办公室英语口语第113期:A snag in the plans 计划中的

A snag in the plans
A: Jason. There’s a snag in the plans for the Hoover Center.
B: What’s wrong? I thought everything was set.
A: Well, it was. But the contractor’s just told me he’s not going to be able to finish by the twentieth, as planned.
B: Maybe we could work out an overtime¹ schedule. It’s definitely² worth it to finish by the twentieth.

计划中的问题
A：杰森。胡佛中心方案出了麻烦。
B：怎么了？我想所有问题都解决了呀。
A：是解决了。可是那承包商刚刚告诉我他不能按原计划在20号前完工。
B：也许我们可以制订一个加班计划。为保证20号前完工，这肯定是值得的。

 

1 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

2 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。