Ⅳ.對話篇

Beth: I wonder what it was like to work all day in the basement of a huge building sorting mail.

貝絲：我在想在一幢大樓的地下室里整天分揀郵件是什么樣子。

Sally: Oh I don't think the mailroom staff stayed in the basement all day.

莎莉：噢，我不認為那些收發員整天呆在地下室。

Beth: When would they leave the basement?

貝絲：他們什么時候離開地下室？

Sally: To take all of the mail to the various floors of the building and the right offices on each floor.

莎莉：把郵件分發到不同的樓層和各層的收件人辦公室里的時候。

Beth: Hmmm - so they spent a lot of time in the elevators?

貝絲：嗯―這么說他們有很多時間是在電梯里度過的？

Sally: I suppose so, but they do get to see and hear all of the office rumors and gossip.

莎莉：我想是吧，但是他們確實看到和聽到所有辦公室的流言蜚語。

Beth: And that way they get to all of the company secrets?

貝絲：這樣他們就知道了所有公司的秘密？

Sally: Now you're thinking! How else do you think they work their way from the bottom to the top?

莎莉：現在你說對了！要不然你認為他們是怎樣從下往上爬的？

Beth: Hard work - like the rest of us!

貝絲：艱苦的工作―和我們其他人一樣。