山姆,你能幫我個忙嗎?
Sam: What’s up?
什么事?
Bob: I don’t know what exactly it is.
我不知道具體發(fā)生了什么。
Sam: Tell me what you know.
告訴我你知道的。
Bob: OK, at first, my mother told me that my little sister was serious sick.
好的,首先是我母親告訴我說我妹妹病得很嚴重。
Sam: Oh, I am sorry to hear that.
哦,真的很抱歉。
Bob: I am very anxious. My mother told me that my little sister was sent to hospital and the doctor said that she should be hospitalized.
我很擔心,我母親告訴我說我妹妹已經(jīng)被送到了醫(yī)院,醫(yī)生說她要住院。
Sam: And then, please, to make a long story short.
然后呢,拜托了,長話短說。
Bob: Could you help to ask for leave? I need to go home.
你能幫我請假嗎?我得回家。
Sam: Of course, but please tell what I need to do at first.
當然,但是請你一開始就告訴我要做什么。