Man: Hi, Tom here. Could I speak with Bill?[qh]
男：你好，我是汤姆，能让比尔接电话么？[qh]
Woman: Sorry, he's out. Can I take a message?[qh]
女：对不起，他外出了。要留言么？[qh]
Man: Thanks. It's about some queries Bill had about the balance sheet I prepared.[qh]
男：谢谢。比尔对我准备的资产负债表提了些问题。[qh]
Woman: Which balance sheet exactly? The one for the last financial year?[qh]
女：具体是哪个资产负债表呢？是去年的财务的么？[qh]
Man: Actually, it was the one for the last quarter.[qh]
男：其实是上个季度的。[qh]
Woman: OK, got that.[qh]
女：好的，记下了。[qh]
Man: There were several things Bill wanted to check. Firstly, he asked about the liabilities figures.[qh]
男：比尔想确认几件事。首先他问了负债数值。[qh]
He thought the figures in column A might be for current liabilities, but in fact those figures indicate the long-term ones.[qh]
他认为A列的数字可能是现在的负债，但事实上，那些数字代表长期负债。[qh]
Woman: OK, I've got that. What next?[qh]
女：好的。我记下了。下一个呢？[qh]
Man: The assets figures. He wondered exactly what they cover. Actually, I've put the current assets there,[qh]
男：资产数值。他想知道这些数字具体涵盖哪些。其实，我已经将流动资产写在那了，[qh]
but I've still got to work out the fixed assets and the intangible assets before I include them.[qh]
但是我还是算出了将它们涵盖在一起之前的固定资产以及无形资产。[qh]
Woman: Thanks. Anything else?[qh]
女：谢谢。还有其他的么？[qh]
Man: One last thing. Also about assets. Bill wasn't sure what the figures in brackets in section four refer to.[qh]
男：最后一件事，也是关于资产的。比尔不确定第四部分括号中的数字代表什么。[qh]
He thought they might represent average figures for the last two years or something like that. In fact, they show losses over that period.[qh]
他认为它们可能代表过去两年的平均数之类的。事实上，它们表示的是那段时期的损失。[qh]
Woman: Thanks. I'll pass all that on.[qh]
女：谢谢。我会将这些告诉他的。[qh]