音频下载[保存到本地收听]4 changing the meeting date 更改约会时间 Mr. Lee: I’m so sorry to call you
on such short notice, but something’s come up.
对不起临时给你打电话，但是我有急事。 Mr. Jones: You mean for this afternoon’s meeting?
你是说今天下午不能来了？ Mr. Lee: That’s right I’m afraid I have to postpone it.
是的，恐怕得延期了。 Mr. Scott got sick and I have to attend the Speechmaker’s Symposium in his place.
Scott先生生病了，我要替他去参加研讨会。 I’m leaving today, and I won’t be back until a week from Friday.
今天走，从星期五开始离开一个星期。 Mr. Jones: That’s quite a while. Let’s make it the week after you get back, then.
时间很长。你回来后我们再处理那件事吧。 Mr. Lee: That will be great. So it’s two weeks from tomorrow, same time and place.
很好，两个星期之后，同一时间，同一地点。 I’m really sorry to do this to you.
十分抱歉。 Mr. Jones: No problem at all. To tell you the truth, I could use the extra time in my schedule to catch up on some paperwork.
没什么，说实话，我可以利用这段多余的时间赶一赶一些文案工作。 On short notice 紧急通知Come up出现 Catch up 赶上，补上 Paper work 文书工作(填表格，写报告等) 