地道美語聽力播客608:安排會議

Danny: Don't bother looking for next year's meeting calendar. I'm still working on it.

丹尼：不要找明年的會議日程了，我正在做呢。

Tessa: What's taking so long?

特莎：怎么這么長時間?

Danny: This is my first time scheduling all of the major meetings for this company and I'm getting thrown off by all of the things I have to keep in mind. For instance, our bylaws say that we have to have a management meeting every 60 days. This is a leap year, so do I have to take that into account?

丹尼：這是我第一次為公司做主要會議的日程安排，我必須摒棄雜念，牢記所有該考慮到的事情。例如，我們的公司章程規(guī)定每60天我們必須開一次公司管理會議。今年是閏年，這個我用考慮進去嗎?

Tessa: That's a tough one. I'm not sure.

特莎：這個很難說，我也不知道。

Danny: And what about daylight saving time? I have to remember when clocks will be set ahead and back.

丹尼：采用夏令時怎么樣?我必須記住什么時候要把表調快和調慢。

Tessa: That's easy. My high school teacher taught us to remember it with a simple phrase: “fall back and spring ahead.”

特莎：這個好辦啊!我的中學老師曾交給我們記住一句簡單的短語：“秋天調慢，春天調快。”

Danny: Okay, but that doesn't help me with dates. Apparently, daylight saving time changes on different dates in different countries. And I have to factor in time zones to set the time for each meeting, with meeting times that work for each international office that will be participating.

丹尼：好的，但是這也不能解決日期的問題啊，很顯然，夏令時在不同的國家變化的日期不同。而且，我為每一個會議安排時間時還得把時區(qū)問題考慮進去，要確保每一個國際辦公室可以在這個會議時間參加會議。

Tessa: You're right, it's a tall order, but you do know that someone has done this before? You don't have to reinvent the wheel.

特莎：你說的對，這是一個困難的工作，但是你知道以前做這個工作的人嗎?你沒有必要白費力氣做重復工作啊。

Danny: Yeah, Carl set the meeting calendar last year, but he left the company last month.

丹尼：是啊，我知道，去年是卡爾安排會議日程，但是他上月就離開公司了。

Tessa: Can't you just take last year's meeting calendar and fudge it?

特莎：你就不能直接拿過去年的日程稍作改動，蒙混過關嗎?

Danny: Why do you think Carl is no longer with the company?

丹尼：難道你不明白卡爾為什么離開公司嗎?

Tessa: Ah

特莎：啊，好吧。