Emergency Announcements 紧急通知
555. I'm calling to ask you to attend a press conference at 3 o'clock this afternoon. 我打电话来是通知你去参加今天下午三点钟的一个新闻发布会。 556. Where will it be held? 新闻发布会在哪儿举行? 557. It'll be held in the conference room of our company. 发布会将在我们公司的会议室举行。 558. Should I prepare any materials or data? 我要准备一些材料或资料吗? 559.Please prepare some necessary materials and data on the quality of our products. 请准备一些必要的有关我们产品质量的材料和数据。 560.The manager asked me to let you know that the meeting planned for this morning has been put off till this afternoon. 经理让我告诉你原定今天上午召开的会议推迟到今天下午了。 561.Please inform all the staff of Marketing Department. 请通知营销部的全体职工。 562. I'm sorry to say a rather pressing matter has come up which demands Mr. Wood's attention. 我很抱歉地告诉你因发生一个紧急事情要求伍德先生解决。 563.So he won't be able to keep his appointment with Mr. Nathan this afternoon. 所以他今天下午不能赴和内森先生商定的约会。 564.If you wouldn't mind. 如果你不介意的话。 565.Mr. Wood is tied up all day on Thursday. 伍德先生星期四整天都很忙。 566.Other than that he's got a fairly clear week though. 除了那天之外整个一周都很空。 567.Mr. Nathan is off for a whole day. 内森先生整个一天都有空。 568.Could you please convey our apologies to Mr. Nathan? 请把我们的歉意转达给内森先生,好吗? 569.Something completely unforeseen has arisen. 一件根本预料不到的事情突然发生了。 Dialogue A (Miss Li Ying, the secretary of the mannger's office, is calling Mr. Smith to ask him to attend a press conference. ) (A: Miss Li; B: Mr. Smith) A: Hello. This is Li Ying of the manager's office. I'd like to speak to Mr. Smith. B: This is Smith speaking. A: I'm calling to ask you to attend a press conference at 3 o'clock this afternoon. B: Where will it be held? A: It'll be held in the conference room of our company. B: OK. Should I prepare any materials or data? A: Yes, please prepare some necessary materials and data on the quality of our products. It's important. B: Well. I'll. Dialogue B A: Hello. This is Li Ying, the secretary for the manager. Could I speak to Mr. Parker, the director of Marketing Department? B: Speaking, please. A: Mr. Parker, the manager asked me to let you know that the meeting planned for this morning has been put off till this afternoon. B: Do you mean that the meeting has been put off to this afternoon. A: Yes, it is emergent. Please inform all the staff of Marketing Department. B: All right. I'll inform them immediately. A: Many thanks. Good-bye. B: Good-bye. Dialogue C (Mr. Wood's secretary, Miss Wang, is calling the office of the IBM company at Beijing in order to change the date of an important appointment Mr. Wood has made to see Mr. Nathan. ) (W: Miss Wang; C: Miss Claudia) W: Good morning. This is Mr. Wood's secretary at Beijing speaking. C: I'm Miss Claudia, Mr. Nathan's secretary. Can I help you? W: Yes, I'm sorry to say a rather pressing matter has come up which demands Mr. Wood's is attention. So he won't be able to keep his appointment with Mr. Nathan this afternoon. C: Then, we should change it to another time, should we? W: Yes, please, if you wouldn't mind. When would be a convenient time for Mr. Nathan? C: I wonder if Mr. Wood can come on Thursday morning? W: Unfortunately, Mr. Wood is tied up all day on Thursday. Other than that he's got a fairly clear week though. C: Well, how about next Tuesday? Mr. Nathan is off for a whole day. W: Yes, Mr. Wood is free then? C: At what particular time will Mr. Wood come to see Mr. Nathan? W: We'll make it next Tuesday at 2∶30 p. m. then. C: OK. Let's fix it then. W: And could you please convey our apologies to Mr. Nathan?Something completely unforeseen has arisen. Good-bye, and thank you. Notes 注释 1.I'm calling to…我打电话来是要…… 2. press conference 新闻发布会 3.This is Li Ying, the secretary for the manager. 我是经理的秘书李英。 4. Marketing Department营销部 5.It is emergent. 事情很紧急。 6. put off 推迟 7. I'll inform them immediately. 我马上就通知他们。 8.Many thanks. 太感谢了。还可以说:Thanks a lot. 9. a rather pressing matter 一件紧急事情 10.come up 发生 11.be tied up all day 整天都很忙 12.other than 除了 13.Mr. Nathan is off for a whole day. off在本句中意为“有空”。 14.convey one's apology to sb.向某人转达某人的道歉 Words and Expressions press /pres/n. 新闻 data/'deit+/ n. 数据 emergent/i'm+: d{+nt/ a. 紧急的;突然出现的 emergency/i'm+: d{+nsi/ n. 紧急情况;突然事件 announcement/+'naunsm+nt/ n. 通告,布告 staff/sta: f/ n. 全体员工 inform/in'f&: m/ v. 通知 pressing/'presiR/ a. 紧急的 particular /p+'tikjul+/ a. 特别的 convey/k+n'vei/ v. 传达,转达 apology /+'p&l+D{i/ n. 道歉,赔礼 unforeseen/)nf&: 'si: n/ a. 无法预料到的 |