大家说英语 第624期:就这么约定了(2)

Conversation A

对话A

Susie: Hi, Tina, what are you doing?

苏西：嗨，蒂娜，你在做什么？

Tina: My family wants to visit. I'm planning their trip. In your opinion, when should they come?

蒂娜：我家人要来找我玩儿。我正在规划他们的行程。依你的意见，他们应该什么时候来比较好？

Susie: I'd say April or May. It's so pretty here in the spring.

苏西：我会说四月或五月。这里的春天非常美丽。

Tina: Great. I'll ask them to come the week of April 15.

蒂娜：太好了，我会请他们在四月十五日那周过来。

Susie: Fine. But that's a long time from now.

苏西：好的，可是距离现在还很久呢。

Tina: That's OK. We like to plan ahead!

蒂娜：没关系，我们喜欢预先规划！

Conversation B

对话B

Susie: Oh, great!

苏西：真是太绝了！

Tina: What's wrong, Susie? I assume¹ you got some bad news?

蒂娜：苏西，怎么了？我猜你是不是收到了什么坏消息？

Susie: Yes. The person I'd planned to interview this afternoon cancelled our 2:00 appointment.

苏西：没错，我今天下午本来要访问的人取消了我们两点的预约。

Tina: I'm sorry. Can you reschedule?

蒂娜：真遗憾。你可以重新安排时间吗？

Susie: Yes, but she's too busy to meet until November 22.

苏西：可以，但她太忙了，要到十一月二十二日才有时间和我见面。

Tina: She must have a full schedule!

蒂娜：她的时间表一定排得很满！

Susie: She does, and so dol. I can't fit her in until December 4!

苏西：没错，但我也是一样啊。我要到十二月四日才排得进和她见面的时间！

1 assume   

vt.假装；假定，设想；承担；呈现，采取

参考例句：

• I assume that he won't cheat you.想来他是不会骗你的。
• We can't assume anything in this case.在这种情况下我们不可能做出假设。