職場英文口語 第20期:禮貌的請求(1)

Welcome back to English at Work.

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歡迎回到職場英語。

We're still in Anna's first week in the busy offices of Tip Top Trading.

我們仍在Tip Top Trading中忙碌的辦公室裏，安娜上班的第一週。

How's it going Anna?

安娜，進展的怎麼樣？

Everything's still so new to me.

一切對我來說都不熟悉。

I keep needing to ask people for help!

我得不停的向人求助！

Well, that's only natural at the beginning.

開始的時候顯然會是這樣。

To ask people politely for help use the words would and could.

禮貌的尋求幫助時要用“would”和“could”。

You can also use the word please, but don't make the mistake of thinking's enough to make what you say polite.

你還可以用“請”這個詞，但是不要誤以爲這麼說就足夠友好了。

Er, ok.

好的。

Hello Anna! Oh hi, Paul!

你好，安娜！ 你好，保羅。

I was wondering if you could do something for me? Yes of course.

我在想你是不是可以幫我做點事情？ 當然可以。

Would you be able to print out a file for me?

你能幫我打印一份文件嗎？

It's a document on CBL – Convincing Bananas Limited – they're one of our suppliers.

這是仿真香蕉有限公司（CBL）的文件，他們是我們的供貨商之一。

The file should be on the system and could I have it in the next ten minutes please, as they're on their way here for a meeting?

文件應該在系統裏，鑑於他們正在前來開會的路上，你能在十分鐘內給我嗎？

Yes. Oh no, I've no idea how to find it! Tom...?!

行。不，我根本不知道從哪找到它！湯姆？！