吉米·李的公司想要买一个商铺。公司请物业代理彼得·李帮忙寻找合适的商铺。这天，吉米和同伴鲍伯一起来和彼得商谈购买商铺的事情。

A--Agent Mr. Lee 物业代理李先生
B--Client 1 客户一 鲍伯·威廉姆斯
C--Client 2 Jimmy Lee 客户二 吉米·李
D--Receptionist接待员

D: Good morning, sir. May I help you?
先生，早晨好，有什么可以帮你吗?

C: Yes. We have an appointment with Mr. Lee.
我们与李先生有一个约会。

(They walked into the conference room.)
(他们走进会议室。)

D: Please have a seat. Sir, do you want something to drink?
请坐。先生，请问想喝点什么？

B: Two cups of black coffee, please.
两杯清咖啡，谢谢。

D: Certainly. Mr. Lee will be right with you.
好的。李先生很快就会来了。

A: Good morning. And (Face the other man.)
早上好，这位是……（面对另一客户）

C: This is my colleague, Bob Williams.
这是我的同事鲍伯·威廉姆斯。

A: Nice to meet you, Mr. Williams. Here is my business card. I'm Peter Lee.
威廉姆斯先生，很高兴认识你，这是我的名片，我叫李彼得。

B: Nice to meet you, Mr. Lee. Do you mind my calling you Peter?
李先生，我也很高兴认识你，介意我称呼你为彼得吗？

A: Not at all. (The secretary brings in two cups of coffee.) Have a cup of coffee, please. As I know your company is looking for a shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, I have contacted one of my landlords, Mr. Song who is the president of ABC limited. He offered my company a sole-agency for the premise in 223-228 Shanghai Road. Are you familiar with that location?
当然不会。（秘书端上两杯咖啡）请喝咖啡。我知道贵公司想找一个位于尖沙咀的商铺，我联络了我的一个业主宋先生，他是ABC公司的总裁。他有一个商铺在上海路223-228号。你们对那地方熟悉吗？

C: Bob and I have done the research for that area already. We have a rudimentary knowledge of it. What is the size of the shop?
鲍伯与我曾经在该地区进行了市场调查工作。我们已有一个初步了解。商铺的面积是多少？
　
A: The gross area is approximately thirteen thousand square feet. The landlord separated the unit into three smaller units. The rental income is one million Hong Kong dollars per month.
建筑面积约一万三千平方英尺。业主把铺位分成三个小铺位。租金是每月港币一百万元。

B: How much is the shop?
这铺位售价是多少？

A: Around one hundred million Hong Kong dollars. The return yield is very high.
叫价是港币一亿元，回报率很高的。

C: We would like to see the property as soon as possible, because we have to do a report to the management of our company within this month.
请尽快安排我们作实地考察，因为我们必须在这个月内做一份详细报告给管理层参考。

A: (After a few minutes) No problem. I have already made an appointment at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. How about I meet you in my office at two tomorrow?
（数分钟后）没问题。我已安排明天下午三点整看楼，明天下午两点在我的办公室见面如何？

C: Wonderful!
非常好！

（改编自：英语周报 英语点津 Annabel 编辑）