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Barbara is explaining fax procedures to a new employee.
芭芭拉正向一名新進員工解釋傳真的步驟。

B: As you can see, we've just received our new fax machine, and it works a little differently than the old one. The dialing procedures will be the same, though.
如你所見,我們剛收到新買的傳真機,這台和舊的操作有些不同,但撥號步驟是一樣的。

J: So we still dial nine to get an outside line?
所以打外線一樣是撥9囉?

B: ...

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提出公務申請並請求批准
Making Requests Related to Your Work and Asking for Permission.

Katharine is asking Jacob for permission to make changes to her supplies and work routine.
凱薩琳問雅各她是否能替換用品與改變工作例行事務。

K: I think that in the future, when I start to travel more, it will be much easier to work from a laptop than to transfer all my files—so would it be possible for me to switch f ...

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 Katharine needs stationery, and she's asking Barbara for help.

凱薩琳需要文具,她正向芭芭拉請求協助。

 

K: Hi, Barbara. I'm sending out business letters and I'm going to need letterhead and envelopes, but I can't find any in the copy room. Do I have to apply for stationery?

芭芭拉,我在寄商業信函,要用到有信頭的信紙跟信封。影印室裡都沒有了,我需要申請文具嗎?

B: Oh, yes. There should be some fo ...

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★      Jacob is talking with Katherine about setting up a meeting.

雅各正與凱薩琳討論會議準備一事。

 

J: I've been looking at the progress reports on the project. Rather than give you feedback individually, I think we should meet as a team.

一直以來我都有在看專案的進度報告,與其分別回饋意見給大家,我想我們應該開個團體會議。

K: Alright. When were you thinking of meeting?

...

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From 寄件人: Jacob Smith ([email protected])

To收件人: Joyce Stern ([email protected])

Subject主旨: Tentative work plan for the Myers report 麥爾斯報告的暫定工作計畫

Attachment附加檔案: Myers report work plan.doc

 

Dear Joyce親愛的喬伊絲,

Attached is the tentative work plan for the Myers report, as promised. After I receive your comments, I'll distribute it to the staff and get thei ...

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★    Katharine is late for work.

凱薩琳上班遲到了。

K:Hi, Jacob. I'm so sorry I'm late—there was terrible traffic. There had been an accident and they shut down both lanes of Route six for an hour. Traffic was backed up for miles!

早,雅各。很抱歉我來晚了,交通狀況很糟。路上發生車禍,6 號公路雙線道路都因此關閉了一小時,交通一團糟,塞車塞到好幾哩外!

J:Oh wow. That must have been ...