Helping with the Copy Machine

幫忙影印

2008年07月21日蘋果日報

對話
Customer：I would like to make a few copies of this. Could you help me?
顧客：我想影印這份文件。你可以幫我嗎？
Clerk：Right away. What size do you need?
店員：我馬上來。您要印什麼尺寸的？
Customer：I would like it to be as large as it is now.
顧客：我要印和原尺寸一樣大。
Clerk：How many copies would you like me to make?
店員：您要我印幾份呢？
Customer：Five will be enough, I think.
顧客：我想5份就夠了。

「句」細靡遺
★What size do you need?
您要印什麼尺寸的？
現在一般超商都有提供影印的服務，顧客要影印時，一些基本的問法如下：
◎ What size of copy do you want? （這份文件您要印什麼尺寸？）
◎ Do you want the copy to be double sided? （這份文件您要印雙面嗎？）
◎ How big do you want it/the copy (to be)? （這份文件您要印多大尺寸？）
例：Clerk: What size of copy do you want? （店員：這份文件您要印什麼尺寸？）
Customer：I'd like it to be the same size as it is now.
（顧客：我要印跟原尺寸一樣的大小。）
例：Clerk：How big do you want the copy to be? （店員：這份文件您要印成多大？）
Customer：I want it to be A3/A4 size.
（顧客：我要印成A3/A4的大小。）

字字珠璣
★copy machine n.影印機
★copy n.一份；拷貝；副本 & vt.影印；複製
★make a copy 影印
例：Clerk：How many copies would you like me to make?
（店員：您要我印幾份呢？）
Customer：I need to have two copies. （顧客：我要印兩份。）
例：Can I copy your notes?
（你的筆記可以借我影印嗎？∕我可以抄你的筆記嗎？）
★as + 形容詞∕副詞 + as... 和……一樣的∕一樣地……
例：Tony is as tall as his older brother. （東尼和他哥哥一樣高。）
例：Alex plays baseball as well as Mike. （艾力克斯棒球打得和麥克一樣好。）

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