【情景对话】

A: can you have the briefs from the Anderson Firm's lawyer on my desk by tomorrow morning? There are quite a few very ___①___ matters with this case. I am afraid I can't wait any longer.
A:明天早晨之前你能把安德森公司律师的辩护状放在我办公桌上吗？这个案子在时间上有些棘手。恐怕我不能再等了。

B: getting those Anderson briefs has been harder than you can imagine. I have tried to contact their lawyer many times, but every time I call, his secretary says he's in a meeting or out of the office, or away on business. I am beginning to think he's trying to avoid me.
B:要拿到安德森公司的辩护状比你想象得要困难多。我已经设法和他们的律师联系过多次，但每一次我给他打电话，他的秘书都说他在开会或不在办公室，要么就是出差了。我在想他是在想法躲着我。

A: that's highly possible. He knows if we miss our filling deadline, we don't __②__ to compete against them for the bid. Try to ____③____ him again. Give him a call and see if he can fax them first thing.
A:这很有可能。他如果知道我们错过了诉讼的最后期限，那我们就没有机会跟他们竞标了。再试试跟他们联系下。给他们打电话，看看他能否马上就发份传真来。

B: what if I can't speak to him directly?
B:万一我无法跟他直接通话怎么办？

A: ask his secretary to fax them. It's the same thing. Have them faxed over, with a copy also faxed to Martin's office.
A:让他的秘书把这些材料发传真过来也一样。传真发完之后，再给马丁的办公室传一份复本。

B: how do I find Martin's fax number? Is he in your rolodex?
B:我怎么才能找到马丁的传真号？在你的罗拉代克斯卡上吗？

A: no, but you can also call their office and ask the secretary to give you their fax number. I'll email you their office number later today.
A:没有，不过你还可以给他们办公室打电话，让秘书告诉你传真号。 今天稍晚一点儿我把他们办公室的号码发邮件给你。

B: Okay, I'll get on it first thing.
B:好的。我立刻去办这事。

A: be sure you do. I need those briefs ___④___ .
A:一定别忘了。我要尽快得到这些辩护状。

【单词】

：辩护状
ly：直接
：问题
ne：最终期限
ary：秘书
：传真
：案子
：非常
x：罗拉代克斯卡（用来盛装名片、地址卡和电话号码卡等可移动卡片）

【短语/词组】

1..fax over：传真过来
on it：成功
thing：立刻、马上
a few：很多
5.~can’t wait any longer：不能等太久

【填空】（答案反白可见）

sensitive：时间棘手
a chance：有机会
a hold of：找到
4.ASAP：（=as soon as possible）尽可能快地