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@ 30552 Transferring a Call
A: 你好，真美公司。
nˇıhaˇo, Zhe¯ nmeˇi Go¯ ngs¯ı.
Hello, Truly Beautiful Incorporated.
B: 你好。請幫我轉總經理辦公室。
nˇıhaˇo. qˇıng ba¯ ng woˇ zhuaˇn zoˇngj¯ınglˇı ba`ngo¯ ngsh`ı.
Hi. Please transfer me to the general manager’s office.
C: 這裡是總經理辦公室，請問您哪位？
zhe`lˇı sh`ı zoˇngj¯ınglˇı ba`ngo¯ ngsh`ı, qˇıng we`n n´ın naˇ
we`i?
General manager’s office, may I ask who’s calling?
B: 我是五星公司的。前兩天我跟你們王總約好了。
不知道他現在方便通話嗎？
woˇ
sh`ı Wuˇx¯ıng go¯ ngs¯ı de. qia´n liaˇng tia¯ n woˇ
ge¯ n nˇımen
Wa´ng Zoˇng yue¯
haˇo le. bu`
zh¯ıda`o ta¯
xia`nza`i fa¯ ngbia`n to¯ ng-
hua` ma?
I’m from Five Star Incorporated. A couple days ago I made an appointment with Mr. Wang. Is he available to talk now?
C: 非常抱歉，王總正在開會。
fe¯ icha´ng ba`oqia`n, Wa´ng zoˇng zhe`ngza`i ka¯ ihu`ı.
I’m very sorry, but Mr. Wang is in a meeting now.
B: 他什麼時候能開完？
ta¯ she´nme sh´ıhou ne´ng ka¯ i wa´n?
When will the meeting conclude?
C: 大概一個小時吧。
da`ga`i y¯ı ge xiaˇosh´ı ba.
In about an hour.
B: 好的，那我一個小時以後再打來。
haˇo de, na`
woˇ
y¯ı ge xiaˇosh´ı yˇıho`u za`i daˇ
la´i.
OK, then I’ll call back in an hour.
---Key Vocabulary---
轉 zhuaˇn to transfer
約好了 yue¯ haˇo le to have arranged
方便 fa¯ ngbia`n convenient
通話 to¯ nghua`
to speak on the tele- phone
開會 ka¯ ihu`ı to attend a meeting
大概 da`ga`i roughly; approxi-
mately; probably
以後
yˇıho`u after
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
總機 zoˇngj¯ı switchboard; operator
分機 fe¯ nj¯ı telephone extension
留言 liu´ya´n to leave a message
回電話 hu´ı dia`nhua` to return a phone call
預約 yu`yue¯
to make an appoint- ment
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