PARKER:As soon as we return from the negotiation, I go to my room and begin to draft the contract. I work untill late at night and again early the following morning.
(談判回來(lái)，我回到房間立刻著手起草合同，我工作到深夜，第二天一早又接著干)
I feel a little light-headed and decide to take a short stroll through the neighborhood of the hotel. It's the home of many legations.
（我覺(jué)得有點(diǎn)頭昏，決定在酒店附近散會(huì)兒步，這兒是使館區(qū)，）
I work through the early afternoon and at three o'clock call Mr. Goodwin. I tell him I've finished the contract and that it is ready for his signature.
（下午我又干了一會(huì)兒，三點(diǎn)鐘我給GOODWIN先生打電話，告訴他我已經(jīng)做好了合同，他可以簽字了）
He comes to my room and puts his name to it without so much as glancing at it. I ask him if it is custom to sign things without reading them.
（他來(lái)到我房間，連合同看都沒(méi)看就在上簽了字，我問(wèn)他這是不是他的習(xí)慣不看內(nèi)容就簽字，）
and he only simles at me and says,"I didn't bring you to beijing to check up on you, David, I brought you to write the contract. It's your business, and I trust you."
（他只是對(duì)我笑一笑說(shuō)：“大衛(wèi)，我?guī)銇?lái)北京不是來(lái)檢查你的工作的，我?guī)銇?lái)是為了做合同的，這是你的事，我信得過(guò)你”）
I hire a taxi and drive to Li Wei's office, Her Secretary smiles at me as I enter her office building.
（我打個(gè)出租車來(lái)到李薇辦公室，當(dāng)我走進(jìn)大樓時(shí)她的秘書(shū)對(duì)我笑了笑）
PARKER: Good afternoon. I wonder if Madam Li is in her office this afternoon.
（你好，請(qǐng)問(wèn)李薇女士下午在辦公室嗎？）
SEC: No. I'm sorry. She's at a meeting.
（很抱歉，她不在，她在開(kāi)會(huì)。）
PARKER: Well' I'll leave this for her then. Will you please see that she gets it as soon as she comes back?
（那我把這個(gè)留給她，請(qǐng)你務(wù)必在她回來(lái)的時(shí)候馬上交給她。）
SEC. By all means. Thank you.
(我一定馬上交給她，謝謝你)
PARKER: In the taxi returning me to the hotel. I begin to reflect upon the contract. I think of the name of the commodity and the specifications and the dates and ports of shipment ... of quantities and terms and conditions, Everything seems in order.
（坐在回酒店的出租車?yán)铮议_(kāi)始回想合同內(nèi)容，我想到商品名稱，規(guī)格，裝船日期和裝船口岸，我想到數(shù)量和條款，看來(lái)全都沒(méi)問(wèn)題）
Then suddenly,I turn my mind to the price. What did i write as the unit price? was it USD128? Suddenly, my mind goes blank. I feel faint. I feel sweaty. I can't remember having written USD128! I have written USD125! I'm almost sure I have written USD125!
（后來(lái)我突然想到價(jià)格，我的價(jià)格是怎么寫的，是128美元嗎？突然，我的大腦一片空白，我有點(diǎn)頭昏眼花，渾身冒汗,我不記得寫過(guò)128美金，我寫的是125美金，我?guī)缀蹩梢钥隙ā＃?/span>
I try to tell the taxi drive to hurry. but he doesn't understand English. Why is he driving so slowly? Hurry! Hurry! I say, Once I am back in my room, I rush to my portfolio. It is on my bed.
（我想催司機(jī)快點(diǎn)開(kāi)可是他不懂英語(yǔ)，他為啥開(kāi)的這么慢呀，我說(shuō)，快的開(kāi)，快點(diǎn)開(kāi)呀。一回到房間，我直奔我的公文包，公文包在床上。）
Oh my God! It is true! I have written USD125 as the unit price! I sit down hard on my bed and call Mr. Goodwin and tell him what I have done.
（啊！真是這樣！我真的把單價(jià)寫成125美金了，我重重地坐在床上，給GOODWIN 打電話告訴他我干的好事，）
I expect him to send me back to Vancouver at once and with curses on my head as well. but he takes it calmly. All he says is."I will call li Wei in the morning. Relax David. Have a hot shower, Take a nap"
(我估計(jì)他會(huì)立刻遣送我會(huì)溫哥華并且劈頭蓋臉罵我一頓，但是他卻靜靜地聽(tīng)著，并且只說(shuō)：“我早上給李薇去個(gè)電話，大衛(wèi)，放松一下，洗個(gè)熱水澡，睡一覺(jué)”)
However I am too upset. I refuse to go to dinner, I climb into bed. I watch television until the programmes end, I take some aspirin and try to sleep.
（可是，我心煩躁極了，拒絕吃晚餐，爬上床，看電視到所有節(jié)目結(jié)束，我吃了點(diǎn)阿司匹林想睡一覺(jué)。）
In the morning. I am feverish and feeling nauseated. I call the hotel office and they send me a doctor. He's a young man and has a good bedside manner.
（早上，我發(fā)燒了，覺(jué)得惡心，想吐，我給酒店辦公室打電話，他們給我派來(lái)個(gè)大夫，是個(gè)年輕人，態(tài)度很和氣。）
DOCTOR: What seems to be your problem?
