隨大山訪問(wèn)加拿大(8)

1、EPISODE TOW 第四集Canadian Cuisine 加拿大美食EPISODE EIGHT 第八集Information and Communication 信息與通訊Visiting a Canadian Company 訪問(wèn)軟件開(kāi)發(fā)公司29Visiting a Canadian CompanyHello. Its Dashan here again welcoming you to Episode 8 of Dashan and Friends in Canada. Were in Ottawa now, the capital of Canada . In this episo

2、de Ill be phoning my old friend., Glen. A manager in a computer software company. Hell be inviting us to tour his company.As you listen to my telephone conversation try to catch the answers to the next two questions. Q1 What is my friend Glens full name?Q2 What does Glen say in English when he asks

3、me where I am calling from?BEFORE YOU WATCH & LISTEN你認(rèn)識(shí)下面的單詞和詞組嗎？你會(huì)讀嗎？capital首都electronics電子，電子學(xué)hold持機(jī)，不掛斷（電話）message（口頭或書(shū)面的）信息；口信interrupt中斷connect給接通電話downtown城鎮(zhèn)的鬧市區(qū)，中心區(qū)fantastic了不起的，極好的turn變得，（在時(shí)間、數(shù)量、年齡上達(dá)到）fly（時(shí)間）飛駛tour參觀invitation邀請(qǐng)software軟件business工商企業(yè)super極好的marry和結(jié)婚own擁有marketing銷(xiāo)售，經(jīng)銷(xiāo)mod

4、ern現(xiàn)代化的appointment約會(huì)receptionist接待員Receptionist:Good morning, Capital Electronics. Dashan:Hello, Id like to speak to Glen Parker, please. Receptionist:Mr Parkers line is busy at the moment. WouldLike to hold? Dashan:No, thanks. could I leave him a message?Receptionist:Certainly. Dashan:would you ask

5、 him to call Dashan at 234-2111, Room 123? Receptionist:Oh, just a moment. Mr Parkers lime is free now. I can connenct you. Glen:Glen Parker speaking. Dashan:Hi, Glen. Its Dashan. Glen:Hi, Dashan, What a surprise. Where are you calling from? Dasnan:Im calling from downtown Ottawa. Glen:Relly? What a

6、re you doing here? Dashan:Im traveling across Canada with two friends from China. Glen:Fantastic. How long are you staying in Ottawa? Dashan:Just a few days. How are Kathy and little Christopher doing? Glen:Theyre doing really ewll. Little Christopher? He turned ten a week ago. Hes studying French n

7、ow. Dashan:Time flies, doesnt? Glen:It sure does. Listen, Dashan, I have to go now, but Id love to show you my company, would you and your friends like a tour?Dashan: Hold on. I can ask. We have an invitation. Do you want to visit my friends software company? He wants to give us a tour. Yunbo:Yes, o

8、f course. Id love to see a Canadian business. Rumei:Me too. Dashan:Glen, wed like to. Thanks for the invitation. When should we come? Glen:How about tomorrow morning at 10? I can give you a tour and then we can have lunch together. Theres a terrific Italian restaurant in the building.Dashan: Great.

9、Were looking forward to it. See you tomorrow. Glen: So long.Dashan: (To Yunbo and Rumei) were on for 10 oclock tomorrow morning.Yunbo: Super. Dashan, how do you know Glen?Dashan:Oh, Glen and I are old friends. We went to university together. He married my sister Monicas best friend. They have a ten

10、year old son. Rumei:Does he own Capital Electronics? Dashan:No, he doesnt. Hes a manager in the Marketing Department. 語(yǔ)言注釋 語(yǔ)調(diào)提示 文化點(diǎn)滴 Good morning, Capital Electronics. 您好（上午好）。 （這里是）首都電子公司。接線員接電話時(shí)，通常先致問(wèn)候，那依據(jù)時(shí)間的不同說(shuō)一聲“Good morning/ afternoon”，然后報(bào)出自己?jiǎn)挝坏拿Q。 Mr Parkers line is busy at the moment. Would y

