关于会面的英语口语:安排、更改、取消
关于会面的英语口语:安排、更改、取消
每个职场人都有可能会遇到安排会面的情况,有时候,情况还可能很复杂,更改会面的时间、地点,甚至取消会面都有可能发生。那么如何用英语来表达会面的变动呢?
1.安排会面必备第一句:我能和您约个时间见面吗?
经典表达:
May I have an appointment with you?
我能和您约个时间见面吗?
举一反三:
Will you be available this afternoon?
Could we arrange the meeting on Tuesday afternoon?
I wonder if it would be convenient for you to meet us this afternoon?
Could you squeeze me in sometime this morning?
2.安排会面必备第二句:您能给我安排一下和XXX会面的时间吗?
经典表达:
Could you arrange a meeting with your boss?
您能给我安排个时间和您老板见面吗?
举一反三:
Will XXX be available on Monday?
I wonder if XXX could spare me an hour or so tomorrow afternoon?
I would like to make an appointment with XXX. Can you fit me in on his/her schedule?
3.安排会面必备第三句:确定时间、地点
经典表达:
How about ten o’clock on Thursday morning at your office?
周四早上十点在您办公室可以吗?
举一反三:
What about this afternoon?
Would Friday morning be convenient for you?
Could we make it at four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon?
4.更改会面必备:能把会面时间推迟到明天吗?
经典表达:
Could we postpone our talk to the following day, at the same hour and the same place?
我们能把约会时间推迟到原定时间后一天,时间地点不变,可以吗?
举一反三:
We can make it some other time.
I wonder if you could change the time.
I would like to postpone the meeting until Monday afternoon, would that be convenient for you?
5.取消会面必备:抱歉,恐怕我要取消我们的约会了。
经典表达:
I must make apologies. I’m afraid I have to cancel our appointment.
抱歉,恐怕我要取消我们的约会了。
举一反三:
I have something urgent tomorrow, so the appointment will have to be cancelled.
I’m really sorry about cancelling the meeting at the last minute.
I’ll have to take a rain check. Maybe another time?