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I need to talk to Mr. Barr immediately.
有关明天开会的事给您打电话。
I'm calling about tomorrow's meeting.
我给您回电话。
I'm returning your call.
I'm calling you back.
●接电话
喂!
Hello. *英语中接电话的人先说“Hello”。
Hello. (喂!)
Oh, hello. Is Mark there? (喂，马克在吗?)
对，我就是。
Speaking. *对方要找的刚好是自己，就以这句“我就是”回答。
This is he. *女性用“This is she”。
This is Mr. Sato speaking. (对，我是佐藤。)
This is. *有点儿生硬的感觉。
是我呀。
It's me. *常用于像夫妻间关系非常亲密的场合。
ABC商务学院。您有什么事?
ABC Business College, may I help you? *公司等工作场所接电话时的一般对答方式。个人家庭接电话时只需说“Hello”。
Thank you for calling ABC Business College.
Can I help you?
您是哪位?
Who's calling, please?
Who's speaking, please?
Who is this, please?
May I ask who's calling?
Who should I say is calling?
您想找哪位接电话?
Who in particular would you like to talk to? *in particular“特别”、“尤其”。
他一直在等您的电话。
He's been expecting your call. * He's是He has的省略形式。Expect“抱有希望地等待”。
您要找哪个铃木?
Which Suzuki do you want to talk to?
这儿有三位姓铃木的。
There are three Suzukis here.
您能过会儿再打吗?
Would you mind calling back later?
Could you call back later?
请转103。
Extension 103, please. *extension“延长”，在这里表示“分机电话”。
May I have extension 103?
Could I have extension number 103?
Please connect me with extension 103.
Would you transfer this call to extension 103?
我给您接103分机。
I'll connect you to extension 103.
I'm transferring your call to extension 103.
请稍等一下。
Hold on, please. *hold on“等待”。
May I speak to Mr. Smith? (请找史密斯先生。)
Hold on, please. (请稍等。)
One moment, please.
Just a moment, please.
Hold the line, please.
Just a second, please.
我让他接电话。
I'll put him on. * put...on“让……接电话”。
I'll connect you. (把电话转接给你。) *connect“连接”。
我把电话给您接过去。
I'll transfer your call.
I'll put you through.
我把电话转给负责人。
I'll get your party for you. *party 不是“聚会”而是指接电话的对象。
Let me transfer this call for you.
I'm transferring your call to the person in charge.
我把您的电话接到营业部去。
I'm transferring your call to the sales department.
是贝克打来的，请接1号线。
Mr. Peck is on line one.
Mr. Peck for you. He's on line one.
Pick up line one. It's Mr. Peck.
ABC公司米兰先生的电话。
You have a call from Mr. Miller of ABC.
There's a call from Mr. Miller of ABC.
Mr. Miller of ABC is on the line.
您要找的人来接电话了。
Your party is on the line. *通过电话交换台的接线员时，接线员接通电话后常用的表达方式。
Your party is on the line. (您要找的人来接电话了。)
Thank you. (谢谢。)
●无法接电话时
她正在接电话。
Her line is busy now. *busy表示“正在打电话”，而不是“忙”。
Sorry, her line is busy now. (对不起，她正在打电话。)
Alright. I'll try again later. (好的。那我过一会儿再打。)
She's on another line now.
Ms. Kane is talking to someone else now. (凯恩先生正在打电话。)
I'm afraid she's on the other line now.
对不起，她现在脱不开身。
I'm sorry, she's tied up at the moment. *tied up “忙得不能接电话”。
对不起，她正在接待客人。
I'm sorry, she has company at this time. *company 除了“公司”以外，还表示“朋友”、“来客”。
您等会儿行吗?
Would you like to hold? *hold“拿”、“握住”，即“不挂电话等着”。
Would you like to hold? (您等会儿行吗?)
No, I'll call back later. Thanks. (不用了，过会儿我再打吧。谢谢。)
Would you like to stay on the line?
Can you hold the line, please?
Would you like to hold on?
Wanna hold? (能等会儿吗?) *只用于朋友或熟人，工作中不能使用。Wanna...是Do you want to的省略形式。表示“你想……吗?”
他现在不在座位上。
He's away from his desk now.
他在公司，但现在不在座位上。
He's in but he's not at his desk right now.
对不起，他出去了。
I'm sorry, he's not in right now.
Is John there, please? (请问约翰在吗?)
I'm sorry, he's not in right now. (对不起，他出去了。)
He's not in.
He's out now.
He's not here now.(他现在不在这儿。)
He's out of the office right now.
他什么时候能回来?
When is he coming back?
When do you expect him back?
What time do you think he'll be back?
他大概10分钟后回来。
He should be back in ten minutes. *in 指的不是“以内”，而是“……之后”，所以是“10分钟后”的意思。