Key Sentences（重點句子）
are you going to spend your weekend？
你打算怎麼過週末呢？
887.I'll just play it by ear.
我還沒有考慮呢。
d you like to play tennis with me before going home？
回家前和我打場網球怎麼樣？
889. That was a pretty good shot.
這個球打得相當不錯。
890. I think that with a little help you can be a good player.
我認為只要稍加指導你就會成為一個不錯的網球手。
e I can learn to do something.
也許我該學著從事點什麼運動。
you need is a little help and a lot of practice.
你所需要的是指導和大量的練習。
you really think I can be a good player？
你真認為我能成為一名不錯的網球手嗎？
894. Margaret， are you enjoying yourself？
瑪格麗特，你玩得開心嗎？
895. I'm having a marvelous time.
我玩得很開心。
896. No matter how I tried to change the subject， he carried on.
無論我怎麼努力改變話題，他還是滔滔不絕地說個不停。
897. Just don't take him too seriously and you'll be all right.
只要別把他太當回事，你就會沒事的.。
898. Can I have this dance， please？
我能請你跳這首曲子嗎？
899.I don't care.
我才不在乎呢！
900. I think she's a born secretary.
我認為她天生就是一個作祕書的料。
Dialogue A
（Miss Karen， the Personal Assistant to the General Manager； Miss Margaret， a junior secretary in the General Manager's office）
（A： Miss Karen； B： Miss Margaret）
A： What a week！
B： Really！ I've never seen so much work.
A： Right. How are you going to spend your weekend？
B： I don't know. I'll just play it by ear.
A： Would you like to play tennis with me before going home？
B： I'm not good at sports. I have never played tennis， and I know I would be terrible.
A： You should try it. It s a great game. Come on， let me help you. I'm a good player， and a good teacher， too. What do you say？
B： OK， but don't say I didn't warn you.
A： That was a pretty good shot， Margaret.
B： Thanks. This is fun！
A： Let me help you with your serve. I think that with a little help you can be a good player.
B： No one has ever tried to show me how to play a sport before.
Maybe I can learn to do something.
A： Of course， you can. All you need is a little help and a lot of practice.
B： Do you really think I can be a good player？
A： Well， maybe not a Michael Zhang， but better than the average. Would you like to play again Wednesday？
B： Yes. This has been fun.
Dialogue B
（W： Mr. Wood； M： Miss Margaret； S： Miss Selma； T： Mr. Ted： V： Mr. Vance）
W： Hello， Margaret， are you enjoying yourself？
M： Yes， I'm having a marvelous time. Are the company's parties always as much fun as this？
S： Too much so， sometimes； having to ward off the amorous advances of a tipsy colleague takes a lot of tact.
T： And trying to remember the next day what you said when you had too many drinks can be very embarrassing.
V： You should have heard Ted last year telling the general manager how to run the company， and no matter how I tried to change the subject， he carried on！
S： In fact， everyone makes allowances on these occasions. It's the only time when we all get together and let our hair down.
M： Selma， who's that gentleman in a white suit？ I have never seen him before.
S： He's a playing boy in our office. He's just come back from a training program in Singapore.
M： Why has he got that nickname？
S： He fancies himself as the answer to every maiden's prayer. Whenever a pretty new girl comes， he will try to please her Well， just don't take him too seriously and you'll be all right…（after a while） Look， Margaret！ Mr. Parker himself is coming straight towards you. Perhaps he's going to ask you to dance.
P： Hello， Margaret. Can I have this dance， please？
M： Yes， I'd be delighted， Mr. Parker.
T： You must be upset， Wood.
W： I don't care. I'm going to ask Miss Lee for the pleasure of this dance！
V： Margaret seems to have settled in very well.
T： Yes. She's bright girl， and I specially like her cheerfulness and good humor. I think she's a born secretary.
W： That's enough praise for her！ Come and dance.
Notes 註釋
a week！ 多忙的一週啊！
good at 擅長於；精通於
如： He is good at playing the violin
他擅長演奏小提琴。
's a great game.
這是一種很有趣的運動。
on. （口） 來吧！
sb. with sth.
幫助某人做某事
如： After the dinner he helped his mother with washing up the dishes.
晚飯之後，他幫助母親洗刷餐具。
e not a Michael Zhang， but better than the average.
也許成為不了張德培，但至少打得比一般人好（張德培是世界網球高手，美籍華人）。
has been fun.
太好玩了。
much so， sometimes.
有時候比這還更有趣。
9. ward off擋開；擊退
s a lot of tact頗費周折
11. how to run the company如何管理公司
12.I'd be delighted.
我很榮幸。
13. You must be upset！
你一定很緊張吧！
14. let our hair down隨便；不拘禮節
15. fancy oneself as自認為是
16. try to please sb. 設法取悅某人
17. I specially like her cheerfulness and good humor.
我特別喜歡她的活潑和幽默。
18. That's enough praise for her！
太誇獎她了。
Words and Expressions
personal/p+： s+'n+l/ a. 私人的；個人的
weekend/ 'wi： kend/ n. 週末
tennis/'tenis/ n. 網球
game/geim/ n. 遊戲
warn/w&： n/ v. 警告；告誡
amorous/'$m+r+s/ a. 多情的
tipsy/'tipsi/ a. 喝醉的
tact/t$kt/ n. 機智；老練
embarrass/im'b$r+s/ v. 使困窘
subject/ 's）bd{ekt/ n. 話題
allowance/+'lau+ns/ n. 允許
gentleman/'d{entlm+n/ n. 先生
nickname/'nikneim/ n. 綽號
maiden/'meid+n/ n. 未婚年輕女子
prayer/pr/ n. 祈禱；懇求