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A:     Hello, Samantha speaking.

 B:     Hi Samantha. This is Angela calling.

 A:    Oh, hi Angela, what’s up?

 B:     I’m just calling about our meeting today. I wonder,
        is it possible to reschedule our appointment¹ in the
       afternoon? I  have  a  bit  of  an  emergency  that  I
        need to take care of.

 A:     Let  me  see,  it  shouldn’t  be  too  much  of  a  prob-
        lem...

 B:     I’m  really  sorry,  I  hope  it  doesn’t  inconvenience
       you too much, it’s just this thing came up, and ...
 A:    Angela, you  know  what, I  can’t  make  it  to  our
       meeting,  either. Why don’t we postpone² it to to-
       morrow afternoon at the same time?

 B:    Sounds great. See you tomorrow.

 C:    Angela..Angela, look up! See that lady over there
       who  is  trying  on  a  red  leather  jacket? Isn’t  that
       Samantha?

 B:    What? No wonder she told me she couldn’t make
       it to the meeting, oh, no, I think she saw me...

1 appointment   

n.约会，指定

参考例句：

• I have an appointment with him at four o'clock.我和他四点钟有个约会。
• They made an appointment for the second day of May.他们在五月二号有个约会。

2 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。