unit8-Plans

Pm: dinner (Mr Hu)
Free day
Thursday17
all day: fair
Friday18
plane to Sydney
Saturday 19
Free day in Sydney
Sunday 20
Useful expressions
A: When are you off ? B:I'm leaving on Sunday night.
A: Alberti speaking. B: Hello, Mr Alberti. This is Asad Latif from
Bombay Cotton. A: Oh,hello Asad. How are you? B: Fine, thank you. I'm callnds nice. All right.
Rebecca : Shall I pick you up at your place?
Josh : Yes, I will wait for you at my place.
Relicts : Alright, see you then.Bye.
Josh : Bye.
Exercise
Now suppose you want to make an appointment with Lucy, the saleswoman of a company to discuss the possibility of cooperation.
A: Dombradi speaking.
MAN: You've got a full schedule!
SUSAN: Oh, that's not everything. I'm free on Thursday but I'm going to the fair交易会 on Friday and then on Saturday I'm catching the 12 o'clock plane to Sydney.
in the morning.
B:I have a meeting in the morning, too. What about the afternoon?
A: Yes, the afternoon is OK.
B: Is 3 o'clock all right?
A: Yes, that's fine.
weekend?
MAN: When are you off then?
SUSAN: I'm leaving on Sunday night.
MAN: What's your schedule?
SUSAN:I arrive in Singapore on Monday. The plane lands at five thirty in the afternoon and Mr. Wong's meeting me at the airport.Tuesday's busy day. I'm attending the conference in the morning and in the afternoon I'm meeting Mr. Goh.
Unit 8 Plans
8.1 Discussing arrangement
Arrange to organize or make plans for something I'd like to arrange a business loan. arrange to do something Have you arranged to meet Mark this
MAN: Who's he?
SUSAN: One of the new agents.
MAN: Oh. Are you seeing Mr. Hu?
SUSAN: Yes, I'm seeing him on Wednesday. We're inspecting the factory in the morning, and I'm having dinner with him in the evening.
appointment I’d like to make an appointment with you to
discuss/to interview you over...
4.Arrange the time When are you free/when do you think is
available for you/ Is it possible to meet at... 5.Arrange the place Where is the best place/maybe we can meet at..
Useful expressions
1.ask for the one you want to speak to May I speak to .../ I’d like to speak to... 2.Introduce yourself I’m..., from... 3.State the reasons why you want to make an
现在进行时表示将来
The present continuous tense can be used to express a plan or an arrangement.
现在进行时可用来表示一个在最近按计划或打 算要进行的动作；通常带一个表将来的时间状 语，但有明确的上下文时无须指出时间。这种 现在进行时比较生动，给人一种期待感。
visiting Rome next week and I'd like to arrange a meeting with you.
A: Certainly. When would you like to meet?
B: Are you free on Wednesday? A: I'm afraid that I'm seeing our auditor审计员
B: Is that you, Gabor? This is Frank Shaw.
A: Oh,hello Frank. Nice to hear from you.
B: Listen. I'm coming to Budapest in October and I'd like to call in to discuss the marketing of the XJ3.
B: Good. I'll see you on Wednesday, the tenth of March at 3 p.m. Goodbye.
A: Goodbye.
Useful expressions
Making arrangement I’d like to arrange a meeting with sb. Are you free on Tuesday? Does Tuesday suit you?
MAN: What are you doing in Sydney?
Susan’s Diary(Key)
October
Arrive 17:30
Monday 14
Am: conference
Tuesday 15
Pm: meet agent(Mr Goh)
Am: inspect factory (Mr. Hu) Wednesday16
Saying you are busy
I am afraid I am visiting the factory in the morning.
I am afraid I have to visit the factory in the morning
Suggesting another time What about the afternoon? How about the afternoon?
④arrange the time and place of meeting
Rebecca : Hello. May I speak to Mr. Josh Cooke, please?
Josh : Speaking.
Rebecca : This is Rebecca Carter of China Daily.
A: Great. When are you planning to come?
B: Well, I'm visiting someone in Warsaw on the fourteenth and fifteenth. I thought I'd fly to Budapest on the evening of the fifteenth. Would the sixteenth be OK?
Main process of making an appointment through telephone
①ask for the one you want to speak to ②introduce yourself ③state the reasons why you want to make an appointment with him/her
Josh : An interview? I'd like to, Miss Carter, but I'm afraid my schedule is all full. I can't spare the time.
Rebecca : It won't take you long, Mr. Josh. Two hours or less will do. Josh : Well. when?
What's your schedule? attend the conference agent
inspect the factory have dinner with him You've got a full schedule! I'm free on Thursday! Trade fair catch the 12 o'clock plane to Sydney
Josh : What can I do for you, Miss Carter?
Rebecca : There'll be an issue next month introducing your newly published book Where the Road Ends, and I'd like to have an interview with you, if possible.
Rebecca : When is convenient for you?
Josh : Hold on, please. Let me check my schedule.... Say, how about this Friday morning? Around ten o'clock?
Rebecca : Why don't we meet at eleven and have a talk over lunch? I know a very nice place downtown.
1)come, go, stay, arrive, leave 等词的现在 进行时经常用于表示将来确切的计划。
2) 表示交通方式、行程安排的动词，例如 fly, walk, ride, drive, take (a bus, a taxi)等的 现在进行时也经常用于表示将来。
Pairwork
A: Tom, where are you going on holiday? B: I’ m going to Laos. A: When are you leaving? B: Next Sunday. A: How are you going to Laos? B: I’m taking a plane. A: How long are you staying there? B: About two weeks. A: Great. Have a good trip. B: Thanks.