11、ou like to hold? 帕克先生的電話正占線，您愿意持機(jī)稍候嗎？ “電話占線”還可以說(shuō)：The line is engaged. at the moment = right now (此刻，現(xiàn)在)hold 的意思是“別掛電話，持機(jī)等候”，其反義詞是hang up (掛斷電話)請(qǐng)注意接線員接公務(wù)電話時(shí)通常使用很正式、客氣的語(yǔ)言，當(dāng)她提到大山要找的格倫·帕克時(shí)她說(shuō)：“帕克先生“。公司里的接線員、接待員在接待客人時(shí)，一般使用“某某先生、小姐/女士”等稱謂稱呼公司里的同事，但對(duì)公司內(nèi)部的人，特別是小公司，他們常常不分上下級(jí)，互相直呼其名。 leave him a message 給

12、他留口信）（留言）不能跟要找的人通話時(shí)，人們經(jīng)常使用留口信的方式轉(zhuǎn)達(dá)信息。公司里一般都有備用的留言卡（參看課后練習(xí)）。 just a moment 稍等一會(huì)。替代語(yǔ)可以是Just a minute. 請(qǐng)稍等Just a second. 請(qǐng)等等 Glen Parker speaking. 我是格倫·帕克。 打電話通報(bào)自己姓名時(shí)通常不用I am可以說(shuō)： This isspeaking. What a surprise! 真沒(méi)料到（是你）！（這是一件多么讓我吃驚的事?。。?What后接名詞可以構(gòu)成感嘆句。例如在第七集里大山在找到了他的毛圍巾后說(shuō)：what a relief! 這我就放心了。

13、（這太讓我欣慰了?。?Fantastic 太棒啦！ 這是人們聽(tīng)到好消息時(shí)表示激動(dòng)或在稱贊別人提出了好建議時(shí)，經(jīng)常用的一個(gè)詞。替代語(yǔ)有：Great/ Terrific! 又如： A：Ive passed my driving test! B: Fantastic! 甲：駕駛證考試我通過(guò)啦！ 乙：太棒了。 How are Kathy and little Christopher doing? 凱西和小克里斯托費(fèi)一切都好嗎？ 這是一句問(wèn)候語(yǔ)。人們見(jiàn)到熟人時(shí)常會(huì)問(wèn)How are you doing? 意思是：“你好嗎？/你近況如何/你怎么樣??？” Little Christopher? He turn

14、ed 10 a week ago. 你說(shuō)小克里斯托弗嗎？他一個(gè)星期前就10周歲啦。 turn 的意思是“變得，變成”，是系動(dòng)詞。例如： It was autumn. The leaves turned yellow. 那時(shí)是秋天，樹(shù)葉都變黃了。 Hes studying French now. 他正在學(xué)法語(yǔ)。眾所周知，加拿大是一個(gè)講英語(yǔ)和法語(yǔ)的雙語(yǔ)國(guó)家，全國(guó)各地的政府機(jī)關(guān)均使用英語(yǔ)和法語(yǔ)，政府文件都是以雙語(yǔ)印發(fā)。因此一個(gè)小學(xué)生從小學(xué)法語(yǔ)是很普遍的。 Time flies, doesnt it? 時(shí)間過(guò)提飛快，是不是？ 這里的 doesnt it 是句尾問(wèn)句，由助動(dòng)詞+人稱代詞構(gòu)成，用

15、在句尾，其作用或是要求對(duì)方確認(rèn)說(shuō)話人不敢肯定的事，或是要求對(duì)方表示贊同。這里的作用是后者。 I have to go now. 我得走了。 Have to go sth.的意思是“必須做某事/不得不做某事”一般用于表示客觀環(huán)境的要求。 例如： He is ill. He has to go to see the doctor now. 他生病了，必須去看病。 Were looking forward to it. 我們期待著這一時(shí)刻。 Look forward to sth. 的意思是“盼望、期待某事”。注意to是介詞，后接名詞或動(dòng)名詞。例如： Im looking forward to se

