Making an appointment
约会
基本词汇:
have 有
appointment 约会
with 和
at 在
of course 当然
wait 等待
moment 片刻,瞬间
主要句型:
I have an appointment with Mr. Brown.
我和布朗先生有个约会。
Can you wait a moment, please?
请稍等一下,好吗?
情景会话:
A: Good afternoon, sir.
先生, 下午好!
B: Good afternoon. My name is John Smith. I have an appointment with Mr. Brown.
下午好。我是约翰·史密斯。 我和布朗先生有个约会。
A: Ah, yes. Your appointment is at 4:15. Can you wait a moment, please?
是的。你的预约时间是4点15分。 请稍等一下,好吗?
B: Yes, of course. Thanks.
好的,谢谢!
用法说明:
在国外工作节奏都比较快,所以有事商谈需要预约,与某人预先约定叫to make an appointment with somebody或者to fix an appointment with somebody; 守约是to keep one’s appointment; 取消约会是to cancel an appointment;失约是to break the appointment。
在语言文化中,需要注意的是,在英语国家,人们都习惯于拟定好各自的日程安排。无论是出门旅游、看病,还是请客吃饭、参加娱乐活动、走亲访友,都必须事先约好。一般说来,除了亲戚或最好的朋友之外,对一般的朋友和熟人的拜访,预约时间是非常必要的,因为人们通常不大欢迎不速之客,更不希望因此而使自己的计划受到影响。如果以约定好时间,就要按时赴约,不能早到,也不能迟到。如果是很早以前约好的,那最好在时间到来的前一周再加以确认。
补充情景对话:
A: Good morning. I have an appointment with Mr. Smith.
早上好, 我与斯密思先生有一个约会。
B: Please have a seat. He’ll be here in a few minutes.
您请坐。 他一会儿就到。
替换练习:
1.I have an appointment with Mr. Brown. 我和布朗先生有个约会。
Dr. Johnson 约翰逊医生
Director Wang 王主任
Professor Zhang张教授
2.Your appointment is at 4:15p.m.. 你的预约时间是下午4点15分。
8:30a.m. 上午8:30
10:30a.m. 上午10:30
2:00p.m. 下午2:00
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