Laura：Does anyone have any good gossip? （蘿拉：誰有什麼精彩的八卦嗎？）
Sandra：I've heard from someone that Paul and Brenda are going out with each other. （珊德拉：我聽某人說保羅和布蘭達在約會。）
Darren：What? I can't believe it. Is that really true? （達倫：什麼？我真不敢相信。這是真的嗎？）
Sandra：Steve saw them kissing each other a few days ago. （珊德拉：史提夫幾天前看到他們在接吻。）
Laura：I knew it! I thought they were more than just friends. （蘿拉：我就知道！我就覺得他們不是朋友。）
Darren：That's incredible. Paul told me I shouldn't have an office romance with Brenda because it's too difficult. （達倫：太不可思議了。保羅跟我說我不應該和布蘭達談辦公室戀情， 因為這樣太麻煩了。）
Laura：It doesn't surprise me he told you that. He wanted Brenda for himself. I've got some more gossip. Listen to what I've heard：Paul is quitting WHT. （蘿拉：我並不驚訝他那樣跟你說；他想要獨占布蘭達。我還有更多的八卦。 聽聽我聽說了什麼：保羅要離開WHT了。）
Darren：No way! He's the company's top salesman and sales manager. Where did you hear that? （達倫：不可能！他是公司最頂尖的業務員。又是業務經理。妳從哪裡聽來的？）
Laura：I heard Simon mention it to someone. He's going to a company called Sky-High Engineering. （蘿拉：我聽到賽門跟某個人提起這件事。他要去一家叫天高工程的公司。）
Sandra：I can't believe it! （珊德拉：我真不敢相信！）
Darren：Why not? （達倫：為什麼？）
Sandra：Paul told me that company was in the red and would probably go out of business. What a liar! （珊德拉：保羅告訴我那家公司負債累累，而且可能會倒閉。真是個大騙子！）
Darren：That guy really makes me mad. （達倫：那傢伙真的讓我很生氣。）
必通句型
．I heard from someone that.... 我聽某人說......。 ．Listen to what I've heard.... 聽聽我聽說了什麼......。 ．Do you have any good gossip? 你有什麼精彩的八卦嗎？
ex：OK, I'll connect you to the international operator. （好的，我幫您轉接國際接線總機。）
ex：I'd like to sign up for the international calling service. （我想申請國際電話服務。）
ex：International calls are cheaper at night. （打國際電話夜間較便宜。）
ex：I'd like to get a calling card. （我想買一張電話卡。）
ex：You have 31 minutes left on your card. （您的電話卡還有三十一分鐘通話時間。）
重點提示
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電話卡 calling card 國際電話卡則為 international (phone calling) card。
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井字鍵 (#) the pound key 用電話卡打國際電話時會聽到 Please press/enter your phone number followed by the pound key. 這樣的語音，意思是「電話號碼輸入完畢後請按井字鍵」。順帶一提，米字鍵 (*) 的英文是the star key。
