办公室会话：预约

做什么事情都要先有计划，计划好了才可以顺利实施，比如你要和别人谈生意就得预约，和员工开会也要先约定好时间。下面我们就来看看预约都该怎么处理。

（1）
A: Hello, Mr. Black? This is Christina in Mr. Emory's office. Mr. Emory would like to set up an appointment with you to talk about buying a new fax machine.
你好，布莱克先生。我是艾默利先生办公室的克里斯蒂娜。艾默利先生想跟您约个时间谈一下购买一台新传真机的事。

B: Sure. I'd be glad to. What time?
好的，非常愿意。什么时间？

A: He'd like to see you as soon as possible. How about tomorrow at 2pm?
他想尽快跟您见面。明天下午2点可以吗？

B: Yes. That'll be great. Tell him I will see him then.
可以，告诉他我们两点见。

（2）
A: Tim, I need to work out a time to get together with your people to discuss the new project.
蒂姆，我要找个时间跟你们商量一下新的方案。

B: Does everybody need to be there? Jason is on vacation this week.
每个人都要来吗？詹森这周休假。

A: It would be best if everybody could be there. How about sometime next week?
最好每个人都来。下周怎么样？

B: Let me take a look at the schedule first. I'll get back to you this afternoon.
我先看一下时间表，下午答复你。