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<p><strong>●无法接电话时 </strong></p><p><strong>◎她正在接电话。 Her line is busy now. </strong><br />*busy表示"正在打电话"，而不是"忙"。 <br />= Sorry, her line is busy now. (对不起，她正在打电话。) <br />Alright. I'll try again later. (好的。那我过一会儿再打。) <br />= She's on another line now. <br />Ms. Kane is talking to someone else now. (凯恩先生正在打电话。) <br />I'm afraid she's on the other line now.</p><p><strong>◎对不起，她现在脱不开身。 I'm sorry, she's tied up at the moment. </strong><br />*tied up "忙得不能接电话"。</p><p><strong>◎对不起，她正在接待客人。 I'm sorry, she has company at this time. </strong><br />*company 除了"公司"以外，还表示"朋友"、"来客"。</p><p><strong>◎您等会儿行吗? Would you like to hold? </strong><br />*hold"拿"、"握住"，即"不挂电话等着"。 <br />No, I'll call back later. Thanks. (不用了，过会儿我再打吧。谢谢。) <br />= Would you like to stay on the line? <br />= Can you hold the line, please? <br />= Would you like to hold on? <br />= Wanna hold? (能等会儿吗?) <br />*只用于朋友或熟人，工作中不能使用。Wanna...是Do you want to的省略形式。表示"你想……吗?"</p><p><strong>◎他现在不在座位上。 He's away from his desk now. </strong></p><p><strong>◎他在公司，但现在不在座位上。 He's in but he's not at his desk right now. </strong></p><p><strong>◎对不起，他出去了。 I'm sorry, he's not in right now. </strong><br />Is John there, please? (请问约翰在吗?) <br />= I'm sorry, he's not in right now. (对不起，他出去了。) <br />= He's not in. <br />= He's out now. <br />= He's not here now.(他现在不在这儿。) <br />= He's out of the office right now.</p><p><strong>◎他什么时候能回来? When is he coming back? </strong><br />= When do you expect him back? <br />= What time do you think he'll be back?</p><p><strong>◎他大概10分钟后回来。 He should be back in ten minutes. </strong><br />*in 指的不是"以内"，而是"……之后"，所以是"10分钟后"的意思。</p><p><strong>◎他应该下个星期来上班。 He should be back in the office next week. </strong></p><p><strong>◎他休假到下个星期。 He's on vacation until next week. </strong></p><p><strong>◎他打电话来说病了。He called in sick today. </strong><br />*call in sick 是习惯用语，"打电话请病假"。</p><p><strong>◎他现在出差去了。 He's out of town now. </strong></p><p><strong>◎他现在吃午饭去了。 He's out to lunch now. </strong><br />*out to lunch 惯用语，"午休"。</p><p><strong>◎他现在正在开会。 He's in a meeting right now. </strong></p><p><strong>◎他今天休息。He's off today. </strong><br />*只用off就可以表示"休息"。<span style="font-size: 14px;">~</span></p><p> </p><script src="http://www.showha.cn.cn/static/script/gg_09.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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