Personal assistant:Good morning, Mr Crawford. Should we talk about your schedule for next week?
Boss:Good morning, Linda. Yes, we can. Take a seat. So how's it going?
Personal assistant:Good news! You have an easy start, Mr Crawford, and Monday will be free of meetings and appointments.
Boss:Really? Finally there’s some time to clear the huge stack of papers on my desk. So, Tuesday?
Personal assistant:Here comes the bad news. You’ll have an early breakfast meeting with Ms Nathan at 8:30 a.m. in the office. I did request a later slot but she insisted. Sorry.
Boss:That's too bad.
Personal assistant:Do you want me to come early and get you two breakfasts takeaway?
Boss:Oh, really? Can you?
Personal assistant:Sure. 8:45 a.m.?
Boss:That's very thoughtful of you, Linda. Thank you so much indeed.
Personal assistant:No problem. Any preference? American or continental? And for Ms Nathan?
Boss:American, please. Ms Nathan? I really don't know. I’ve never asked. I can't say for sure. Oh, wait a minute. I remember her request for less salt and oil at the dinner.
Personal assistant:Maybe I'll get a continental breakfast for her. And I’ll have an English one. If she doesn't like it, we can swap. Do you mind all of them go with less salt and oil?
Boss:Of course I don't. You're really very thoughtful. Just one more request. Can I have fried eggs, sunny-side up, please? You help arrange all these and I'll get the papers ready for the meeting on my own. Thank you.
Personal assistant:Not at all. Now, for Wednesday you need to…

私人助理：Crawford先生早晨，可以談談你下週的行程嗎？
老闆：Linda早晨。可以，請坐。現在是甚麼情況呢？
私人助理：Crawford先生，有好消息，你將會有個輕鬆的開始，周一沒有會議和客人。
老闆：真的嗎？終於有時間清理桌上堆積如山的文件了。星期二呢？
私人助理：這次是壞消息。早上8時30分有個早餐會議與Nathan小姐在辦公室進行。我要求過一個較後的時段，但她堅持，對不起。
老闆：太糟了。
私人助理：你要我早點回來，給你們買外賣早餐嗎？
老闆：噢，真的嗎？你可以嗎？
私人助理：當然可以。早上8時45分怎樣？
老闆：Linda你真細心。謝謝你。
私人助理：沒問題。請問你有甚麼喜好？美式早餐還是歐陸早餐？Nathan小姐呢？
老闆：美式，謝謝。至於Nathan小姐？我沒有頭緒。從沒問過。不肯定。噢，等等，我記起她晚餐時要求少鹽少油。
私人助理：我可以為她點歐陸早餐，我點英式的。如果她不喜歡，我們可以交換。你介意全部早餐都少鹽少油嗎？
老闆：當然不介意。你真細心。還有一個請求，我可以要半熟荷包蛋嗎？請幫忙安排這些事情，我會自己準備好會議的文件。謝謝。
私人助理：不用客氣。接下來，星期三你需要……