16、eing you again. 我盼望再次見(jiàn)到你。 So long. 再見(jiàn)。 告別語(yǔ)有很多。最常用的有see you/ see you later/ Bye.這些都是“再見(jiàn)”的意思。如果在與天天相見(jiàn)或第二天肯定能見(jiàn)的人分別時(shí)人們還常說(shuō)： See you tomorrow/ next week(明天見(jiàn)/下周見(jiàn))。 Were on for 10 oclock tomorrow morning. 我們安排好明天上午10點(diǎn)去。 這里on 的意思是“計(jì)劃好的、安排好的”。例如： The match is on for Friday. 比賽安排在星期五。 We went to university tog

17、ether. 我們是大學(xué)同學(xué)。 Go to university 上大學(xué)，注意前不加冠詞。Answers to Dashans Questions:Q1 What is my friend Glens full name? His full name is Glen Parker.Q2 What does Glen say in English when he asks me where I am calling from? Where are you calling from?Put The Following Into English請(qǐng)把下面的的對(duì)話譯面英語(yǔ)接線員：您好。這里是首都電子公司

18、。大山：你好，我找格倫·帕克。接線員：帕克先生的電話正占線，您愿意持機(jī)等候嗎？大山：不必了，我能給他留言嗎？接線員：當(dāng)然可以。大山：請(qǐng)告訴他給234-2111打電話，找123房間的大山。接線員：請(qǐng)稍等，帕克先生的電話不再占用了，我可以給你接通了。格倫：我是格倫·帕克。大山：你好啊，我是大山。格倫：大山，你好。真沒(méi)料到是你。你這是從什么地方打來(lái)電話？大山：我是在渥太華市中心打電話。格倫：是嗎？你來(lái)這兒做什么事？大山：我現(xiàn)在正跟兩位中國(guó)朋友一起周游加拿大。格倫：太棒了！你在渥太華能呆多久？大山：只呆幾天。凱西和小克里斯托弗一切都好嗎？格倫：他們一切都 好。你說(shuō)小克里斯托弗嗎？他

19、一個(gè)星期前就已經(jīng)10周歲?，F(xiàn)在正在學(xué)法語(yǔ)。大山：時(shí)間過(guò)得太快了，你說(shuō)是不是？格倫：真是太快了。大山，我得去辦事了，但是我很愿意領(lǐng)你參觀一下我的公司，你和你的朋友愿意來(lái)看看嗎？大山：等等，我問(wèn)問(wèn)他們。有人邀請(qǐng)我們。你們?cè)敢獾轿业呐笥训能浖救⒂^嗎？他邀請(qǐng)我們?nèi)⒂^。云波：當(dāng)然愿意，我很愿意看看加拿大的企業(yè)。如梅：我也很愿意。大山：格倫，我們?cè)敢鈦?lái)，謝謝你的邀請(qǐng)。我們什么時(shí)候去合適呢？格倫：明天上午10點(diǎn)，怎么樣？我先領(lǐng)你們參觀，然后我們一起吃午飯。我們樓里有一家很不錯(cuò)的意大利餐館。大山：太好了，我們期待著參觀你們公司。明天見(jiàn)。格倫：再見(jiàn)。大山：（轉(zhuǎn)向如梅和云波）我們定在明天上午10點(diǎn)去。云波

20、：好極了！大山，你是怎么認(rèn)識(shí)格倫的？大山：是這樣，格倫和我是老朋友。我們是大學(xué)同學(xué)。他娶了我姐姐最好的朋友為妻，他們有一個(gè)10歲的兒子。如梅：他是首都電子公司的業(yè)主嗎？大山：不是，他是市場(chǎng)部的經(jīng)理。BUILDING UP YOUR VOCABULARY擴(kuò)充詞匯量 Telephone Vocabulary Business Vocabulary 接電話有其的電話給某人打電話給接通電話持機(jī)稍候稍等持?jǐn)嚯娫捊o某人打電話占線的未占線的占線的電話線answer the phone sb. be wanted on the phone call sb. connecthold the linehold o

