旅游英语口语就该这么说:第225期 职业工作 代班

 　　Could you cover for me on Tuesday? I'm not coming back until Wednesday. 你星期二可以帮我代班吗？我要到星期三才回来。

　　Sure. What's up? 当然可以，有什么事吗？

　　He substituted¹ for his colleague² who was ill. 他为生病的同事代班。

　　Rose will cover for me while I'm away. 我不在的时候，罗斯会帮我代班。

　　My colleague agreed to cover for me during my vacation. 我的同事答应我休假的时候帮我代班。

1 substituted   

v.代替，替换，代用( substitute的过去式和过去分词 )；做…的代理人，接替

参考例句：

• She was dancing while someone substituted at the piano. 她在跳舞，别人代她弹钢琴。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Glass blocks are sometimes substituted for ordinary bricks. 有时，玻璃砖被用来代替普通的砖。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 colleague   

n.同僚，同事

参考例句：

• He is a colleague of mine.他是我的同事。
• The professor paid a return visit to his American colleague.教授回访了他的美国同事。