轻松日记商务职场篇86:电话线路不清楚

 　　核心句型：

　　The line is fuzzy.

　　电话线路不清楚。

　　line在句子中指的是“电话线路”，而fuzzy的意思是“模糊不清的”。这句话的正确意思是：“电话线路不清楚”。因此，当美国人说"The line is fuzzy."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"The line is vague¹."、"We cannot hear clearly through the line."。

　　情景对白：

　　Benjamin: I'm sorry. Would you please say it again? The line is fuzzy.

　　本杰明：对不起。您能再说一遍吗？电话线路不清楚。

　　Client²: Sure. Can we meet at 2 p.m. this afternoon?

　　客户：好的。我们下午两点见面好吗？

　　搭配句积累：

　　①I can't hear you.

　　我听不到你说什么。

　　②It's really strange since I had it repaired not long ago.

　　真奇怪，我不久前才找人修过啊。

　　③It is always like that. I am tired of it.

　　总是这样，烦死人了。

　　④You can ask someone to check it.

　　你可以找人来检查一下。

　　单词：

　　vague adj. 模糊的，不明确的

　　A lot of the talk was apparently³ vague and general.

　　很多话明显是些含糊的泛泛之论。

　　They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available.

　　他们只是大概知道可用水的总量。

　　Waite's memory of that first meeting was vague.

　　韦特对第一次见面的记忆很模糊。

1 vague   

adj.(思想上)不清楚的，含糊的，不具体的

参考例句：

• The final letter is very vague;possibly an R or a K.最后一个字母很不清楚，可能是R，也可能是K。
• Through the mist I could just make out a vague figure.透过雾霭，我只能看见一个模糊的人影。

2 client   

n.委托人，当事人，顾客

参考例句：

• She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话，她正在接待一位顾客。
• The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。