英语博客：ESL Podcast 804 – Dealing with Time Changes in Scheduling

 　　Danny: Don’t bother looking for next year’s meeting calendar. I’m still working on it.

 

　　Tessa: What’s taking so long?

 

　　Danny: This is my first time scheduling all of the major meetings for this company and I’m getting thrown off by all of the things I have to keep in mind. For instance¹, our bylaws say that we have to have a management meeting every 60 days. This is a leap year, so do I have to take that into account?

 

　　Tessa: That’s a tough one. I’m not sure.

 

　　Danny: And what about daylight saving² time? I have to remember when clocks will be set ahead and back.

 

　　Tessa: That’s easy. My high school teacher taught us to remember it with a simple phrase: “fall back and spring ahead.”

 

　　Danny: Okay, but that doesn’t help me with dates. Apparently³, daylight saving time changes on different dates in different countries. And I have to factor in time zones to set the time for each meeting, with meeting times that work for each international office that will be participating.

 

　　Tessa: You’re right, it’s a tall order, but you do know that someone has done this before? You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

 

　　Danny: Yeah, Carl set the meeting calendar last year, but he left the company last month.

 

　　Tessa: Can’t you just take last year’s meeting calendar and fudge it?

 

　　Danny: Why do you think Carl is no longer with the company?

 

　　Tessa: Ah.

 

　　Script⁴ by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

2 saving   

n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款

参考例句：

• Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
• Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。