A: Good afternoon, Ma’am, My name is Mike and I am selling subscriptions to all sorts of periodicals.
B: No, thank you, I am not interested.
A: Please ma’am , if you could spare five minutes of your time, I am sure we could find something that interests you!
B: I wish I could, but I have to walk the dog and finish cooking so if you would excuse me.
A: We have a great variety of magazines all about cooking! this one for example, is a bi monthly publication with recipes from all over the world!
B: Wow, that would be kind of useful, do you have any other cooking magazines?
A: Sure do! This one is a quarterly publication, but each issue has over 200 color pages of recipes and also many home decorating ideas!
B: Wow, this is nice! Ok, sign me up for both publications.
A: You mentioned you have a dog, most pet owners sign up for this weekly newsletter that has information on dog care, pet shops and even pet sitters!
B: That is exactly what I needed! What else do you have?
A: Well, I also have...
词汇注释
subscription n. 预订
If you could spare 如果你能留出
quarterly n. 季刊
issue n.期刊
pet sitter 照顾宠物的人
参考译文
A: 女士，下午好，我叫Mike，我提供各种期刊的预定。
B: 对不起，谢谢。我不感兴趣。
A: 女士，如果你能给我5分钟，我敢保证能找到你感兴趣的东西。
B: 我也希望能，但是我得遛狗还得做饭，如果我们交谈，那会影响我。
A: 我们有很多种有关烹饪的杂志，比如这本，它是双月刊，里面有全世界各地的烹饪法。
B: 那很有用，你有其他的烹饪杂志吗？
A: 当然有！这是本季刊，但是每期都有200张彩页介绍各种烹饪法和家居装饰的点子。
B: 太好了，2种我都要。
A: 你提到你养狗，许多宠物主人都买这份每周通讯，那上面有宠物狗护理，宠物商店和宠物护理者的相关信息。
B: 那正是我需要的。你还有什么杂志？
A: 我还有……
