who do you wish to talk to？

A：Is Sue James in？

B：Sue！Jane wants you on the phone．

A：Hello！Is Sue there？

C：Yes，speaking．

A：Oh，sorry，I'm afraid I won't attend the meeting this morning．Last night I had a sore throat and I started getting bot．

C：Do you have a temperature？Have you taken it？

A：No，haven't yet．

C：Don't worry about the meeting．You'd better go to see a doctor．I wish you will soon be well．

A：Thank you，Sue．Bye．

B：Bye．
　

Words and Expressions:

available a．可得到的，可達(dá)到的

airport n．機(jī)場(chǎng)，航空站

New York n．紐約

unfortunately ad．不幸地，遺憾地

welcome a．受歡迎的

attend vt．出席，參加

sore a．痛的，疼痛發(fā)炎的

throat n．咽喉，喉嚨

America n．美國(guó)

see a doctor 看醫(yī)生，就診

put through （電話用語(yǔ)）把……接通