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10 At the Office




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hello today we're at the office and we

look at things you can and can't do like

this Kevin can you type

can I type yes I can type look okay you

can type can you draw no I can't draw

Natalie can you draw no but I can use a

computer

that's good very good David can you type

no I can't type can you use a computer

no I can't use a computer what can you

do

oh I can do lots of things what I can

use a photocopier

I can use a fax machine

and I can draw you can draw can we see

okay

mommy where are we going swimming oh

come on as you know Oz world come to

mommy

no I can't swim

you can swim Oz world I can't I can't

please oz will come in the water it's

lovely

I can't hear you Oswald come here now

and I can't see you I can swim I can't

swim

now back to M ap advertising James Brady

and Julia Marsh are working late and

James has a problem

Oh where's Rita James it's half past six

oh yes what did you want well I wanted

Rita - well I want to type a letter can

you type yes and no two fingers well

there's a word processor on Rita's desk

can you use a word processor yes yes

well I think so no just get

but is there a diskette yes in the top

drawer at the desk

oh thanks

Julia

there isn't a dollar sign yes there is

well I can't see it

Oh James what's that oh sorry

thanks James that's terrible

hmm it's not very good is it

do you want me to do it oh thanks

can you read my writing yes I can just

there's a word processor on Rita's desk

there's there is there's there's a word

processor on Rita's desk is there is

there a diskette there isn't a dollar

sign there isn't there is not there

isn't a dollar sign come this way miss

Morstan

there are five offices here Miss Marston

this is your office sit down please

but there aren't any chairs chairs

you're right

there aren't any chairs oh dear

never mind can you type a letter please

dear mr. Howard I would like to excuse

me

there isn't any paper what o paper in

the top drawer of the desk there aren't

any drawers miss Marston get a chair

some paper and get some drawers how use

the phone Miss Marston use the phone but

there isn't a phone

what no phone aha but there is a fax

machine send a fax miss Marston send a

fax all there any sockets sockets for

the fax machine of course there are

sockets oh there aren't any sockets

I got what can't icons you can of course

you can't wait

there now you could work there are five

offices here

there aren't any drawers there aren't

there are not there aren't any drawers

are there any sockets are there are

there any sockets ma P advertising and

James Brady again there you are James

your letter oh great thanks Julia you're

welcome

um yes are there any envelopes large

brown envelopes over there next to the

photocopier oh and I want to send a fax

you can't that machine's not working oh

well what can I do

there's a fax machine upstairs in the

design department you can use that ok

great thanks Julia secretaries

businessmen business women offices

computers fax machines where can you

find all these things at a business

center

Mary Lou who Bay is the manager of a

business center in London

a business center is a place where there

are a number of offices which are

already furnished there are telephone

lines and telephones already in the

rooms and a businessman can just sign a

very simple lease and move in and start

work immediately

all right you have an appointment yes

four o'clock my name is adria please

take a seat I'll let him know you're

here thank you

there are 56 rooms all together in the

center two kitchens where the tenants

can make coffee for themselves there is

a much larger Coffee room where tenants

can sit down and relax and watch

television if they want to there are two

reception areas where the tenants guests

can sit while they're waiting for a

meeting to start there are photocopiers

there are fax machines there are word

processors there are video recorders and

television sets there are overhead

projectors and there are slide carousels

we can do a wide variety of things for

our clients we can type all their

letters and prepare any documents that

they might need sending out we can order

couriers and taxis for them and even

organize their airline tickets we can

organize their meetings for them and

food maybe lunch for those meetings we

can even organize their dry cleaning for

them and arrange for flowers to be sent

to their wife

and that's it for today there isn't

anymore

goodbye goodbye goodbye


知识点

重点词汇
lease [li:s] n. 租约；租期；租赁物；租赁权 vt. 出租；租得 vi. 出租 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :3049}

upstairs [ˌʌpˈsteəz] n. 楼上 adj. 楼上的 adv. 在楼上，向楼上；上楼；往楼上 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :3067}

excuse [ɪkˈskju:s] n. 借口；理由 vt. 原谅；为…申辩；给…免去 vi. 作为借口；请求宽恕；表示宽恕 {zk gk toefl ielts :3182}

kevin [ˈkevin] n. 凯文（男子名） { :3255}

taxis ['tæksɪs] n. 整腹法；反射运动；分类法；（古希腊军队的）分队；排列 n. (Taxis)人名；(英、芬)塔克西斯 { :3317}

processor [ˈprəʊsesə(r)] n. [计] 处理器；处理程序；加工者 { :3348}

processors [ˈprɔsˌesəz] n. [计] 处理器，[计] 处理机（processor复数） { :3348}

businessmen ['bɪznəsmen] n. 生意人 { :3547}

businessman [ˈbɪznəsmæn] n. 商人 {gk :3547}

envelopes ['envələʊps] n. 信封（envelope的复数） { :3672}

drawers [drɔ:z] n. 厨柜；内裤 { :4175}

drawer [drɔ:(r)] n. 抽屉；开票人；出票人；起草者；酒馆侍 n. n.（德）德拉韦尔（人名） {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :4175}

