商务英语对话

How should you prepare for a job interview? Dialogue 1 Leaving message A: Hello, thank you for calling Bradford. This is Tracy speaking, How may I help you? B: Hello. I would like to speak to your director of human resources, Ms. Jenkins, Please. A: Just a moment. I'll check to see if she is at her desk. May I tell her who is calling? B: This is Bill Burton from Milford Insurance, I'm calling in regards to our meeting next Tuesday. A: Thank you, Mr. Burton. Can you please hold for a moment? I’ll check to see if she is available. B: No problem. A: I'm sorry. Ms. Jenkins is away from her desk. She has already left for lunch. Would you like to leave a message for her? B: Yes,a when she returns to the office. It's best if she can get in touch with me before 3 pm today, she can reach me at my office number, 635-8799. A: I'm sorry. I didn't quite catch that, could you please repeat the number? B: No problem, my office number is 635-8799. Tell her to ask for extension 31. A: I'm sorry, Mr. Burton, just to confirm, your name is spelled B-U-R-T-O-N, is that correct? B: Yes, and I represent Milford Insurance. A: I will make sure Ms. Jenkins receives your message and returns your call before 3pm this afternoon. B: Thank you very much. A: You are welcome. Bye. Dialogue 2 M: Hello, Bill Breton speaking. What can I do for you? F: Hello, Mr. Breton, this is Jenny Jenkins of Bradford returning your call. I’m sorry you missed me when you called my office this morning. My secretary said you called concerning our meeting next Tuesday? M: Yes Ms Jenkins, thank you for returning my call. I’m glad to finally get hold of you. I want to let you know I will not be able to make our meeting next Tuesday. I would be out of town that day. Is there any possibility we can move the meeting to Monday? F: I am sorry. I’m afraid I am completely booked on Monday. Would it be Possible to postpone until you return? M: Oh, dear. I was counting on taking care of our meeting before I leave. But I suppose I can shut off a few things. Yes, we can arrange something. I will be back Thursday morning. What about Thursday afternoon? Would that work for you? F: That should be fine. Shall we say about two o’clock? M: Perfect! I look forward to seeing you at two o’clock next Thursday afternoon. If you need to change the time, pls feel free to call me on my cell phone. F: Thanks Burdon, I’ll see you on Thursday. Dialogue3 A: How are things at the office lately? B: Just awful. Two weeks ago, we got a new boss, and I can't stand him. He is really unreasonable about our workload. Since he came, I've been so busy that I haven't had time to breathe! A: That bad, huh? What about his personality? It's a nice guy at least? B: I should be so lucky. He not only give us too much work, but he is also just plain mean about it. He constantly yells at us or criticizes us. He is always degrading the employees. A: What a terrible working environment! Have you tried to talk anyone about it? Maybe the boss of your boss? B: I was going to, but my boss guessed what I was thinking. He gave me so much work to do this afternoon that I didn't get around to meeting with the supervisor of our department. A: It must be terrible. Why don't you just quit? B: If it wasn't for the money, I would quit in a heartbeat. But the problem is, I can't support myself if I don't work. A: I am really sorry for what you are going through. Dialogue4 A: Do you get along well with your boss? B: Actually I do. She is really understanding and reasonable most of the time. There was only one time I didn't really agree with her. A: When was that? B: Once she fired one of my co-workers for drinking on the job. I felt bad for him, because it is so hard to find a job these days, and he has a family to support. A: Well, he shouldn’t have been drinking on duty. It's your boss' responsibility to make sure employees are safe, and also doing their jobs. B: You are right. She was being a good boss when she fired him, But I just felt sorry for him, that's all. A: Did this incident with your co-worker affect your relationship with your boss? B: Not really. All of us at the office respect our boss a lot. A: You are lucky you can get along so well with your boss. It makes a big difference in how much you enjoy your job. B: No kidding. If you don't like your boss or co-workers, they can make your life miserable. Dialogue 1 A: Have you thought up any good ideas for our business proposal? B: I haven't come up with anything good yet. Somehow my brain isn't functioning today. A: Maybe you should take a break, you've been sitting at your computer for three hours trying to put something together. No wonder your mind isn't very sharp now. B: I came up with a few different thoughts on the proposal, but now I've completely run out of ideas. A: Maybe we can shelve the proposal for a while. B: We could do that, but I hate to put everything on hold. A: You're right, it's no good to have things up in the air for too long. Dialogue 5 A: I'm really fed up with Harry! He's the biggest airhead I've ever met. He always makes careless mistakes, and he's a pain to work with. B: You shouldn't be so negative. You'll always have some co-workers that are harder to work with than others. But if you are negative and start name-calling in the office, it will make a bad working environment for everybody. A: You only say that because you don't have to work with him. The people in your department seem to capable and nice to be around. Take Mary for example. She's smart and enthusiastic. I've never seen anyone as cheery as she is. B: Everybody has their strengths and weaknesses. Even Larry., he might be a pain to be around, but he's also very good at staying in budget on projects. Mary, on the other hand, spends our project money like there's no tomorrow. Also, she's never willing to stay a little later at the office. She always leaves at 5: 00 pm sharp. A: Isn't there anyone in the office that is a perfect co-worker? What about Bob? Everybody loves Bob. Even though he's fresh out the college and still a bit green, he is a great co-worker. B: You are right. He's a hard worker, easy to get along with, honest, and he never steals the credit on projects. The only thing he's lacking in is experience. A: Maybe that's why he's so nice!