J：午餐呢？
PJ：嗯，我尽可能在公司餐厅里吃午饭。可当然有时候我和客户或银行经理等人共进午餐。
J：下午呢？
PJ：如果在国内，我通常去我们的工厂了解一下情况。每周五的下午我们召开管理委员会的周会。然后，当然还有董事会的月会，通常在每月的第一个周一。
J：您什么时候下班？
PJ：大约7点钟，然后，如果晚上没有安排，我就回家。多数情况下有晚餐约会。这种约会我妻子也常常参加。这样我们至少能见个面。
J：您什么时候就寝？
PJ：很少在午夜之前。我通常在入睡前读半个小时的书。
J：好了，谢谢您，约翰逊先生……
Exercise
请用括号里的词或短语，翻译下列句子。
1． 我通常5点钟起床，早餐前跑步。（usually, go for a jog）
2． 你订了哪些杂志？(take)
3． 从头到尾地看报纸要花很多时间。(read from cover to cover)
4． 看完报之后，我离家去上班。(after, leave for)
5． 我让秘书整理出那些需要马上处理的邮件。(sort out, need immediate attention)
6． 我每天上午都要和财务主管、销售主管开例会。(have regular meetings with…)
7． 我常到国外出差，通过电话了解公司的最新情况。(travel abroad, keep up-to-date)
8． 我经常在周末也有约会。(more often than not)
Translation
汤姆森先生是位银行家。他每天6点钟起订，做早操之后，一面吃早饭，一面看报纸。7点半离家去上班。通常8点半开始办公。先在微机上读一下急需处理的电子邮件。9点钟接见各部门经理，开20分钟的例会。午餐一般与客户或高级职员一起吃。下午，他通常去分行查看，而且每周一下午有管理委员会议。一般5点钟下班。他通常有晚餐约会。回家常常已接近午夜了。
Key to Exercise
1. I usually get up at five and go for a jog before breakfast
2. Which magazines do you take?
3. It takes a lot of time to read the papers from cover to cover.
4. After the papers, I leave for the office.
5. I asked my secretary to sort out those letters, which need immediate attention.
6. Every morning I have regular meetings with my Finance and Sales Directors.
7. I travel abroad on business a lot and keep up-to-date with the company y telephone.
8. More often than not, I have engagements on weekends.
Key to Translation
Mr. Thomson is a banker. He gets up at about six every morning. After morning exercises, he reads newspapers over breakfast. At 7:30 he leaves for the office and usually he is behind his desk at 8:30. First he reads on the computer E-mails that need immediate attention, and then meets department managers for a twenty-minute regular meeting at 9:00. Usually, he has lunch out with his customers of in the canteen with some senior staff members. In the afternoon, more often than not, Mr. Thomson goes over to some branches for inspection. And the management committee meeting is held every Monday afternoon. Work finishes at five but there are always dinner engagements. When he gets back home it is often midnight.
