杭州商务英语口语之—商务英语口语100主题读书笔记(二)
By Vincent from www.englishvincent.com
Unit 16
1.Our meeting is set for 2 o’clock. 我们的会面定在2点钟。
2. Let me find out if he made arrangements for someone else to meet with you in his place. 我查下他有没有安排其他人替他与您见面
In his place是代替某人做某事。不过这句话太长了,让一般人说会有点困难,所以你在工作中不妨简单地说 let me check if he arranged someone to meet with you. 虽然arrange后面经常会有介词for。
3. He briefed her on your project. 他已经更她交代/介绍过你的项目了。
Brief 作为一个动词经常出现在商务场合,意思是让某人做或者参与某件事情或某个项目前,向其做必要的介绍,给与必要的信息,或指示其如何proceed (开展工作)。和我们以前学的bring us to speed有类似之处,后者的意思是“跟我们介绍一下情况、进展等)
比如 I was just briefed by Vincent about the new project. Vincent刚想我介绍了项目的情况。
4. she is finishing up a meeting now. 她有个会马上开好了。
Be finishing字面上是“正在完成”,所以它的意思是“马上好了,马上完成了”,有时候也可用来指刚完成,刚开好。
比如I’ll be finishing my proposal soon.我的提案马上就要做好了。
既然finishing就马上好,那么finished就是完成了,所以你要问别人好了没:可以问:Are you finished? 或者 have you finished? 那么别人可以简单的回答说“yeah”或者说 “everything is set”
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