Lesson 139 Is that you, John? 是你嗎，約翰？
Listen to the tape then answer this question. Which John Smith does Graham Turner think he is talking to? 聽錄音，然後回答問題。格雷厄姆.特納以為他在和哪一個約翰.史密斯通話？
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聽錄音三遍，再對照原文後，搞懂前面沒有聽懂的地方；大聲朗讀課文三遍，可以幫助你的記憶和口語的熟練。
【聽力原文】
GRAHAM TURNER: Is that you, John?
JOHN SMITH: Yes, speaking.
GRAHAM TURNER: Tell Mary we'll be late for dinner this evening.
JOHN SMITH: I'm afraid I don't understand.
GRAHAM TURNER: Hasn't Mary told you? She invited Charlotte and me to dinner this evening. I said I would be at your house at six o'clock, but the boss want me to do some extra work. I'll have to stay
at the office. I don't know when I'll finish. Oh, and by the way, my wife wants to know if Mary needs any help.
JOHN SMITH: I don't know what you're talking about.
GRAHAM TURNER: That is John Smith, isn't it?
JOHN SMITH: Yes, I'm John Smith.
GRAHAM TURNER: You are John Smith, the engineer, aren't you?
JOHN SMITH: That's right.
GRAHAM TURNER: You work for the Overseas Engineering Company, don't you?
JOHN SMITH: No, I don't I'm John Smith the telephone engineer and I'm repairing your telephone line.
【參考譯文】
GRAHAM TURNER: Is that you, John?
格雷厄姆.特納：是你嗎，約翰？
JOHN SMITH: Yes, speaking.
約 翰.史 密斯：是我，請講。
GRAHAM TURNER: Tell Mary we'll be late for dinner this evening.
格雷厄姆.特納：你告訴瑪麗，今晚吃飯將晚到一會兒。
JOHN SMITH: I'm afraid I don't understand.
約 翰.史 密斯：恐怕我還不明白您的意思。
GRAHAM TURNER: Hasn't Mary told you? She invited Charlotte and me to dinner this evening. I said I would be at your house at six o'clock, but the boss want me to do some extra work. I'll have to stay at the office. I don't know when I'll finish. Oh, and by the way, my wife wants to know if Mary needs any help.
格雷厄姆.特納：瑪麗沒有告訴你嗎？ 她邀請我和夏洛特今晚去 吃飯。我說過我6點到你家， 但老闆要我加班。我不得 不留在辦公室，不知道什 麼時候才能結束。喔， 順便問一問，我妻子想知 道瑪麗是否需要幫忙。
JOHN SMITH: I don't know what you're talking about.
約 翰.史 密斯：我不知道您在說些什麼。
GRAHAM TURNER: That is John Smith, isn't it?
格雷厄姆.特納：你是約翰.史密斯，對嗎？
JOHN SMITH: Yes, I'm John Smith.
約 翰.史密 斯： 是的，我是約翰.史密斯。
GRAHAM TURNER: You are John Smith, the engineer, aren't you?
格雷厄姆.特納：你是工程師約翰.史密斯， 對嗎？
JOHN SMITH: That's right.
約 翰.史 密斯：對。
GRAHAM TURNER: You work for the Overseas Engineering Company, don't you?
格雷厄姆.特納：你在海外工程公司上班， 是嗎？
JOHN SMITH: No, I don't I'm John Smith the telephone engineer and I'm repairing your telephone line.
約 翰.史 密斯：不，不是。我是電話工程 師約翰.史密斯，我正在 修理您的電話線。
【New Word and expressions 生詞和短語】
extra adj. 額外的
overseas adj. 海外的，國外的
engineering n. 工程
company n. 公司
line n. 線路
speaking 打電話時的常用語，表示 “請講”
