那么满的日程，现代人真是忙里难偷闲啊！



John：What's on today's agenda?

今天的议程是怎么安排的？

Lily：We have an appointment with a customer at 9 am, three interviews before lunch, and a project review this afternoon.

早上九点要约见一个客户，午饭前有三个面试，下午有个工程检查。

John: What about tonight? Will there be time to clean off my desk?

今晚有安排吗？有时间处理手头未完的工作吗？

Lily: Tonight we should have time to catch up on correspondence.

今晚我们应该有时间把信件赶完。

John: Good! I'm always working against time to get letters out.

太好了！我一直都是抢时间写这些信。

Lily: The project review is a week behind schedule. What's causing the delay?

工程检查安排推迟一周。造成延误的原因是什么？

John: We haven't had a sufficient amount of time for our review board to meet.

我们的检查委员会没有足够的时间在一起商议。

Lily: Can we still meet the target date?

我们还能按期完成吗？

John: We should be able to. Even though this part of the project was due a week ago, we can still complete the whole program on time.

应该能完成。虽然这部分工程在一周前就应该完工，我们仍能按时完成整个项目。

Lily: Is that so? That's wonderful. We'll be able to cut down on our overtime.

是这样吗？那太棒了！这样我们就能少加班了。

John: Yes. Oh, look at the time! We should be in a hurry to make that first appointment!

是这样。哦，看一下时间。我们得赶紧去赴第一个约会了！
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