地道美语听力播客608:安排会议

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

丹尼：不要找明年的会议日程了，我正在做呢。

Tessa: What's taking so long?

特莎：怎么这么长时间?

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：这是我第一次为公司做主要会议的日程安排，我必须摒弃杂念，牢记所有该考虑到的事情。例如，我们的公司章程规定每60天我们必须开一次公司管理会议。今年是闰年，这个我用考虑进去吗?

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

特莎：这个很难说，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：采用夏令时怎么样?我必须记住什么时候要把表调快和调慢。

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

特莎：这个好办啊!我的中学老师曾交给我们记住一句简单的短语：“秋天调慢，春天调快。”

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，但是这也不能解决日期的问题啊，很显然，夏令时在不同的国家变化的日期不同。而且，我为每一个会议安排时间时还得把时区问题考虑进去，要确保每一个国际办公室可以在这个会议时间参加会议。

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：你说的对，这是一个困难的工作，但是你知道以前做这个工作的人吗?你没有必要白费力气做重复工作啊。

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

丹尼：是啊，我知道，去年是卡尔安排会议日程，但是他上月就离开公司了。

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

特莎：你就不能直接拿过去年的日程稍作改动，蒙混过关吗?

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

丹尼：难道你不明白卡尔为什么离开公司吗?

Tessa: Ah

特莎：啊，好吧。