A：Could I trouble you for a minute, Mr. Graham?
      能打扰一下吗，格雷厄姆先生？

B：Sure, Emily. How can I help you?
      没问题，爱米丽。我能帮你什么？

A：I would like to leave a few minutes early today. Would that be all right?
      我今天想早走几分钟，可以吗？

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B：That’s fine, as long as you can get that report typed up before you leave.
      可以。只要你走之前把那份报告打完就成。

A：Hello, I wish to speak to Xiao Fu.
      喂，我想和小付通话。

B：This is Xiao Fu speaking.
      我就是。

A：Oh, how do you do, Xiao Fu. This is Mary.
      哦，你好，小付。我是Mary。

B：Mary, I'm glad you called me. Mary。
      很高兴你给我打电话。

A：I'm calling to ask you some questions about Susan.
      我打电话是想问一些关于苏珊的事。

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B：Sure. Oh, sorry, Mary, I'd better go now.
      可以。哦，抱歉，Mary，我要挂电话了。

A：Is the boss coming by?
      是老板过来了吗？

B：Yeah, and I have to finish this report by four.
      是，我在四点之前得完成这个报告。

A：OK. I'll let you get back to your work.
      好，你过去工作吧。

B：I'll call you again later, OK?
      我一会打给你，好吗？

A：OK.
      好的。

A：When is your lunch break?
      你的午休时间是几点。

B：I usually have lunch around noon, but I’m tired up with this report right now.
      我通常在12 点左右吃午饭，但现在要赶一个报告，脱不开身。

A：When do you think you’ll finish?
      你觉得什么时候可以完成呢？

B：My supervisor wants to have it on her desk by 1 pm.
      我的主管想要我下午一点之前把报告放在她的桌上。

A：Do you want to go for lunch together at 1 pm?
      你想下午一点一起去吃午饭吗？

B：I don’t know. She might want to discuss it with me then.
      我不知道。她那时可能会和我谈论一下报告。

A：I see. Are you hungry?
      我知道了，你饿吗？

B：I’m starving! But I don’t think I’m going to have any opportunities to eat this afternoon.
      很饿！不过我想下午是没机会吃饭了。

A：Do you want me to pick up a sandwich for you?
      要我帮你带个三明治吗？

B：That would be great! I could eat it at my desk while I’m working.
      那太好了，我可以边工作边吃了。

A：What kind of sandwich would you like?
      你要哪种三明治？

B：I’m not picky. Anything will do. Here’s a five.
      我不挑剔，哪种都可以，这是5 美元。

A：Don’t worry about it. I’ll get it. I’ll be back in 15 minutes or so.
      别担心，我会帮你买回来，我15 分钟左右回来。

B：Thanks a million!
      太感谢了！

A：Let’s do lunch tomorrow, though.
      不过，明天我们一起去吃午饭。

B：OK, but tomorrow, it’ll be on me!
      好吧，不过明天也许该我去买了。

1. 报告;汇报;告发
    If you report something that has happened, you tell people about it.

report的意思

    e.g. They had been called in to clear drains after local people reported a foul smell...
           当地居民举报闻到恶臭气味后，他们被叫来清理排水沟。
    e.g. I reported the theft to the police...
           我向警方报告了这起盗窃案。

2. (就某个事件或主题)报告情况，报道
    If you report on an event or subject, you tell people about it, because it is your job or duty to do so.

    e.g. Many journalists enter the country to report on political affairs...
           许多记者进入该国对政治事件进行报道。
    e.g. I'll now call at the vicarage and report to you in due course.
           我现在要去教区牧师家拜访，然后适时向你汇报情况。

3. (报纸或广播的)报道
    A report is a news article or broadcast which gives information about something that has just happened.

    e.g. ...a report in London's Independent newspaper...
           伦敦《独立报》的报道
    e.g. With a report on these developments, here's Jim Fish in Belgrade...
           这里是吉姆·菲什在贝尔格莱德发来的关于事件进展的报道。

4. (调查)报告;情况汇报
    A report is an official document which a group of people issue after investigating a situation or event.

    e.g. After an inspection, the inspectors must publish a report.
           在视察之后，视察者必须发表一份报告。
    e.g. A report by the Association of University Teachers finds that only 22 per cent of lecturers in our universities are women.
           大学教师联合会发表的报告发现只有22%的大学讲师为女性。

5. (向某人作出的)报告，汇报
    If you give someone a report on something, you tell them what has been happening.

    e.g. She came back to give us a progress report on how the project is going...
           她回来给我们作了关于项目进程的报告。
    e.g. It seemed obvious from his report of that meeting that you were trying to focus suspicion on Mr Hirsch.
           从他对那次会面的报告中可以明显看出你正把怀疑的焦点转向赫希先生。

6. (未经证实的)报道
    If you say that there are reports that something has happened, you mean that some people say it has happened but you have no direct evidence of it.

    e.g. There are unconfirmed reports that two people have been shot in the neighbouring town of Lalitpur...
           据报道有两人在勒利德布尔城附近被枪杀，但尚未得到证实。
    e.g. There were no reports of casualties.
           没有人员死伤的报道。

7. 控告;告发
    If someone reports you to a person in authority, they tell that person about something wrong that you have done.

    e.g. His ex-wife reported him to police a few days later...
           他的前妻几天后向警方告发了他。
    e.g. The Princess was reported for speeding twice on the same road within a week.
           这位公主一周之内在同一路段上两次因超速行驶被告发。

8. 报到
    If you report to a person or place, you go to that person or place and say that you are ready to start work or say that you are present.

    e.g. According to protocol, he first reported to the Director of the hospital...
           根据礼节，他先向医院院长报到。
    e.g. Mr Ashwell has to surrender his passport and report to the police every five days...
           阿什维尔先生不得不交出他的护照，并且每隔5天到警察局报到一次。

9. 向…报告；对…负责;隶属
    If you say that one employee reports to another, you mean that the first employee is told what to do by the second one and is responsible to them.

    e.g. He reported to a section chief, who reported to a division chief, and so on up the line.
           他由组长领导，组长由部门主管领导，如此逐级向上。

10. 学年（或学期）成绩单
    A school report is an official written account of how well or how badly a pupil has done during the term or year that has just finished.

    e.g. And now she was getting bad school reports.
           现在她的学习成绩越来越差。

11. 爆炸声;枪声
      A report is a sudden loud noise, for example the sound of a gun being fired or an explosion.

      e.g. Soon afterwards there was a loud report as the fuel tanks exploded.
             不久之后就听到燃料箱爆炸的巨响。

12. see also: reporting

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