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Elementary-Dif?cult Customer(B0001)
A:Good evening.My name is Fabio,I’ll be your waiter for tonight.May I take your order? B:No,I’m still working on it.This menu is not even in English.What’s good here?
A:For you sir,I would recommend spaghetti and meatballs.
B:Does it come with coke and fries?
A:It comes with either soup or salad and a compli-mentary glass of wine,Sir.
B:I’ll go with the spaghetti and meatballs,salad and the wine.
A:Excellent choice,your order will be ready soon.
B:How soon is soon?
A:Twenty minutes?
B:Y ou know what?I’ll just go grab a burger across the street.
Key Vocabulary
still working on Phra not yet completed,need
more time
would recommend Verb suggest complimentary Adjective free
go with Phra to choo,pick
grab Verb get quickly Supplementary Vocabulary
waitress Noun female rver at a
restaurant or bar
fast food Phra food prepared andtrouble
rved quickly impatient Adjective uncomfortable waiting,
wanting to go
fancy Adjective nice,expensive,up-
scale
casual Adjective relaxed,not dressy
Elementary-Calling In Sick(B0002)
A:Hello,Daniel speaking,how may I help you?
B:Hi,Daniel,Julie here.
A:Hi,Julie,how are you?
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B:Actually,I’m feeling quite ill today.
A:I’m sorry to hear that.What’s wrong?
B:I think I’m coming down with the?u.I have a headache,a sore throat a runny no and I’m feeling slightly feverish. A:so you’re calling in sick?
B:Y es,I was hoping to take the day off to recover. A:OK,then.Try and get some rest.
Key Vocabulary
was hoping phra to kindly expect calling in sick phra report that you will not
go to work becau you
are sick
coming down phra getting,acquiring quite ill phra very sick
how may I
phra Polite o?er to help help you?
Supplementary Vocabulary
make it into
phra go to work
work
sick day phra day o?becau you’re
sick
impolite Adjective rude
日语字典permission common
noun,sin-
gular
allow
symptom common
noun,sin-
gular a sign,indication
Daily Life-Hotel Upgrade(C0003)
A:Good afternoon.What can I do for you?
B:I’d like to check in plea.I have a rervation under the name Anthony Roberts.
张蕾 翻译A:All right R.O.B.E.R.Oh,Mr.Roberts we’ve been expecting you…and here is your keycard to the presidential suite. B:But there must be some mistake;my rervation was for a standard room.
A:Are you sure?Let me double check.
B:Y eah…Here,this is my con?rmation number.
A:Y ou’re right Mr.Roberts,there ems to be a mix-up,unfortunately we’re overbooked at the mo-ment. B:So…
A:Not to worry.We’re plead to offer you a compli-mentary upgrade.
B:Presidential suite baby!
Key Vocabulary
check in principle
verb,in?ni-
tive register at a hotel or airport
under the name phra name ud for the rer-
vation
rervation common
noun,sin-
gular
booking
con?rmation
common noun,sin-gular an approval,veri?ca-tion
mix-up
common noun,sin-gular confusion
complimentary upgrade phra
free improvement of
quality overbooked
Adjective
full
Supplementary Vocabulary
check out verb pay and leave a hotel booking
common noun,sin-gular rervation
英语童话小故事
concierge
common noun,sin-gular hotel employee that
helps guests
deluxe room
common noun,sin-gular
hotel room,better than standard
receipt common
noun,sin-
gular paper showing payment details
The Of?ce-I need an assistant!(C0004)
A:...like I told you before,we just don’t have the re-sources to hire you an assistant.
B:I understand that,but the fact is we’re under-staffed.
A:The timing is just not right.The economy is bad, and it’s too risky to take on new staff.
B:Y eah,I guess you’here’s an idea,what if we hire an intern?She would take some of the weight off my shoulders. A:She?光棍节短信
B:Y eah,you know,a recent graduate.She could give me a hand with some of the projects and we could keep our costs down.
A:That let me e what I can do.
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A:Tony,I’d like to introduce you to your new assis-tant.
B:OK,great!Let’s meet her!
C:Hi,I’m Adam.
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Key Vocabulary
resources common
money
noun,plu-
ral
understaffed Adjective not enough people to do
the job
the timing is just not right phraenter
it is not a good time now weight off my shoulders phra
remove pressure
or
stress give me a
hand
phra
help
that sounds reasonable
phra is OK
Supplementary Vocabulary
recruit
principle verb,in?ni-tive hire
overworked Adjective working too much short staffed Adjective
not enough people to do the job cut costs phra reduce spending overstaffed
Adjective
having too many em-ployees
Daily Life-Cut In Line(C0005)
trailblazer
A:I can’t believe it took us two hours to get here.The traf?c in New Y ork is unbelievable.
B:Y eah,but just relax honey,we’re here and we’re going on vacation.In a few hours we’ll be in Hawaii,and you’ll be on the golf cour.
A:Oh no!Look at that line!It must be a mile long!
There’s no way I’m waiting for another two hours. don’t...
C:Hey man,the end of the line is over there.
A:
C:No riously,I was here?rst,and you can’t cut in line like this.
A:Says who?
C:I do!
A:So sue me!
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Key Vocabulary
unbelievable Adjective incredible,amazing relax principle
calm down
verb,im-
perative
be a mile long phra is very long
cut in line phra move in front of some-
one waiting in line there’s no way phra it’s impossible
Supplementary Vocabulary
traf?c jam phra many cars not moving
on the roadeight days a week
a few hours from now phra soon,in a couple of
hours
form a queue phra to get in line jump the
