1. B: Wèi. 喂 Hello. A: Zhāng Xiānsheng ma? 張先生嗎? Is this Mr. Zhāng? 2. B: Shìde. Nín shì bu shi Bái Nǚshì? 是的。您是不是白女士? Yes. Is this Miss White? A: Shì. Zhāng Xiānsheng, wǒ yǒu yíjiàn shì xiǎng gēn nín dǎting dǎting. 是。張先生,我有一件事想跟你打聽打聽。 Yes. Mr. Zhāng, I have something I would like to ask you about. 3. B: Shénme shì? 什麽事? What is it? A: Tīngshuō nín nàbian xīn láile yíwèi Fāng Xiānsheng, shi gāng pàilaide; tāde míngzi wǒ wàngji le. 聽説您那邊新來了方先生,是剛派來的;他的名字我忘記了。 I have heard that you recently had a Mr. Fāng join you, who has just been assigned to your office. I have forgotten his given name. 4. B: Bú cuò, Fāng Démíng shi shàngge lǐbài pài dào wǒmen zhèli láide. 不錯,方德銘是上個禮拜派到我們這裏來的。 That’s right. Fāng Démíng was sent over here last week. B: Zěnme? Nǐ rènshi ta ma? 怎麽?你認識他嗎。 Why? Do you know him? 5. A: Bú rènshi. 不認識。 I don’t know him. A: Búguò tīngshuō tā yě shi Jiāzhōu Dàxué bìyède, suǒyi xiǎng qǐng ni gěi wo jièshao jièshao. 不過聽説他也是加州大學畢業的,所以想請你給我介紹介紹。 However, I have heard that he also graduated from the University of California, so I wanted to ask you to introduce me to him. 6. B: Méi wèntí. Wǒ kànkan...hǎo, wǒmen xiànzài dōu yǒu gōngfu. 沒問題。我看看...好,我們現在都有功夫。 No problem. I’ll take a look.... Okay, we are both free now. B: Nǐ xiànzài néng lái ma? 你現在竜來嗎? Can you come now? 7. A: Xíng. 行。 That will be fine. A: Wǒ mǎshàng dào nín bàngōngshì lái. 我馬上到您辦公室來。 I’ll come to your office right away. A: Chàbuduō bànge zhōngtóu jiù dào. 差不多半個鐘頭就到。 I’ll be there in about half an hour. 8. jìde 記得 to remember 9. rènde 認得 to recognize, to know (alternate word for rènshi) 10. rènshi zì 認識字 to know how to read (literally, “to recognize characters”) 11. wàng 忘 to forget (alternate word for wàngji, especially in the sense of forgetting to DO something) 12. wánquán 完全 completely 13. xiǎngqilai 想起來 to think of, to remember 14. zuǒyòu 左右 approximately