icons [ˈaɪˌkɔnz] abbr. 核标准情报中心（Information Center on Nuclear Standards） { :4354}

julia [ˈdʒu:ljə] n. 朱莉娅（女子名） { :4430}

recorders [riˈkɔ:dəz] n. 录音机( recorder的名词复数 ); 记录员; （英国）刑事法院的临时法官; 竖笛 { :4975}

furnished [ˈfɜ:nɪʃt] v. 供应；装备（furnish的过去分词） adj. 家具，有家具的 {gk :5253}

overhead [ˌəʊvəˈhed] adv. 在头顶上；在空中；在高处 adj. 高架的；在头上的；在头顶上的 n. 天花板；[会计] 经常费用；间接费用；吊脚架空层 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :5527}

goodbye [ˌgʊdˈbaɪ] int. 再见 放弃 告别 {zk :5578}

FAX [fæks] n. 传真 vt. 传真 n. (Fax)人名；(英、法)法克斯 {gk cet4 ky :5729}

sockets [ˈsɔkits] n. [电] 插座；套接口；套筒（socket的复数） v. 把…装入托座；用棒头承口部位击（socket的三单形式） { :5776}

oz [ɒz] abbr. [金融] 盎司（ounce） n. (Oz)人名；(以)奥兹 { :6318}

marsh [mɑ:ʃ] n. 沼泽；湿地 adj. 沼泽的；生长在沼泽地的 n. (Marsh)人名；(俄)马尔什；(英、瑞典)马什 {cet6 toefl ielts gre :6540}

MA [mɑ:] abbr. 文学硕士（Master of Arts）；磁放大器（magnetic amplifier）；主报警信号（main alarm） { :6756}

lou [lu:] n. 卢（女子名，等于Louise或Lu） { :8277}


难点词汇
mommy [ˈmɒmi] n. 妈咪 { :9690}

projectors [prəd'ʒektəz] n. 放映机（projector复数）；幻灯机投影机 { :10289}

rita [ˈri:tə] n. 丽塔（女子名） { :10397}

Brady [ ] abbr. bradycardia 心动过缓 { :10787}

couriers [ˈkʊəri:əz] n. 旅游团的服务员( courier的名词复数 ); 导游; （传递信息或重要文件的）信使; 通讯员 { :12107}

oswald ['ɔzwәld] n. 奥斯瓦德（男子名） { :12378}

AP [ ] abbr. 美国联合通讯社（Associated Press）；空气污染（Air Pollution）；大气规划（Air Program）；汇编程序（Assembly Program） n. (Ap)人名；(中)鸭(广东话·威妥玛) { :13280}

photocopier [ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpiə(r)] n. 影印机；复印机 { :15046}

photocopiers [ˈfəʊtəˌkɔpi:əz] n. 影印机，复印机( photocopier的名词复数 ) { :15046}

Marston [ ] n. 马斯顿（男子名） { :16792}

carousels [ˌkærə'selz] n. 喧闹的酒会; 旋转木马( carousel的名词复数 ) { :17249}

natalie [ˈnætəli] n. 纳塔利（女子名） { :22609}

diskette [dɪsˈket] n. 磁盘；[计] 软磁盘 { :28465}


生僻词
adria [ ] [医][=Adriamycin(antineoplastic)]阿霉素; [地名] [意大利] 阿德里亚


词组
airline ticket [ ] un. 〔游〕飞机票 [网络] 航空机票；航线机票；国际机票接口

brown envelope [ ] [网络] 牛皮纸信封；棕色信封

dollar sign [ˈdɔlə sain] un. 金额符号 [网络] 钱符号；美元符号；货币符号

fax machine [fæks məˈʃi:n] [网络] 传真机；图文传真机；电话传真机

fax machines [ ] [网络] 设备

Howard I. [ ] [地名] 霍华德岛 ( 澳 )

I can't swim [ ] [网络] 我不会游泳；我不能游泳；我能游泳

reception area [riˈsepʃən ˈɛəriə] un. 接待处；安置区；接收区 [网络] 接待区；舒适的接待区；接待区接待区

send a fax [ ] [网络] 发传真；发送传真；传真代收

sending a fax [ ] 发传真

sent a fax [ ] 发传真

the top drawer [ ] [网络] 社会最上层

top drawer [tɔp drɔ:] n. （社会地位的）最上层；精华 adj. 最重要的 [网络] 社会最上层；最上层抽屉；高档

video recorder [ˈvidiəu riˈkɔ:də] n. 录像机 [网络] 录像播放；录影机；摄像机

word processor [wə:d ˈprɔsˌesə] n. 文字处理机 [网络] 文书处理器；字处理器；文字处理器



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