【商務英語情景會話】中級——傳真Faxes ①

【情景對話】

A: can you have the briefs from the Anderson Firm's lawyer on my desk by tomorrow morning? There are quite a few very ___①___ matters with this case. I am afraid I can't wait any longer.

A:明天早晨之前你能把安德森公司律師的辯護狀放在我辦公桌上嗎？這個案子在時間上有些棘手。恐怕我不能再等了。

B: getting those Anderson briefs has been harder than you can imagine. I have tried to contact their lawyer many times, but every time I call, his secretary says he's in a meeting or out of the office, or away on business. I am beginning to think he's trying to avoid me.

B:要拿到安德森公司的辯護狀比你想象得要困難多。我已經設法和他們的律師聯繫過多次，但每一次我給他打電話，他的祕書都說他在開會或不在辦公室，要麼就是出差了。我在想他是在想法躲着我。

A: that's highly possible. He knows if we miss our filling deadline, we don't __②__ to compete against them for the bid. Try to ____③____ him again. Give him a call and see if he can fax them first thing.

A:這很有可能。他如果知道我們錯過了訴訟的最後期限，那我們就沒有機會跟他們競標了。再試試跟他們聯繫下。給他們打電話，看看他能否馬上就發份傳真來。

B: what if I can't speak to him directly?

B:萬一我無法跟他直接通話怎麼辦？

A: ask his secretary to fax them. It's the same thing. Have them faxed over, with a copy also faxed to Martin's office.

A:讓他的祕書把這些材料發傳真過來也一樣。傳真發完之後，再給馬丁的辦公室傳一份複本。

B: how do I find Martin's fax number? Is he in your rolodex?

B:我怎麼才能找到馬丁的傳真號？在你的羅拉代克斯卡上嗎？

A: no, but you can also call their office and ask the secretary to give you their fax number. I'll email you their office number later today.

A:沒有，不過你還可以給他們辦公室打電話，讓祕書告訴你傳真號。 今天稍晚一點兒我把他們辦公室的號碼發郵件給你。

B: Okay, I'll get on it first thing.

B:好的。我立刻去辦這事。

A: be sure you do. I need those briefs ___④___ .

A:一定別忘了。我要儘快得到這些辯護狀。

【單詞】

f：辯護狀
ctly：直接
er：問題
line：最終期限
etary：祕書
：傳真
：案子
ly：非常
dex：羅拉代克斯卡（用來盛裝名片、地址卡和電話號碼卡等可移動卡片）

【短語/詞組】

over：傳真過來
on it：成功
t thing：立刻、馬上
e a few：很多
5.~can’t wait any longer：不能等太久

【填空】（答案反白可見）

sensitive：時間棘手
d a chance：有機會
a hold of：找到
：（=as soon as possible）儘可能快地