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 注释
1.What a week！ 多忙的一周啊！
2.be good at 擅长于；精通于
如： He is good at playing the violin
他擅长演奏小提琴。
3.It's a great game.
这是一种很有趣的运动。
4.Come on. （口） 来吧！
5.help sb. with sth.
帮助某人做某事
如： After the dinner he helped his mother with washing up the dishes.
晚饭之后，他帮助母亲洗刷餐具。
6.Maybe not a Michael Zhang， but better than the average.
也许成为不了张德培，但至少打得比一般人好（张德培是世界网球高手，美籍华人）。
7.This has been fun.
太好玩了。
8.too much so， sometimes.
有时候比这还更有趣。