21、nhang upring sbengagedfreebusyline公司市場(chǎng)部銷(xiāo)售部生產(chǎn)部人事部總經(jīng)理主任經(jīng)理助理秘書(shū)銷(xiāo)售代表出納員技術(shù)員接線員律師companymarketing departmentsales departmentproduction departmenthuman resource departmentgeneral managerdirectormanagerassistantsecretarysales representativecashiertechnicianreceptionistlawyerUSEFUL EXPRESSIONS What a surprise

22、!真沒(méi)想到！ Just a moment.請(qǐng)稍等。 Fantastic太棒了！ He turned 10 a week ago.一個(gè)星期前他就10周歲了。 Hold on.等等。（別掛電話） Were on for 10 oclock tomorrow morning我閃的約會(huì)定在明天上午10點(diǎn)。 Time flies.光陰如箭。 Glen Parker speaking.我是格倫·帕克。 It sure does.確實(shí)是這樣。 Were looking forward to it .我們期待這一時(shí)刻。FUNCTIONS交際功能Extending an Invitation and

23、AcceptingMaking a Polite Request發(fā)出/接受邀請(qǐng) Id love to show you my company. Would you and your friends like a tour?Do you want to visit my friends computer company?Yes, wed like to . thanks for the invitationYes, of course. Id love to see a Canadian business.禮貌地提出請(qǐng)求 Id like to speak to Glen Parker, plea

24、se.Could I leave him a message?Would you ask him to call Dashan at 234-2111, Room 123? FILL IN THE BLANKS請(qǐng)聽(tīng)錄音，完成下列對(duì)話Conversation 1A:Hello._?B:Im sorry, Her line is busy at the moment.A:_Ill call back later.Conversation 2A:Id like to speak to Mr Baker, please, Mr Tome Baker.B:_.Would you like to leav

25、e a message?A:Yes, please. Could you tell him that _ from the MAP Advertising. Id like to make an appointment to see him sometime this week.B:Yes, Ms Jenny Willians fromMAP Advertising._. Please?A:The number is 597 524.B:Ill give him the message. Bye.IN CANADA VIGNETTEINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATOIN信息

26、與通訊Every day, modern technology changes our lives. Things move so quickly now. it can be intimidating. As a leader in the field of communications, Mitel Corporation understands the need to make technology an ally. Mitel designs and manufactures telephones systems.And they do it in a unique way.Mitel

27、 believes people should lead technology. People like Debbie Pinard. Like so many others at Mitel, Debbies creativity has been recognized for all to see.It inspires here to seek new innovations, to work with people, to be a leader. Debbie enjoys her work and it shows.lDebbie:Hi, Nancy, its Debbie. Co

28、uld you come to my office and well talk about your trip to San Francisco? Okay, see you in a minute. Bye.Nancy:Hi, Debbie.Debbie:Hi, Nancy.Nancy:Heres the information about the trip.Debbie:Okay, so youre leaving tomorrow morning?Nancy:Yes, Im leaving early in the morning to have this special meeting

29、 with some customer from Guangzhou at five oclock.Debbie:Okay. Would you like to review your notes before you go?Nancy:Yes, theres this pattern session at the conference that I think we should go over.Mitel knows that people hold the key to their future. The company is readying for the convergence o

30、f communications and computing. Its not far off.Are you sure about that?I know a thing or two about phones!Everyones an expertHeyeven I could do that.James Bugden is a senior software developer at Alis Technologies in Montreal. Alis specializes in multilingual internet communications. It is not as c

31、omplex as it might sound.Well. The technology is complex, but the results are simple,. With Aliss new product Tango, you can access information from the internet in virtually any language.James is an expert on language software. He is particularly interested in expanding Tangos capabilities in Chine

32、se.James:Good morning Ymiko.Yumiko:Good morning, James, how is the software?James:Let me show you. I have here the Japanese web site Yahoo. Im going to search for Renmin, Peoples Daily . Hopefully, well find a site that uses it. So here it has found peoples Daily. Ill pull up an article from there a

