LESSON 8 VISITING A SOFTWARE COMPANY
Receptionist: Good morning, Capital Electronics.
接線員：您好。這里是首都電子公司。

Dashan: Hello, I'd like to speak to Glen Parker, please.
大山：你好，我找格倫·帕克。

Receptionist: Mr Parker's line is busy at the moment. Would you like to hold?
接線員：帕克先生的電話正占線，您愿意持機等候嗎？

Dashan: No, thanks. Could I leave him a message?
大山：不必了，我能給他留言嗎？

Receptionist: Certainly.
接線員：當然可以。

Dashan: Would you ask him to call Dashan at 234-2111, Room 123?
大山：請告訴他給234-2111打電話，找123房間的大山。

Receptionist: Oh, just a moment. Mr. Parker's line is free now. I can connect you.
接線員：請稍等，帕克先生的電話不再占用了，我可以給你接通了。

Glen: Glen Parker speaking.
格倫：我是格倫·帕克。

Dashan: Hi, Glen. It's Dashan.
大山：你好啊，我是大山。

Glen: Hi, Dashan. What a surprise. Where are you calling from?
格倫：大山，你好。真沒料到是你。你這是從什么地方打來的電話？

Dashan: I'm calling from downtown Ottawa.
大山：我是在渥太華市中心打電話。

Glen: Really? What are you doing here?
格倫：是嗎？你來這兒做什么事？

Dashan: I'm travelling across Canada with two friends from China.
大山：我現(xiàn)在正跟兩位中國朋友一起周游加拿大。

Glen: Fantastic. How long are you staying in Ottawa?
格倫：太棒了！你在渥太華能呆多久？

Dashan: Just a few days. How are Kathy and little Christopher doing?
大山：只呆幾天。凱西和小克里斯托弗一切都好嗎？

Glen: They're doing really well. Little Christopher? He turned ten a week ago. He's studying French now.
格倫：他們一切都好。你說小克里斯托弗嗎？他一個星期前就已經(jīng)10周歲。現(xiàn)在正在學法語。

Dashan: Time flies, doesn't it?
大山：時間過得太快了，你說是不是？

Glen: It sure does. Listen, Dashan, I have to go now, but I'd love to show you my company. Would you and your friends like a tour?
格倫：真是太快了。大山，我得去辦事了，但是我很愿意領(lǐng)你參觀一下我的公司，你和你的朋友愿意來看看嗎？

Dashan: Hold on. I can ask. We have an invitation. Do you want to visit my friend's software company? He wants to give us a tour.
大山：等等，我問問他們。 有人邀請我們。 你們愿意到我的朋友的軟件公司去參觀嗎？他邀請我們?nèi)⒂^。

Yunbo: Yes. Of course. I'd love to see a Canadian business.
云波：當然愿意，我很愿意看看加拿大的企業(yè)。

Rumei: Me, too.
如梅：我也很愿意。

Dashan: Glen, we'd like to. Thanks for the invitation. When should we come?
大山：格倫，我們愿意來，謝謝你的邀請。 我們什么時候去合適呢？

Glen: How about tomorrow morning at 10? I can give you a tour and then we can have lunch together. There's a terrific Italian restaurant in the building.
格倫：明天上午10點，怎么樣？我先領(lǐng)你們參觀，然后我們一起吃午飯。我們樓里有一家很不錯的意大利餐館。

Dashan: Great. We're looking forward to it. See you tomorrow.
大山：太好了，我們期待著參觀你們公司。明天見。

Glen: So long.
格倫：再見。

Dashan: We're on for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
大山：我們定在明天上午10點去。

Yunbo: Super. Dashan, How do you know Glen?
云波：好極了！大山，你是怎么認識格倫的？

Dashan: Oh, Glen and I are old friends. We went to university together.
大山：是這樣，格倫和我是老朋友。我們是大學同學。