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。