33、nd displaying simplified Chinese. So Ive been able to display simplified Chinese and Japanese at the same time.Yumiko:Can you show me input Chinese characters?James:Certainly. to be able to do the search in Yahoo I have to type Chinese. What I use is the Pinyin entry method. Ren for man and Min plur

34、alizing that making it people. Do the search from the Japanese web site and display Chinese. And we can display French as easily.Yumiko:Thats great. Thank you, James.James:Youre welcome.James wants people, regardless off their linguistic origins, to have access to the internet.Alis Technologies has

35、been successful in ninety languages now.Thats a good start!Exploring Fashionable TorontoHello, its Dashan here welcoming you back to todays story. In the next part, my friend Glen will be taking us on a tour of the computer company where he works. We and you eill have an opportunity to meet some of

36、the people with whom Glen works.As you listen to our conversations, try to catch the answers to the next two questions:Q1 How many people work at Capital Electronics?Q2 What do I say in English when I greet Glen?BEFORE YOU WATCH & LISTEN你認(rèn)識(shí)下面的單詞和詞組嗎？你會(huì)讀嗎？extend伸出pleased高興excellent出色的spacious寬敞的s

37、pace空間accommodate為提供空間hire雇用boardroom會(huì)議室poke伸頭president總裁pronounce發(fā)音laugh發(fā)笑software軟件concentrate集中focus使集中joint venture合資企業(yè)financial金融的institution機(jī)構(gòu)team組，隊(duì)Dashan:Hello, I have an appointment with Mr Parker. My name is Danshn.Receptionist:Mr Parker. Mr Dashan is here.Glen:Dashan, long time no see. (E

38、xtends hand to Dashan)Dashan:Hi, Glen. Its good to see you again. Glen, Id like you to meet my friends Su Rumei and Li Yunbo. This is my old friend, Glen Parker.Glen:Pleased to meet you.Rumei:Were pleased to meet you, too, Mr Parker.Glen:Please call me Glen.Rumei:Okay, Glen. And please call us Rumei

39、 and Yunbo.Glen:Are you enjoying your visit to Canada?Rumei:Yes, we are. Were visiting many parts of your country. Dashan is an excellent guide.Yunbo:Oh, this office is beautiful. Its so spacious.Glens:Thanks. we moved into this space about a year ago. Our other office was too small. It wasnt big en

40、ough to accommodate our staff.Yunbo:How many people work at Capital Electronics?Glen:About 25. and were planning to hire another five people next month. Why dont we move into the boardroom? Its straight ahead.Yunbo:SureGlen:Could I get you something to drink?Rumei:No thanks, Im fine.Yunbo:Im okay, t

41、hanks. (Sharon Warwick pokes head in)Warwick:Glen, are these your friends from China?Glen:Yes, Sharon. Come in, please. Su Rumei, Li Yunbo and Dashan, Id like to introduce you to our president, Sharon Warwick.Yunbo:How do you do, Ms Warwick?Warwick:Im so delighted to meet you. Could you pronounce yo

42、ur names for me again.Rumei:Surely, Li YUNBO, DASHAN, SU RUME!Warwick:Su Rumei, Li Yunbo, Dashan.Yunbo:Right. Your pronunciation in Chinese is very good.Glen:Sharon, youre taking Chinese conversation lessons, arent you?Warwick:Yes, but I dont know how to carry on a conversation in Chinese.(The laugh

43、) Yet.Dashan: Capital Electronics is doing very well, isnt it?Warwick:Well, we arent the biggest software company in Canada, but we try very hard to produce good products.Dashan:Do you sell a lot of computer softwares to the United states?Glen:Not any more. We arent concentrating on the American mar

44、ket these days. Were focusing on the Asian market.Yunbo:Are you doing any businese in China?Warwick:Yes, we are. As a matter of fact, were working on a joint venture now. were developing some new software for China.Yunbo:Thats interesting. What kind of software are you developing?Glen:Software for C

45、hinese banks and other financial institutions.Warwick:Please excuse me, I have to go now. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Canada. It was a pleasure to meet you.Rumei:It was OUR pleasure.Glen:Would you like to meet a few other members of our team?Dashan&Rumei:Yes/Certainly.Glen:Just leave your coa

