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.
(谈判回来，我回到房间立刻着手起草合同，我工作到深夜，第二天一早又接着干)
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.
（我觉得有点头昏，决定在酒店附近散会儿步，这儿是使馆区，）
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.
（下午我又干了一会儿，三点钟我给GOODWIN先生打电话，告诉他我已经做好了合同，他可以签字了）
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.
（他来到我房间，连合同看都没看就在上签了字，我问他这是不是他的习惯不看内容就签字，）
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."
（他只是对我笑一笑说：“大卫，我带你来北京不是来检查你的工作的，我带你来是为了做合同的，这是你的事，我信得过你”）
I hire a taxi and drive to Li Wei's office, Her Secretary smiles at me as I enter her office building.
（我打个出租车来到李薇办公室，当我走进大楼时她的秘书对我笑了笑）
PARKER: Good afternoon. I wonder if Madam Li is in her office this afternoon.
（你好，请问李薇女士下午在办公室吗？）
SEC: No. I'm sorry. She's at a meeting.
（很抱歉，她不在，她在开会。）
PARKER: Well' I'll leave this for her then. Will you please see that she gets it as soon as she comes back?
（那我把这个留给她，请你务必在她回来的时候马上交给她。）
SEC. By all means. Thank you.
(我一定马上交给她，谢谢你)
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.
（坐在回酒店的出租车里，我开始回想合同内容，我想到商品名称，规格，装船日期和装船口岸，我想到数量和条款，看来全都没问题）
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!
（后来我突然想到价格，我的价格是怎么写的，是128美元吗？突然，我的大脑一片空白，我有点头昏眼花，浑身冒汗,我不记得写过128美金，我写的是125美金，我几乎可以肯定。）
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.
（我想催司机快点开可是他不懂英语，他为啥开的这么慢呀，我说，快的开，快点开呀。一回到房间，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！真是这样！我真的把单价写成125美金了，我重重地坐在床上，给GOODWIN 打电话告诉他我干的好事，）
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"
(我估计他会立刻遣送我会温哥华并且劈头盖脸骂我一顿，但是他却静静地听着，并且只说：“我早上给李薇去个电话，大卫，放松一下，洗个热水澡，睡一觉”)
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，我心烦躁极了，拒绝吃晚餐，爬上床，看电视到所有节目结束，我吃了点阿司匹林想睡一觉。）
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，我发烧了，觉得恶心，想吐，我给酒店办公室打电话，他们给我派来个大夫，是个年轻人，态度很和气。）
DOCTOR: What seems to be your problem?
（你觉得怎么不舒服？）
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.
（我整夜没有睡觉，头痛的厉害，吃了阿司匹林，可是不管用，今天早上我的胃不舒服，想吐，又吐不出来，一站起来就头晕）
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,
（咱们查查看，嗯，我给你测下体温，把这个放在嘴里，好的，现在我给你号号脉，你的脉搏正常，）
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,
（我看看体温表，嗯，有点发烧，不高，不用太担心，请解开衬衣纽扣，我听听心脏，检查一下肺）
Can you sit up? Fine, now, does it hurt when I press here?
（能坐起来吗？好的，这儿按着痛吗？）
Parker: No.
（不痛）
DOCTOR: Here?
（这儿？）
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.
（张开嘴，请张大一点，谢谢，我来看看耳朵，好的，请转过头来，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先生我认为你没什么问题，你知道没问题肯定会高兴的，你的身体很好，可以问问你的年龄吗？）
PARKER: Not at all. I'm 34.
（没问题，我34岁）
DOCTOR: Thirty-four. Well, you're fit as a fiddle, as they say in America.
（34！就像美国人说的那样，你的身体棒极了）
PARKER:In Canada, too.
（加拿大人也这么说）
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?
（我有个姐姐在维多利亚，你知道维多利亚吗）
PARKER:Yes. it's a beautiful city.
（知道，那个城市很美）
DOCTOR:There are many Chinese people there. I believe.
（我想，哪儿的中国人不少吧）
PARKER:Many. Many in Vancouver, too.
（不少，温哥华的中国人也不少）
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.
（我给你开个处方，你可以到酒店的医务室取药，还是我自己去取吧，让医务室的人把药送给你）
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，你有些疲劳过度，工作太辛苦饮食又不正常。）
PARKER:So take two bills three times a day after meals, go to bed and get plenty of rest.
（因此吗，一天三次，一次两丸，饭后吃，卧床，多休息）
DOCTOR: How did you know?
（你怎么知道的？）
PARKER: It's what all the doctors say.
（大夫都这么说）
DIALOGUE: Reaching an Agreement
（对话，达成协议）
BUSINESSMAN: I am wondering whether you have had an answer from your superiors?
（我想知道你是否已经得到你的上级的答复了？）
WANG: Yes. We had a meeting about it yesterday afternoon.
（是的，我们昨天下午开会研究这事了）
BUSINESSMAN: What's the answer?
（结果如何）
WANG:Well, we decided we could agree to your price. but we are a bit worried about the slow delivery.
（我们决定可以同意你的价格，但是我们有点担心交货有点慢）
BUSINESSMAN:Let's see. I quoted you delivery in three months, didn't I?
（我想想，我报价是3个月交货，是吧）
WANG:Yes. but we really need the wool as soon as possible.
（是的，但是我们急需尽快交货羊毛）
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.
（我想到你们担心这个，昨晚我打电话给奥克兰，因为你是我们最大的客户，他们同意下个月21日第一个船期装运离开奥克兰港）
WANG： Good, if you agree. we'll sign the contact.
（好的，如果你同意，我们马上签合同）