托福口语常用生活之最后期限

meeting a deadline最后期限

 

Dialog

英语情景对话

 

Pam:  You wanted to see me?

女：是您找我吗

Ed:  Yes, I did.  Have a seat.  I want to talk to you about the Pulsen project.

男：是的，请坐，我想跟你谈谈宝尔森项目的情况

Pam:  I know I’m a little late in getting that report to you, but I’ve been pulling out the stops to get it done.

女：我知道我给报告的时间有些晚了，不过我正在倾尽全力在做这个报告。

Ed:  But it’s still not done, is it?  You know that the deadline for the next milestone of the project was this past Monday.  

男：不过到现在还是没有完，对吗？你知道的，项目下一个里程碑式的阶段应该是过去的这个周一完成。

Pam:  Yes, I know, but the scope of the project turned out to be a lot bigger than I had anticipated.  And, they just didn’t allocate enough resources for something this size. Is there any way we can push back the deadline by a week?

女：是的，我承认，不过项目的工作内容要比我原来想象的多。而且象这样大的项目所需要的资源都没有分配足。我们是否有可能将最后期限再向后推一周

Ed:  The time to ask that was last week, not after you’ve missed the deadline.  I have the management breathing down my neck about this report.  I’ve tried to stall them for the past two days and they’re not happy.  

男：这种要求应该在上周提，而不是在你已经超过最后期限时说。我上面的老板为这个报告追我很多次了。过去的两次我都是在劝说他们，他们显然不太高兴。

Pam:  I promise to have it on your desk by tomorrow morning. You have my word.

女：我明天一早就将报告送给你，我向你　

Ed:  All right.  I’ll give you until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.  I’m tired of taking the heat, though, and I don’t plan to do it any longer.

男：好，我最晚会等到明天上午九点。我已经对为此受上面指责厌烦了，所以我不希望再这样了。

Pam:  You can count on me.

女：包在我身上吧

Ed:  Don’t let me down.  

男：别让我失望

Pam:  I won’t.  

女：不会的。