2017年bec初級(jí)商務(wù)英語口語：禮貌提問（2）

　　Dialogue 2

　　A: Would you like to have something to drink?

　　B: Yes, please, that would be very nice. Do you have any hot coffee?

　　A: I'm sorry, we don't have any coffee. Would tea to be all right?

　　B: Yes, that would be fine.

　　A: Is there anything else that I can offer for you? Would you like some light refreshments?

　　B: No, no, no.... Actually, I'll just have some tea if that is not too much trouble. I had a very late and very large lunch, so I don't expect to eat anything else for the remainder of the day.

　　A: I know you're probably off your jet lag, but I'm wondering what time we should set for our budget review. What time are you available tomorrow for our meeting?

　　B: Don't worry about me. I'll try to hit the sack a little early tonight and I'll be fine by the time tomorrow comes. I have a meeting early on, and I should be available at 11 o'clock.

　　你想喝點(diǎn)什么?

　　噢,那太好了.有熱咖啡嗎?

　　很抱歉,我們沒有咖啡,茶可以嗎?

　　可以,那樣也不錯(cuò).

　　還要什么東西嗎?小點(diǎn)心怎么樣?

　　不必了…真的,如果不太麻煩的話,我喝點(diǎn)茶就行.我午飯吃的太晚,吃得也多,所以午飯以后我不準(zhǔn)備吃什么東西了.

　　我知道你可能在倒時(shí)差,但我想什么時(shí)間我們應(yīng)該做一個(gè)預(yù)算評(píng)估.明天你什么時(shí)候有空我們見面談?wù)?

　　別為我擔(dān)心.我今晚盡量早點(diǎn)兒上床睡覺,明天就會(huì)沒事的.我一早有個(gè)會(huì)議,不過11點(diǎn)以后應(yīng)該有空.

　　Reach: to communicate with sb, especially by telephone (尤指用電話)聯(lián)系,與…取得聯(lián)系

　　Do you know where I can reach him?

　　你知道我在哪兒能跟他聯(lián)系上嗎?

　　Unpredictable: that cannot be predicted because it changes a lot or depends on too many different things 無法預(yù)言的;不可預(yù)測(cè)的;難以預(yù)料的

　　unpredictable weather

　　變幻莫測(cè)的天氣

　　The result is entirely unpredictable.

　　結(jié)果是完全無法預(yù)料的.

　　Timely: happening at exactly the right time 及時(shí)的;適時(shí)的

　　A nasty incident was prevented by the timely arrival of the police.

　　警察的及時(shí)到來阻止了一次嚴(yán)重事故.

　　This has been a timely reminder to us all.

　　對(duì)我們大家來說這個(gè)提醒非常及時(shí).

　　Remainder: the remaining people, things or time 其他人員;剩余物;剩余時(shí)間

　　I kept some of his books and gave away the remainder.

　　我保留了一些他的書,其他的都送了人.

　　jet lag:時(shí)差

　　Light refreshments 小點(diǎn)心

　　Out of office 不在辦公室

　　In the office 在辦公室

　　At the moment 此刻

　　Step out of the office 從辦公室出去了

　　At times 有事

　　Make an appointment 預(yù)約

　　Return a call 回電話

　　Call back 回電話

　　Get back 回來

　　Make a note of 把…記錄下來

　　Fight off 竭力擺脫,擊退

　　Set a time 安排個(gè)時(shí)間

　　Hit the sack 上床睡覺

　　Early on 一大早