Mr Ballito 對Miss Melita Fagurian的面試非常滿意，他還想了解一下Miss Melita
Fagurian在以前公司的工作表現。因此他致電Mr Kola，Miss Melita Fagurian以前的上司，想要了解一些情況。下面是他們之間的對話。
OPERATOR: Good morning, this is the National Bank. Can I help you?
MR BALLITO: Good morning, would you put me through to Mr Kola, please?
OPERATOR: Mr Kola? Who's calling him, please?
MR BALLITO: My name's Ballito. I'm Managing Director of Modern Office
Limited.
OPERATOR: Hold the line, please, Mr Ballito. I'll see if Mr Kola's free. I'm
putting you through to Mr Kola now.
MR KOLA: Hello, Kola here.
MR BALLITO: Oh, Ballito speaking. Mr Kola, you have a shorthand typist named
Melita Fagurian on your staff.
MR KOLA: Yes?
MR BALLITO: Well, she's applied for a job here as Junior Secretary and we'd
like to give it to her. Could you give her a reference?
MR KOLA: Yes, it will be a pleasure. What would you like to know about her?
MR BALLITO: How long has she been working at the Bank?
MR KOLA: Oh, I'll have to look that up in her personal file. What else do you
want to know?
MR BALLITO: I'd like a report on her attendance and her punctuality. Tell me
about her character and anything else you think I should know.
MR KOLA: Well, Mr Ballito, as I said, I'll have to look all that up in her
personal file. Do you want the reference in writing or can I ring you back in
half an hour?
MR BALLITO: Oh, you can ring me back. If I'm not in the office, my secretary
Opal will take a message.
MR KOLA: Right, Mr Ballito. I'll ring you back in half an hour.
（來源：梁瑞英語 英語點津 Annabel 編輯）
