商务英语敲门砖第14期:会议准备

苏先生:Lucy, the meeting is scheduled for 2:00 this afternoon. Have you made the necessary arrangements?

露西:Yes, Mr. Su. We'll use the conference room on the second floor for the meeting.

苏先生:That's right. The meeting is very e shall the guests be received before the meeting begins?

露西:In the reception room. It`s spacious there.

苏先生:We'll have several foreign guests to attend the meeting.

露西:I've arranged for an interpreter to be it is said that these foreigners can speak Chinese.

苏先生:Really? I'll also try to speak would you arrange the guests' seats?

露西:We've prepared name cards to be put on the conference table for guests to sit time would you like refreshments served, Mr. Su?

苏先生:Well, after my report, there'll be an interval for rest and refreshments.

露西:All right, I see.

露西.我们计划在下午2点钟开会.你都安排好了吗?
是的.苏先生.我们将在二楼的会议室开会.
很好.这个会议很重要.开会前我们在哪里接待来宾?
在会客厅吧.那里比较宽敞.
我们还有几位外宾来参加会议.
我已经安排了一位翻译员.不过我听说这些外宾都会讲中文.
是吗?不过.我还是会讲慢一点.你怎么安排来宾坐席呢?
我们已经准备了姓名卡片放在会议桌上.让来宾按此就座.您希望在什么时候供应点心.苏先生?
哦.就在我做完报告后的休息时间供应点心吧.
好的.我明白了.

Lucy, the meeting is scheduled for 2:00 this afternoon.

Schedule: to arrange for something to happen at a particular time 安排;为…安排时间;预定
注意搭配,是shedule sth for sth.
The meeting is scheduled for Friday afternoon. 会议安排在星期五下午.
One of the scheduled events is a talk on alternative medicine. 安排的活动中有一项是关于另类疗法的演讲.
We'll be stopping here for longer than scheduled. 我们在这里停留的时间将超出原先的安排.

Spacious: of a room or building 房间或建筑物 large and with plenty of space for people to move around in 宽敞的
We entered a spacious dining-room.
我们来到一个宽敞的餐厅.

We've prepared name cards to be put on the conference table for guests to sit by.

Name card,也做calling card(AmE)或者visiting card(BrE),既名片.
A small card with your name on it which you leave with somebody after, or instead of, a formal visit. 名片

Refreshment: drinks and small amounts of food that are provided or sold to people in a public place or at a public event (在公共活动场所供应或销售的)饮料,小食品
Light refreshments will be served during the break. 中间休息时有点心供应.
Tickets include the price of refreshments. 门票包括茶点的费用,

Interval: a period of time between two events (时间上的)间隔,间隙,间歇
The interval between major earthquakes might be 200 years. 大地震之间的间隔时间可能有 200 年.