（你覺(jué)得怎么不舒服？）
PARKER: I couldn't sleep all night and had a dreadfull headache. I took aspirin, but it didn't help. This morning my stomach is upset. I feel like I want to throw up, but I can't,When I try to stand up. I feel dizzy.
（我整夜沒(méi)有睡覺(jué)，頭痛的厲害，吃了阿司匹林，可是不管用，今天早上我的胃不舒服，想吐，又吐不出來(lái)，一站起來(lái)就頭暈）
DOCTOR: Well,let's have a look at you. Hmmm! Let me take your temperature. Put this in your mounth, Fine. Now, I'm going to feel your pulse, Well, your pulse is normal,
（咱們查查看，嗯，我給你測(cè)下體溫，把這個(gè)放在嘴里，好的，現(xiàn)在我給你號(hào)號(hào)脈，你的脈搏正常，）
Let's have a look at the thermometer.Hmmm. Slight fever, Nothing much to worry about, Well you please unbotton your shirt? I'd like to listen to your heart and check your lungs,
（我看看體溫表，嗯，有點(diǎn)發(fā)燒，不高，不用太擔(dān)心，請(qǐng)解開(kāi)襯衣紐扣，我聽(tīng)聽(tīng)心臟，檢查一下肺）
Can you sit up? Fine, now, does it hurt when I press here?
（能坐起來(lái)嗎？好的，這兒按著痛嗎？）
Parker: No.
（不痛）
DOCTOR: Here?
（這兒？）
PARKER:No.
（不痛）
DOCTOR:Open your mouth, A little wider,please, thank you. Let me have a look at your ears. Fine, Turn your head this way. please. Well, all right.
（張開(kāi)嘴，請(qǐng)張大一點(diǎn)，謝謝，我來(lái)看看耳朵，好的，請(qǐng)轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)頭來(lái)，好了，）
You can button your shirt. Just lie on your back. I don't find much wrong with you. Mr. Parker, You'll be pleased to learn. You're a healthy man! Do you mind if I ask you how old you are!
（你可以扣上衣服扣子了，躺下吧，PARKER先生我認(rèn)為你沒(méi)什么問(wèn)題，你知道沒(méi)問(wèn)題肯定會(huì)高興的，你的身體很好，可以問(wèn)問(wèn)你的年齡嗎？）
PARKER: Not at all. I'm 34.
（沒(méi)問(wèn)題，我34歲）
DOCTOR: Thirty-four. Well, you're fit as a fiddle, as they say in America.
（34！就像美國(guó)人說(shuō)的那樣，你的身體棒極了）
PARKER:In Canada, too.
（加拿大人也這么說(shuō)）
DOCTOR: Oh, You're a Canadian!
（噢，你是加拿大人）
PARKER: Yes
（是的）
DOCTOR:I have a sister in Victoria, Do you know Victoria?
（我有個(gè)姐姐在維多利亞，你知道維多利亞嗎）
PARKER:Yes. it's a beautiful city.
（知道，那個(gè)城市很美）
DOCTOR:There are many Chinese people there. I believe.
（我想，哪兒的中國(guó)人不少吧）
PARKER:Many. Many in Vancouver, too.
（不少，溫哥華的中國(guó)人也不少）
DOCTOR: Now I've written out a presciption for you to take to the hotel clinic. Better still. I'll take it myself and have someone from the clinic bring the medicine to you.
（我給你開(kāi)個(gè)處方，你可以到酒店的醫(yī)務(wù)室取藥，還是我自己去取吧，讓醫(yī)務(wù)室的人把藥送給你）
So far as I can see, you're a bit run down, over-worked. You've been working hard and not eating properly.
（依我看，你有些疲勞過(guò)度，工作太辛苦飲食又不正常。）
PARKER:So take two bills three times a day after meals, go to bed and get plenty of rest.
（因此嗎，一天三次，一次兩丸，飯后吃，臥床，多休息）
DOCTOR: How did you know?
（你怎么知道的？）
PARKER: It's what all the doctors say.
（大夫都這么說(shuō)）
DIALOGUE: Reaching an Agreement
（對(duì)話，達(dá)成協(xié)議）
BUSINESSMAN: I am wondering whether you have had an answer from your superiors?
（我想知道你是否已經(jīng)得到你的上級(jí)的答復(fù)了？）
WANG: Yes. We had a meeting about it yesterday afternoon.
（是的，我們昨天下午開(kāi)會(huì)研究這事了）
BUSINESSMAN: What's the answer?
（結(jié)果如何）
WANG:Well, we decided we could agree to your price. but we are a bit worried about the slow delivery.
（我們決定可以同意你的價(jià)格，但是我們有點(diǎn)擔(dān)心交貨有點(diǎn)慢）
BUSINESSMAN:Let's see. I quoted you delivery in three months, didn't I?
（我想想，我報(bào)價(jià)是3個(gè)月交貨，是吧）
WANG:Yes. but we really need the wool as soon as possible.
（是的，但是我們急需盡快交貨羊毛）
BUSINESSMAN: I thought you were worried so I rang Auckland last night. As you are our biggest customer, they agreed to ship the order on the first available ship that leaves Auckland on the 21st of next month.
（我想到你們擔(dān)心這個(gè)，昨晚我打電話給奧克蘭，因?yàn)槟闶俏覀冏畲蟮目蛻簦麄兺庀聜€(gè)月21日第一個(gè)船期裝運(yùn)離開(kāi)奧克蘭港）
WANG： Good, if you agree. we'll sign the contact.
（好的，如果你同意，我們馬上簽合同）