A: I’d like to set a fixed time for this meeting before we finish today. Can you all take a look at your schedules?

B: Thursday mornings are usually the slowest around here. Why don’t we set it for Thursday at 10:00 a.m.?

A: That’s out for me. I already have a standard meeting on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. How about Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.?

B: That’s all right for my department. I don’t know how the rest of you feel.

安排小组会

A：我想在咱们今天散会前定下开这个会的时间。你们能看看你们的日程安排吗？

B：星期四上午总是这儿ABC空闲的时候。咱们可以定星期四上午10:00。

A：我不行。周四上午9:30我已经有了个例会。星期三下午2:00怎么样？

B：我们部门没问题。不知道你们其他人觉得怎样？

A mandatory meeting

A: Paul? I need to work out a time to get together with your people.

B: Does everybody need to be there? Hilary and Jason are on vacation this week.

A: It would be best if everybody could be there. How about next week sometime?

B: Let me take a look at the schedule. I’ll get back to you this afternoon, all right?

定开小组会

A：保罗？我需要找个时间和你们大家碰头。

B：每个人都必须到吗？西勒里和杰森这星期都在休假。

A：ABC每个人都能在。下周定个时间如何？

B：我来看看时间表。我下午给您回话，行吗？

(本文转载自旺旺英语)