Unit 5 部门职能
总经理办公室
In the Chief Manager's Office

你的行程都准备好了吗？
Are you all set for your trip?
A: Samson,are you all set for your trip to Singapore?
B: Yeah,this is my last day in the office.
Tomorrow morning the secretary of 3M company will meet us at the airport.
A: Great,but don't forget to solve the delivery problem.

我们不能按时发货。
Our products cannot be delivered on time.=There will be a late delivery for our products.
A: Did my secretary inform you that our products cannot be delivered on time?
B: No,I didn't get any information.
A: How come?
B: Well,to be frank,I've been so busy with making arrangements for the promotion campaign
that I didn't have any time to keep an eye on things like that!

他想知道您可否把会议推迟一下。
He was wondering if you can postpone/delay your meeting.
A: Sir,David called just now when you were out.
B: What's up?
A: He was wondering if you can postpone your meeting of this afternoon to the end of this week.
He said he has something urgent to do.
B: That's awful!By the end of this week,I will be negotiating with a business partner in Shanghai.

本周五我的日程安排得非常紧。
I've got a very tight schedule on Friday.
A: I've got a very tight schedule on Friday.
B: But John said there was an emergency.
A: He messed up everything!What time did he suggest?
B: Is next Monday OK?
A: I could do nothing else.

严格按照日程安排行事
stick to schedule tightly
A: I've been through the entire program for the visit.
It's a fairly good schedule.
B: And our CEO will be there, too.
A: All we've got to do now is to make sure
that we should stick to that schedule tightly.
B: Everything will be fine!