商务英语写作指导：请你拼出名字

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　　Would you please spell the name?
        　　在 一点的国际公司中，一般都会有总机接线生(operator)帮你转接各个部门的电话。因此当你听到接线生说：Would you please
spell the name?时， 最好能将受话人的名字拼出来;如果名字过长，则可要求接线生在复述一遍，以免发生“搭错线”的尴尬情形。
        　　(O=operator, C=Chinese)
        　　O: DEF Company. May I help you?
        　　C: Yes, please. May I talk to Mr. Brown? (Put me through to Mr. Brown.)
        　　O: I beg your pardon?
        　　C: Mr. Brown, please.
        　　O: Would you spell the name, please? (May I have the spelling, please?)
        　　C: That's B-R-O-W-N.
        　　O: B-R-O-W-N, correct?
        　　C: That's right.
        　　O: You are calling Mr. Brown in the Foreign Department?
        　　C: Yes.
        　　O: Thank you for waiting. (I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.) He is on
the line. Go ahead, please.