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Scene¹ 411　无法接听

❶ 他出去了。请打他手机。He is out. Please call his cell² phone.

同类表达 He just went out. 他刚刚出去了。

He's not in right now. 他现在不在。

❷ 您等会儿行吗？Would³ you like to stay on the line?

同类表达 Please be on the line. 请别挂电话。

对话 A: I want to speak to Mr. Smith. 我想找一下史密斯先生。

B: Would you like to stay on the line? 您等会儿行吗？

❸ 不好意思，他现在抽不开身。I'm sorry. He's currently⁴ busy.

同类表达 I'm sorry, she's tied up at the moment. 对不起，她正在忙。

He is in the middle of something. 他现在有事在忙。

❹ 他现在不方便接电话。He can't be reached⁵ now.

同类表达 He is on his lunch break now. 他现在正在午休。

对话 A: He can't be reached now. 他现在不方便接电话。

B: Then I will call him later⁶. 那我就稍后再打给他。

❺ 抱歉，他还在打电话。I'm sorry. He's still on the line.

同类表达 He is on another line now. 他正在打另外一个电话。

He is talking to someone⁷ else now. 他正在和别人通话。

❻ 他今天休息。He's off⁸ today.

同类表达 He has left for the day. 他已经下班了。

He is on vacation⁹. 他正在度假中。

❼ 他现在不在座位上。He's not at his desk at the moment.

同类表达 He's out for lunch. 他出去吃午饭了。

❽ 他已经离职了。He is no longer with us.

同类表达 Jack¹⁰ has left the company¹¹ for a month. 杰克离开公司已经一个月了。

对话 A: Can I talk to Bob, please? 请问我能找一下鲍勃吗？

B: He is no longer with us. 他已经离职了。

❾ 他现在正在开会。He is in a meeting¹² right now.

同类表达 He's on a business¹³ trip. 他出差了。

❿ 他大概十分钟后回来。He should be back in ten minutes.

同类表达 I'm afraid he won't be done for an hour. 恐怕他一小时之后才有空。

对话 A: He should be back in ten minutes. 他大概十分钟后回来。

B: OK. I'll call again later. 好的。我过一会儿再打。

1 scene   

n.场面；情景；布景

参考例句：

• He is an important man behind the scene.他是一个幕后的重要人物。
• I can imagine the scene clearly in my mind.我可以清楚地想像出那个情景。

2 cell   

n.区，细胞，血球；小室，牢房；电池，光电管；基层组织

参考例句：

• Soap destroys the cell walls of bacteria.肥皂破坏细菌的细胞壁。
• They have locked the prisoners up in their cell.他们已把犯人监禁在小牢房里。

3 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

4 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

5 reached   

v.到达( reach的过去式和过去分词 )；联络；伸出手臂，延伸

参考例句：

• An amicable settlement was reached. 已达成和解。
• After much hard bargaining we reached an agreement. 经过一番艰难的讨价还价，我们达成了协议。

6 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。

7 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。

8 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

9 vacation   

n.假期，休假；vi.度假

参考例句：

• I'll take a vacation this weekend.这个周末我要休假。
• The vacation passed away quickly.假期过得很快。

10 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

11 company   

n.公司

参考例句：

• Is this your company?这是你的公司吗？
• Which company was that?那是哪家公司？

12 meeting   

n.会议；集会

参考例句：

• Will you be at the meeting?你会来开会吗？
• We would like to hold the meeting at an early date.我们希望早日举行这次会议。

13 business   

n.商业， 买卖， 交易， 生意， 事情， 事物， 营业， 商行

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。