跟艾米莉一起学口语 第535期:会议推迟

 Didn't you hear about that?
你没有听说吗？
Didn't you hear about that? They are going to divorce.
你没有听说吗？他们要离婚了。
Didn't you hear about that? The meeting was canceled.

你没有听说吗？会议取消了。

 

A: I've been waiting here in the conference room for ten minutes already. What time does our meeting start? Where is everyone anyway?
我在会议室已经等了十分钟，会议什么时候开始？其他人都在哪儿？
B: Didn't you hear about that? Our meeting was postponed¹ until Friday.
你没听说吗？会议推到周五了。
A: What? The meeting was postponed? No one told me anything about it.
什么？会议推迟了？没人告诉我啊。
B: Didn't you get the memo²?
你没有看到备忘录吗？
A: What memo? There haven't been any memos³ this whole week. I check my in-box every day, and I haven't seen anything.
什么样的备忘录？整个这一周我也没见过什么备忘录，每天我都在查收文兰，什么也没看见。
B: The memo went out three days ago. It should have made it to your in-box, but maybe it got lost in all the clutter⁴ on your desk.
备忘录是三天前发出去的，应该放进你的收文栏了，但也可能夹在你办公桌上那堆乱七八糟的东西里面。
A: You know how things get piled up on my desk when I am busy. I know that sometimes I do misplace things, but I always read all the memos that go around. They go directly to my in-box, are you sure it was sent to the whole office.
你也知道我忙的时候桌上东西会堆成山，我也清楚，有时候我我会把东西放错地方，但所有发下来的备忘录我都会看的，这些备忘录都会直接放进我的收文篮，你肯定所有办公室都发了吗？
B: It should have gone around to everybody. They also posted a copy of the memo in the break-room. Don't you ever look at the messages posted on the bulletin board.
应该发给所有的人了，他们还在休息室贴了一张备忘录的复印件，你也没看到公告栏上贴的信息吗?
A: I'm usually too busy to take a bunch of coffee breaks and gossip by the water cooler. Anyway, I'm sure the memo never got to my in-box. I'll have to talk to our secretary about it.
我总是忙的顾不上喝咖啡休息一下，或者在水冷却器旁跟人闲聊，不管怎样，我肯定我的收文篮里没有备忘录，我要去找秘书谈谈。

1 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

2 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

3 memos   

n.备忘录( memo的名词复数 )；（美）内部通知

参考例句：

• Big shots get their dander up and memos start flying. 大人物们怒火中烧，备忘录四下乱飞。 来自辞典例句
• There was a pile of mail, memos and telephone messages on his desk. 他的办公桌上堆满着信件、备忘录和电话通知。 来自辞典例句

4 clutter   

n.零乱，杂乱；vt.弄乱，把…弄得杂乱

参考例句：

• The garage is in such a clutter that we can't find anything.车库如此凌乱，我们什么也找不到。
• We'll have to clear up all this clutter.我们得把这一切凌乱的东西整理清楚。