698.Where is that memorandum2?

備忘錄到什么地方去了?

699.Which memorandum are you talking about?

你說的是哪一份備忘錄?

700.Did you look through all the other papers on your desk?

你桌上別的文件都檢查過了沒?

701.I've looked everywhere.

我到處都檢查遍了。

702.What's the subject of the memorandum?

備忘錄是關于什么內容的?

703.It's about the changes in the accounting3 procedures.

關于賬目程序的改變。

704.What kind of changes are they?

他們有哪些改變嗎?

705.Can you tell me the differences between a letter and a memo1 randum?

你能告訴我信和備忘錄的不同之處嗎?

706.A memorandum is a communication within an organization.

備忘錄是一個單位內部的通訊。

707.Should we use the layout we use for a letter when we write a memorandum?

寫備忘錄時該同樣用信的格式嗎?

708.Usually we have a set form which is printed.

一般是用事先印好的固定格式。

709.We just fill in the printed forms and send it to the person or the offices concerned in the company.

只須填入印好的表格,然后把它送往公司內有關的職員或部門。

710.It seems quite easy to write a memorandum.

看來寫備忘錄也比較容易。

711.Could you show me a sample copy?

你能給我看一份樣本嗎?

712.Let me find one for you.

我來給你找一份看看。

Dialogue A

(Mr. Green, the sales manager, can't find a memorandum in his office, so he is asking his secretary Miss Liu about it. )

(A: Mr. Green; B: Miss Liu)

A: Where is that memorandum?

B: Which memorandum are you talking about?

A: The one from the executive4 vice5 president's office.

B: I didn't see it. When did it come in?

A: Yesterday afternoon, just before five o'clock. I just glanced at it and then put it down.

B: Where did you put it?

A: On my desk, I think, but it isn't there now.

B: Did you look through all the other papers on your desk?

A: I've looked everywhere.

B: What's the subject of the memorandum?

A: It's about the changes in the accounting procedures.

B: That sounds important. What kind of changes are they?

A: Well, that's the trouble. I can't remember exactly. I didn't read the memorandum very carefully.

B: Who else got a copy of it?

A: I don't know that either.

B: Maybe Salley and Mrs. Green got copies. I'll ask them.

A: Good. But where are they now?

B: They're both in the office. I'll ask them right away.

Dialogue B

(A: Miss Liang, a junior secretary; B: Miss Zhong, a senior sec retary)

A: Can you tell me the differences between a letter and a memorandum, Miss Zhong?

B: Certainly. A letter must be sent out of the company and must be mailed or posted. A memorandum is a communication within an organization.

A: Should we use the layout we use for a letter when we write a memorandum?

B: No, not necessary. Usually we have a set form which is printed. We just fill in the printed forms and send it to the person or the offices concerned in the company.

A: It seems quite easy to write a memorandum. Could you show me a sample copy?

B: Of course, let me find one for you.

Notes 注解

1.When did it come in?

什么時間放進去的?

2.I just glance at it.

我只不過匆匆地看了一眼。

3.look through 看過

4.That sounds important.

這聽起來還挺要緊的。

5.got copies 有復印件

6.right away 立刻;立即

7.send out 送出去

8.a set form 固定格式

Words and expressions

memorandum/mem+'r$nd+m/ n. 備忘錄

accounting/+'kauntiR/ a. 賬目的

procedure/pr+'si: d{+/ n. 程序

copy/'kpi/ n. 復印件

organization/: g+nai'zeiM+n/ n. 組織,單位

printed/'printid/ a. 印好的

sample/'s$mpl/ n. 樣本