46、ts here. 語(yǔ)言注釋 語(yǔ)調(diào)提示 文化點(diǎn)滴 Dashan, long time no see. 好久不見(jiàn)了。這是熟人之間非正式場(chǎng)合使用部候語(yǔ)，替代語(yǔ)是：I havent seen you for ages. Id like you to meet my friends Su Rumei and Li Yunbo. 我想向您介紹一下我的朋友蘇如梅和李云波。介紹人相只時(shí)，一般的原則是先向年長(zhǎng)者介紹年輕人；先向女性介紹男性；先向地位高的人介紹地位低的人。所用的語(yǔ)言也有正式和非正式的區(qū)別。介紹他人時(shí)到底采取正式還是非正式要依據(jù)介紹的場(chǎng)合、被介紹者的年齡、身份而定。這里大山采用的是比較正式的句型：I

47、d like you meet。在后面介紹到公司總裁時(shí)格倫也使用了正式的介紹語(yǔ)：Id like to introduce. How many people work at Capital Electronics? 首都電子公司有多少員工？ 注意這個(gè)特殊疑問(wèn)句不是主語(yǔ)提問(wèn)，因此不用倒裝語(yǔ)序。又如： Who went to Vancouver with you? 誰(shuí)和你一起去溫哥華？ Why dont we move into the boardroom? 我們到會(huì)議室去吧。 Why dont we或者why not常用來(lái)提出建議，沒(méi)有疑問(wèn)之義。 又如： Its already late. Why

48、 dont we take a taxi? 我們已經(jīng)遲了，還是乘坐出租汽車(chē)去吧。Boardroom是會(huì)議室，一般中間是圓桌、椅子，另備有錄象機(jī)、攝影機(jī)等供演示使用的設(shè)備，除了公司內(nèi)部開(kāi)會(huì)使用外，還用來(lái)招待來(lái)客。 No thanks, Im fine. 我不要，謝謝。當(dāng)他人主動(dòng)提供飲料、食品而自己又不想用時(shí)，禮貌的回絕語(yǔ)是：No thanks。如果需要，可以說(shuō)：Yes, please. Id like to introduce our president, Sharon Warwick 我來(lái)介紹一下我們的總裁莎倫·沃里克。 “四點(diǎn)半”還可以說(shuō)：half past four。 在加拿大，

49、婦女就業(yè)的人數(shù)占勞動(dòng)人口的一半。很多婦女就業(yè)于教育、護(hù)理、文秘、及服務(wù)等傳統(tǒng)行業(yè)，但進(jìn)入高級(jí)管理階層的人數(shù)呈上升趨勢(shì)。在高收入職業(yè)醫(yī)生（包括牙醫(yī)）法中，女性占26%。 How do you do? 你好！ 這是在初次見(jiàn)面時(shí)使用的問(wèn)候語(yǔ)，語(yǔ)氣非常正式，對(duì)方可以用同樣的話回答。例如： Kim:Mr Simen, Id like to introduce Doctor Harvey. Simen:How do you do, Doctor Harvey. Im very glad to meet you. Harvey:How do you do? 金：西蒙先生，我來(lái)介紹一下哈威博士。 西蒙：哈威博

50、士，您好。很高興見(jiàn)到你。 哈威：您好。 take Chinese conversation lessons: 上漢語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)課 Not any more. 情況變了。 Not any more=not any longer 意思是“不再”。這是省略句，完事的句子應(yīng)是We dont sell a lot of computer softwares to the United States and more. 我們不再向美國(guó)出口很多計(jì)算機(jī)軟件了。 As a matter of fact, were working on a joint venture now. 事實(shí)上，我們正在籌備建立一個(gè)合資公司。 As a matter of fact= in fact, 意思是“事實(shí)上” It was a pleasure to meet you. 見(jiàn)到了你們我很高興。 這是告別語(yǔ)。還可以說(shuō)its a pleasure meeting you. 注意在剛見(jiàn)面時(shí)人們常說(shuō)its a pleasure to meet you. Im glad