Long Conversations 2
MAN: Have a seat, please, Miss Jenkins.
WOMAN: Thank you, sir.
MAN: Well, I'd like to start our conversation with some questions. Shall I start?
WOMAN: Sure.
MAN: Can you type, Miss Jenkins?
WOMAN: Yes, I can.
MAN: How many words a minute?
WOMAN: Sixty.
MAN: Hmm. Have you ever learned how to operate office computer?
WOMAN: Yes, I have. I worked for two years as a computer operator in a school.
MAN: Good. Are you familiar with other modern equipment, the fax machine, printer, and things like that?
WOMAN: I don't think there's any problem for me to work on these machines. You know, sir, I've even learned shorthand.
MAN: You have? That's good. And you speak foreign languages, do you?
WOMAN: Yes. I speak German and French.
MAN: Do you speak Italian?
WOMAN: No, I don't speak Italian. But I speak Chinese.
MAN: Really? We have branches in Beijing and Shanghai.
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