Lesson 139: Is that you, John? 是你嗎,約翰?
GRAHAM TURNER: Is that you, John?
JOHN SMITH:Yes, speaking.
GRAHAM TURNER: Tell Mary we'll be late
for dinner this evening.
JOHN SMITH:I'm afraid I don't
understand.
GRAHAM TURNER: Hasn't Mary told you?
She invited Charlotte
and me to dinner this
evening. I said I would
be at your house at six
o'clock, but the boss
want me to do some extra
work. I'll have to stay
at the office. I don't
know when I'll finish.
Oh, and by the way,
my wife wants to know
if Mary needs any help.
JOHN SMITH:I don't know what you're
talking about.
GRAHAM TURNER: That is John Smith,
isn't it?
JOHN SMITH:Yes, I'm John Smith.
GRAHAM TURNER: You are John Smith,
the engineer,
aren't you?
JOHN SMITH:That's right.
GRAHAM TURNER: You work for the
Overseas Engineering
Company, don't you?
JOHN SMITH:No, I don't
I'm John Smith the
telephone engineer
and I'm repairing
your telephone line.
New Word and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
extra
adj. 額外的
overseas
adj. 海外的,國(guó)外的
engineering
n. 工程
company
n. 公司
line
n. 線路
參考譯文
格雷厄姆.特納：是你嗎,約翰?
約 翰.史 密斯：是我,請(qǐng)講.
格雷厄姆.特納：你告訴瑪麗,今晚吃飯將晚到一會(huì)兒.
約 翰.史 密斯：恐怕我還不明白您的意思.
格雷厄姆.特納：瑪麗沒(méi)有告訴你嗎?
她邀請(qǐng)我和夏洛特今晚去
吃飯.我說(shuō)過(guò)我6點(diǎn)到你家,
但老板要我加班.我不得
不留在辦公室,不知道什
么時(shí)候才能結(jié)束.喔,
順便問(wèn)一問(wèn),我妻子想知
道瑪麗是否需要幫忙.
約 翰.史 密斯：我不知道您在說(shuō)些什么.
格雷厄姆.特納：你是約翰.史密斯,對(duì)嗎?
約 翰.史密 斯： 是的,我是約翰.史密斯.
格雷厄姆.特納：你是工程師約翰.史密斯,
對(duì)嗎?
約 翰.史 密斯：對(duì).
格雷厄姆.特納：你在海外工程公司上班,
是嗎?
約 翰.史 密斯：不,不是.我是電話工程
師約翰.史密斯,我正在
修理您的電話線.