新东方商务口语:确认约会 Confirming an Appointment

5.确认约会 Confirming an Appointment

Mr. Jones: Accounting¹, this is Mike.
您好，我是财务部的Mike.

Mr. Lee: Mike, this is Leo in Sales. I was just calling to confirm our meeting tomorrow. Are we still on?
Mike, 我是销售部的Leo。我想打电话确认明天的约会。我们还能见面吗？

Mr. Jones: Goodness! It’s been so long I actually forgot. Let me see … yes, it is on my calendar.
天呀！过了这么长时间我都忘记了。让我看看…… 是的，我已经标在日历上了。

Mr. Lee: OK. See you at your office at 2:30.
两点半在你办公室见。

Mr. Jones: Right, see you then!
好的，到时候见！

6.Changing an Appointment

Kim: Hi Ron, this is Kim at headquarters.
你好，Ron.我是总部的Kim.

Ron: Oh, hi Kim. How’s it going?
你好，Kim.最近怎么样？

Kim: Great, thanks. I was calling to change our meeting next week.
很好，谢谢。我们下星期的见面，我想改期。

Ron: Ok, sure. When did you have in mind?
好的，没问题。你觉得什么时候合适？
Kim: Well, I was hoping we could reschedule for early next month, Our trip has been postponed² until the 2nd.
我想订在下个月的月初。我们推迟到2号才出差。

Ron: Why don’t’ we say the 3rd around 2:00 p.m.?
那三号下午两点左右见面行吗？

Kim: That works for me! I will call you when I get into town to reconfirm.
可以，我到了后再打电话给你确认。

Ron: Great. Talk to you then.
好的。再联系。

1 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。