Personal assistant:Mr Grant, did Mr Wilson suggest hiring a magician to perform at our annual dinner? Do I need to follow it up?
Boss:Yes, yes, yes. I want to speak to you about this, Jess. Sit down, sit down.
Personal assistant:Thank you. Because I need some details about the annual dinner before I do anything. When are we having it?
Boss:Yes, I understand. I've just got confirmation from our director. He's fixed the date already which is… let me see, yeah, 17th April.
Personal assistant:Okay. Let me jot this down. April 17th. It's Friday, isn't it?
Boss:Um.
Personal assistant:Where will it be?
Boss:Well, he said we can choose any venue. A ballroom of any 5- star hotel will do.
Personal assistant:I see. What do we want the magician to do? How long’s the performance? Do we need to ask?
Boss:No, no, no, no. It's the marketing people's idea, because our new collection is about “Magic”. We want reporters to cover our dinner as much as possible and help us promote the collection. So we need the magician pretty much throughout the dinner, you know, going around the tables, performing hand magic and keeping our guests happy in between the courses of the meal.
Personal assistant:So, when should the magician show up? Should I ask him or her to report at 8 p.m.?
Boss:If the magician could perform walking around when the guests are having their drinks, I mean, as they arrive, wouldn't that be much better?
Personal assistant:So from as early as 7 p.m.?
Boss:Yes, preferably.
Personal assistant:That is, for about 5 hours, up to 12 a.m.?
Boss:Um.
Personal assistant:And are we providing the magician any support like costumes and props, I suppose? This will go to the costs we have to pay.
Boss:No, actually the Marketing Department will pay for this. We just need to book the magician for them.
Personal assistant:Okay. I think I have all the information I need. I'll let you know when there's any progress.
Boss:Thanks, Jess.

私人助理：Grant先生，Wilson先生有提議聘請魔術師在我們的周年晚宴上表演嗎？我需要去跟進嗎？
老闆：有。我也想和你談這件事。Jess，請坐。
私人助理：謝謝。在我開始跟進之前，我需要一些關於周年晚宴的資料。周年晚宴是哪一天呢？
老闆：知道了。董事長剛已確認，他把日期訂在……讓我看看，對，4月17日。
私人助理：好的，讓我抄下來。4月17日，星期五，對嗎？
老闆：對。
私人助理：在哪兒呢？
老闆：他說我們可以選擇任何5星級酒店的宴會廳。
私人助理：明白。魔術師需要做甚麼呢？表演多久？我們要去問一下嗎？
老闆：不用。這是市場推廣人員的想法，因為我們新的銷售系列是關於魔術的。我們期望有記者報導這晚宴，報導得越多越好，以幫助推廣我們的新系列。所以我們幾乎整個晚宴都需要魔術師，讓他們遊走在餐枱之間，表演手上的魔術，令賓客在每道菜之間保持盡興。
私人助理：那麼，魔術師應該甚麼時候出現呢？ 他需要8時到場嗎？
老闆：如果魔術師能在餐前酒會，即賓客到場時，已在場內四處表演，不是更好嗎？
私人助理：換言之是晚上7時開始嗎？
老闆：對，最好是。
私人助理：即是約5個小時，直至凌晨12時嗎？
老闆：對。
私人助理：我們需要為魔術師提供協助，例如服飾或道具嗎？這將會在我們支付的數目當中。
老闆：不用，市場推廣部會支付這筆費用。我們只需為他們預約一位魔術師。
私人助理：好的。我需要的資料都有了。我會再向你報告有關進展。
老闆：謝謝Jess。