ACT 1-1  “ 今天的日程是怎么安排的？”

【故事梗概】

Susan在办公室里和她的助手Sam确认当天的日程安排。她有非常忙碌的一天。

Sam: Good morning, Susan.
Susan: Good morning, Sam. What's the schedule today?
Sam: Ten o'clock, telephone FAO Schwarz about the new twin baby dolls.
Susan: OK.
Sam: Telephone Mrs. Zaskey at the advertising agency.
Susan: I did that. Go on.
Sam: Eleven o'clock, approve the sketches for the toy spaceship.
Susan: Where are they?
Sam: Right here.
Susan: Did you look at them?
Sam: Yes, I did.
Susan: What do you think of the spaceship?
Sam: I think the kids'll love it.
Susan: Would you show me the drawings，please?
Susan: Huh.

Susan: Now, what else is on the schedule today?
Sam: Well, at one o'clock you have a lunch appointment with Mr. Levine, the client from the Toytown Stores.
Susan: Where?
Sam: At Rossano's.
Susan: Hmm. Anything else?
Sam: At four o'clock, you have a meeting with the production staff in the conference room.
Susan: Make sure everybody is at that meeting.
Sam: Will do. At six you're meeting Mr. Ozawa.
Susan: Oh, yes. Are his models here?
Sam: They're in my office.
Susan: I'd like to see them.
Sam: Right.

【语言点精讲】

1. What's the schedule today?
今天的日程是怎么安排的？也可以说What is on the schedule today?
schedule: 时间表，计划表，议事日程。

2. Ten o'clock, telephone FAO Schwarz about the new twin baby dolls.
十点钟，给FAO施瓦茨公司打电话，谈双胞胎娃娃玩具问题。
telephone sb.: 给某人打电话。telephone在这里用作动词。
FAO Schwarz: 是纽约一家著名的玩具公司。
twin baby dolls: 双胞胎娃娃玩具。

3. Eleven o'clock, approve the sketches for the toy spaceship.
十一点，批准玩具太空船的草图。
approve sth.: 批准，通过；同意。
sketches: 素描图，草图。还有其他的一些词汇来表示不同的图。如drawing （用线条构成的图画），painting （色彩图，如油画），picture （泛指图画、肖像以及照片），portrait （肖像画），chart （图表），cartoon （卡通或漫画），blueprint （蓝图），design （设计图），photo （照片），snapshot （抓拍的照片，常是不很正式的），candid photo （趁人不备时偷拍的照片）。

4. At four o'clock, you have a meeting with the production staff in the conference room.
四点钟你在会议室和生产人员开会。
production staff: 在一起从事生产的工作人员。staff 是集合名词，指某一单位的全部工作人员或雇员，一般不用复数形式。
conference room: 会议室。conference通常是指大型的会议。

5. Will do.
相当于Sure, I'll do it.（我会去办的，没问题。）这是表示同意做某事的口语说法。

6. Right.
好的，行。这也是同意做某事的一种口语说法。
说”Right”也可以表示同意别人的观点。

ACT 1-2  “ 去享受一下鸟语花香。”

【故事梗概】

Sam念完了日程表上的所有安排，但Susan觉得自己好像还计划了什么其他的事情。Sam看到她工作过于紧张劳累，建议她抽空去享受一下鸟语花香。

Susan: What else? Come on, Sam…
Sam: You work too hard, Susan. When was your last day off?
Susan: Hmm. I can't remember.
Sam: You really ought to take some time off.
Susan: What for?
Sam: To enjoy the simple things in life…
Susan: I know, Sam. Maybe soon.
Sam: To smell the flowers.
Susan: Oh, wait a minute. What's today's date?
Sam: Today is the twelfth. Why?
Susan: It seems to me I scheduled something else.
Sam: There's nothing else in the appointment book.
Susan: I'm sure I did. Oh, well, I'll probably remember it later.
Sam: I hope it isn't important.
Susan: Hmm. It's probably nothing. OK, let's get started. Would you call Priscilla Smith at FAO Schwarz, please?
Sam: Right.

Later that morning…
Sam: These are the models from the Japanese film maker.
Susan: Thank you. Just put them on my desk.
Sam: And the new drawings for the toy spaceship.
Susan: Wonderful. That was fast.
Sam: We have a new artist. She's very talented．

【语言点精讲】

1. You really ought to take some time off.
你真的应该休息一下。
ought to do sth.: 应该做某事。ought to的口语说法的发音为awta。
take some time off: 抽出时间（休息一下，放松一下）。

2. What for?
为什么？在这里相当于“Why? ”

3. To enjoy the simple things in life…
享受一下人生的小小乐趣……
the simple things in life: 人生的小乐趣。这里simple things指的是轻松愉快的谈话，欣赏美丽的天空，或是散步之类的简单但是令人感到放松和快乐的事。

4. To smell the flowers.
去享受一下鸟语花香。 这个短语场用来指“轻松一下，放松一下，休息一会儿”。

5. What's today's date? Today is the twelfth.
用“What's today's date?”提问时，问的是日期，“今天是（几月）几号？”
用“What day is it today?” 提问时，问的则是“今天是星期几？”
the twelfth: 这里表示日期，指12号。在表示日期时，使用序数词。

6. It seems to me I scheduled something else.
我好像还安排了一项别的日程。
It seems to…: 好像是…
schedule在这里用作动词，“将…列入计划，排入日程”。

7. It's probably nothing.
大概不是什么重要事。类似含义的说法还有“It’s probably no big deal. ”以及“It’s probably no big thing.”

ACT 1-3  “我已经解开了这个谜。 ”

【故事梗概】

Harry父女来到了Susan的办公室找他。Susan总算想起了她忘记的事情，原来她竟把同Harry父女的午餐约会也给忘了。

Susan: What time is it, anyway? My watch stopped.
Sam: It's eleven thirty.
Susan: What time is my lunch date with Bill Levine?
Sam: One o'clock.
Susan: Remind me to leave at twelve forty-five.
Sam: Did you remember your other appointment for today?
Susan: No, but I have a feeling it's going to be too late when I do remember.

[Sam leaves Susan's office. A little later, he returns.]

Susan: Yes, Sam?
Sam: I just solved the mystery.
Susan: What did I forget?
Sam: You have some guests in the reception room.
Susan: What? Who?
Sam: Mr. Harry Bennett and his daughter.
Susan: I remember! Oh…Harry! I made a lunch date with him and his daughter weeks ago.
Sam: Is he a client?
Susan: He's a friend.
Sam: Well he's here with his daughter to have lunch.
Susan: I met her at Thanksgiving, and I promised to have lunch with both of them today.
Sam: Yes, indeed. What are you going to do about your appointment with Mr. Levine?
Susan: Any suggestions? Oh!

【语言点精讲】

eleven thirty: 十一点半。也可以说 half-past eleven。

2. Remind me to leave at twelve forty-five.
到十二点四十五分时请提醒我走。
remind sb. to do sth.: 提醒某人做某事。
twelve forty-five: 12点45分。也可以说a quarter to one。

3. No, but I have a feeling it's going to be too late when I do remember.
还没有，可是我有一种感觉，到真想起来时就太迟了。
I have a feeling…: 我有一种感觉，我觉得。相当于I think…

4. I just solved the mystery.
我已经解开了这个谜。
solve the mystery: 解开了这个谜。

5. You have some guests in the reception room.
你有客人在接待室里。
reception room: 接待室，会客室。

6. What? Who?
什么？是谁？
What 在此处是表示一般的惊疑: “怎么回事？”而Who才是具体的问题: “来的是谁？”