BBC English at WorkEpisode 9: The warehouse--- Checking information
BBC白领工作英语 第九集：仓库---查信息
Narrator: 欢迎回来！今天公司里可发生了不少的事儿：因为在送货方面出现了几个特别让人难堪 的低级错误，所以美国总公司要求这个月所有的订单都得再过一遍。所以Paul和重要客 户在联系看是否都送对了货。
Paul: I just want to check you're happy with the grapes?
Narrator: Tom, 就是他惹的祸，现在他正在和客户确认所有订单信息都是准确的。
Tom: Ya, yah, I just want to make absolutely sure we get the order right for you and have the correct number of fruit...
Narrator: Denise 还在电话上聊天呢。
Denise: Brown shoes don't look right on him! He's not a brown shoe sort of person...
Narrator: Anna 被派到存货的仓库。Anna, you are looking worried.
Anna: I have to speak to Mr Ingle. Apparently he's not very friendly! He might not like me asking lots of questions!
Narrator: Well, be polite, and start your sentences with things like:
I just want to make sure that... 我想确认一下…
Could you possibly clarify... 您能再说清楚一些吗…
I just want to check... 我想查一下…
Just to be absolutely clear... 就想百分百的确认一下…
One thing I wasn't sure of was... 我有一点不太确认的就是…
Narrator: Good luck!
Anna: Mr Ingle, I don't think we've met yet, I'm Anna.
Ingle: Hello. Oi! What are you doing with those boxes? I told you to put them in storage. Anna, is it?
Anna: Yes, sorry to bother you, I just want to check something. We've had a few problems with orders….
Ingle: Well, that's not my fault. I do exactly what I'm asked to do. (To workers) No, not there, in storage!
Anna: Oh, well, I just want to make sure that….
Ingle: Thirty years I've been doing this job, and I've never made a mistake.
Anna: Of course, but because we've had problems, we need to make absolutely sure that all deliveries are correct.
Ingle: Humph.
Anna: Could you possibly clarify what went out in today's delivery to Mr Berry of, er, Bluetree Enterprise?
Ingle: 500 redcurrants.
Anna: Right. That's fine.
Narrator: Well done Anna, 看这不是很顺利吗， 别忘了还有一个短语可以用 – I just want to check…
Anna: OK. Now, I just want to check what was sent to Cocoline Ltd – it should have been fifteen mangos –
Ingle: That's right.
Anna: Great, and just to be absolutely clear, you sent the soft mangos, not the plastic ones?
Ingle: Yes, just like I was told to.
Anna: Good. One thing I wasn't sure of was whether we had enough yellow bananas in stock – I know there are some purple ones, but-
Ingle: We do need more yellow bananas.
Anna: Okay, I'll just write that down. Thank you Mr Ingle. By the way, I like your overall!
Ingle: Oh thanks.
Narrator: 他好像是不太友善，不过Anna 还是完成了她的任务， 以下是她用到的一些短语：
I just want to make sure that...
Could you possibly clarify...
I just want to check...
Just to be absolutely clear...
One thing I wasn't sure of was...
还好，所有存货看着都还好。可是在办公室了，Tom 的情况不妙啊。
Tom: (on the phone) Really? Here it says 5,000 not five... oh...
• Listening Challenge 听力挑战
What kind of fruit was sent out to Mr Berry of Bluetree Enterprise?
什么样的水果被送到Berry 先生的Bluetree Enterprise 公司？
答案在本期节目文字稿最后一页。
答案: redcurrants 红浆果
