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