职场口语 改变邀请(1)
改变邀请 世事难料,有时约好的事情,也不得不改变。但只要表现出你真心的歉意,再加上委婉的 语气和合理的解释,对方还是会欣然接受的。
你看我们把约会推迟到9:30方便吗?Do you think it's convenient to postpone the appointment till 9:30? ★ convenient[kən'vi:njənt]a. 便利的,方便的 ★ postpone[pəust'pəun]v. 推迟,延迟 ★ till[til]prep. 直到,到 ■ “9:30”有两种常用读法,一种是:“nine thirty”;另一种是:“half past nine”。 我们把约会推迟到下个星期天可以吗?Is it okay if we postpone the appointment till next Sunday? ○ I was wondering if we could postpone the appointment till next Sunday. 我想知道我们是否可 以把约会推迟到下个星期天。 我恐怕要晚一点。太多的事情要处理了。I'm afraid I'll be a bit late. So many things to deal with. ○ I don't have time to breathe today. 我今天忙得都没时间喘气儿了。 ● a bit “有点儿,稍微” ● deal with “应付,处理,对待” 很抱歉我今天不能如期赴约了。I'm sorry I can't keep the appointment with you today. ● keep the appointment “如期赴约” ■ “keep”在本句中的意思是“信守,遵守”。 我改一下时间,比如星期天,你介意吗?Do you mind if I change it to another time, say, Sunday? ○ I should have some free time next week. Say, next Wednesday Evening? 我下周应该会有时间 的。比如说下周三晚上,怎么样? ■ 单词“say”在本句中是口语用法,可译为“比如说”。 换个时间和地点行吗?Can we change the time and place? ○ Let's fix another time/place. 咱们再另定个时间/地点吧。 ○ I can't meet you there. 我没法在那儿见你。 ★ fix[fiks]v. 确定,决定,固定 我们可以晚一点约会吗?我不太舒服。Can we make it a little later? I feel under the weather. ○ Sorry. I've been under the weather recently. 抱歉。我最近一直不太舒服。 ● under the weather “(身体)不舒服” ★ weather['weðə]n. 天气 我们能把它推迟到第二天吗?Can we put it off to the next day? ○ Let's change our meeting place to Onxiu Café. 咱们把见面地点改到昂秀咖啡屋吧。 ● put off“推迟” 咱们提前一个小时见面好吗?Can we meet an hour earlier? ○ Can we meet earlier? 咱们早点见面好吗? 很抱歉地告诉你我不得不取消我们的午餐约会了。I'm sorry to tell you that I have to cancel the lunch appointment with you. ★ cancel['kænsəl]v. 取消,删除 我们能把见面地点由肯德基改成麦当劳吗?Can we meet at McDonald's instead of KFC? ○ I want to meet you somewhere else. 我想在别的地方见你。 |