（A： Mr. Walley， the manager of a company； B： Miss Mary， Mr. Walley’s secretary）

A： Miss Mary， please get Mr. Jones for me at the ABC company. The number and extension are in the card file on your desk. Call station-to-station direct.

B： Right away， Mr. Walley. Will you speak with anyone else if Mr. Jones is not in？

A： No. Just leave a meessage with his secretary to have Mr. Jones call me back.

B： The line is busy. I will keep trying to reach him.

Dialogue B

A： Miss Mary， please place a long-distance person-to-person call to Mr. Simpson of the XYZ company.

B： Log-distance operator， please. Washington， D. C， area code 302. 645-6968， person-to-person to Mr. Simpson. Mr. Waley of the ABC company is calling.

C： Mr. Simpson is not available. Will you speak with anyone else？

B： No， thank you. Please keep trying.

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C： This is the long-distance operator. On your person-to-person call to Mr. Simpson in Washington ， D. C. ， I can connect you now.

B： Thank you . Hold the line ， please . Mr. Walley， I have Mr. Simpson on  the line. Go ahead ， please.

Dialogue C

（A： Mr. Hunter； B： Miss Mary； C： the operator）

A： Miss Mary， would the Los Angeles office be open now？

B： Yes， Mr. Hunter， it’s 4∶00 p. m. in Los Angeles now. Shall I get them for you？

A： Yes， let  me speak person-to-person to Mike Davis， on line one.

B： Certainly. （Dial 117）

C： International telephone service. May I help you？

B： Yes， I’m Mary Smith. Would you mind booking a call for me？

C： Where to？

B： To Los Angeles， call Mr. Mike Davis of Palm Street. Telephone number is（712） 643-2123.

C： To Los Angeles， Mr. Mike Davis， telephone number（712）643-2123， correct？ What’s your telephone number？

B： Shanghai（021）65424735.

C： I’ll let you know when the call comes.

Dialogue D

（A： the operator； B： Miss Smith）

A： International telephone service. May I help you？

B： Yes， I’d like to make a collect call to Los Angeles 712-2134.

A： Your name， please.

B： Mary Smith.

A： Miss Smith， and who do you wish to speak to？

B： Jim Ted.

A： Just a moment， please. （dialing）

C： Hello.

A： I have a collect call for you from Mary Smith. Will you accept the charges？

C： Of course.

A： （To Smith） I’ve connected your  call. Go ahead， please.

B： Mr. Ted， is that you？

C： Yes， is that Mary Smith？