Dialogue 1

-Good morning.Department of Policy and Legal Affairs.General Administration of Customs.Can I help you?

-Good morning.Can I speak to Derector General Chen Jian,please?

-Who's calling ,please?

-This is Susan Brown of the Commercial Section,Embassy of the United States of America.I am calling on behalf of Mr. Jim Green about tomorrow's meeting with DG Chen Jian.

-I am sorry,Mr. Chen's away on business at present.

-Can you give me some idea when he'll be back?

-He said he'd be back on Freday.Would you like to leave a message?

-No,thank you.I'll call back later.

Dialogue 2

-Good afternoon.This is Ms. brown of the U.S.Embassy.I'd like to make an appointment with Mr. Chen.

-Hold on a moment,please.I'll check his appointment book.Is 3:00p.m tomorrow all right?

-Yes,that's fine .Thank you.

-You're welcome.Incidentally,can you call back tomorrow morning to confirm the appointment?

-Sure.I'll do that.

Dialogue 3

-Good morning.Department of Policy and Legal Affairs.

-Good morning.This is Ms. Brown again calling about the appointment this afternoon.

-Ms. Brown,who was the appointment with?

-With Mr. Jim Green.

-I'm terribly sorry.Mr. Chen will be a little late for his appointment.He's been held up at the airport.

-Oh,what a pity!Are we going to postpone the appointment?

-Yes,I'm sorry to say we'll have to cancel Mr. Chen's appointment for this afternoon. Shall we rechedule it for a later date?

-Sure,no problem.I'll call you back tomorrow.

Dialogue 4

-Hello.It's New vision Translation Company.

-Hello.May I speak to Liu Fang?

-Speaking.

-Hi,Liu Fang.This is Wang Gang.

-Oh,Hi,Wang Gang.How've you been?

-Just fine.I called to ask something about translation.

-Please tell me what's going to be translated?

-A Hong Kong technology company would like to invest in our district to build a factory,but some files about this company are in English,so the government of this district would like to ask your company to translate it into Chinese.If it's OK,we can meet tomorrow.

-No problem,we have the best translators here,and the price is reasonable.Please bring the copies of the files when you come here tomorrow.

-OK,we will talk about the details when we meet.See you tomorrow!

-See you tomorrow.Bye.

Dialogue5

-Director Wang,here is a call for you.

-Find out who it is and tell him I'll call back.

-It's Mr. Zhang in the presonnel division.

-Tell him I'll call back later.

-He says it's urgent.

-OK,I'll take it in my office.

Dialogue 6

-Good morning,Director's office.

-May I speak to him,please?

-I'm sorry,He's in a meeting.Is it urgent?

-Yes.Willl he be long?

-I expect him back in one or two hours.Shall I take a message or will you call later?

-I'll call again later.Good-bye.

Dialogue 7

-Hello,it's "Rural China"magazine office in Jiangsu.

-Hello.I'm asking about your advertisement for a secretary in today's newspaper.Do you still have that position open?

-Yes.But do you have any experience as a secretary?

-I've got 4 years'experience in Shanghai.

-Fine.Can I have your name and phone number please?

-Yes,my name is Hilary Beacham.

-Will you please spell it?

-OK.H-I-L-A-R-Y HIlary.B-E-A-C-H-A-M Beacham.Hilary Beacham.

-The telephone number?

-78906543.

-Thank you.Can you come tomorrow afternoon?

-'m afraid not.But would Thursday afternoon be all right?

-That's all right.When you come,ask for Dong Jianqiang,OK?

-Yes.See you then.