Making appointments LIU Weiqun

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Essential expressions a. Will you be free tomorrow ? Could / Shall we meet at four thirty ? How about tomorrow morning ? Do you have time this afternoon ? When / Where shall we meet ? I’ d like to make an appointment with Mr. Jones. Could you arrange an appointment with Mr. Green for me ? b. Yes, I ’ll be free then. That sounds good. All right. See you then. Let ’s make it four o ’clock. Any time before six in the afternoon is fine with me. I ’m available from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon. c. I ’m afraid I have no time then. Sorry, I won ’t be free then. But I ’ll be free tomorrow. Could we put it off to next week ?

arrangement to meet or visit sb at a particular time 约会，预约， 约定 make an appointment with sb 与某人有一个约定 appointment /ə'p ɔɪ ntmənt/ n. I made an appointment to see the doctor. 我预约了看医生的时间。 eg : I made an appointment with my lawyer. I made an appointment with my dentist. 我预约了我的律师。 我预约了我的牙医。

Essential expressions a. Will you be free tomorrow ? Could / Shall we meet at four thirty ? How about tomorrow morning ? Do you have time this afternoon ? When / Where shall we meet ? I’ d like to make an appointment with Mr. Jones. Could you arrange an appointment with Mr. Green for me ? b. Yes, I ’ll be free then. That sounds good. All right. See you then. Let ’s make it four o ’clock. Any time before six in the afternoon is fine with me. I ’m available from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon. c. I ’m afraid I have no time then. Sorry, I won ’t be free then. But I ’ll be free tomorrow. Could we put it off to next week ?

arrange / ə'reind ʒ / v. arrangement / ə'reindʒment/ n. Can I arrange an appointment for Monday? 我可以安排星期一约见吗？ To plan something in advance 安排 eg: The party was arranged quickly. 聚会很快就安排好了。

Essential expressions a. Will you be free tomorrow ? Could / Shall we meet at four thirty ? How about tomorrow morning ? Do you have time this afternoon ? When / Where shall we meet ? I’ d like to make an appointment with Mr. Jones. Could you arrange an appointment with Mr. Green for me ? b. Yes, I ’ll be free then. That sounds good. All right. See you then. Let ’s make it four o ’clock. Any time before six in the afternoon is fine with me. I ’m available from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon. c. I ’m afraid I have no time then. Sorry, I won ’t be free then. But I ’ll be free tomorrow. Could we put it off to next week ?

available /ə'veiləbl/ adj. 1 ． ( of things ) that you can get 可得到的 2. ( of a person ) free to see or talk to people 有空的 eg: This was the only room available. 今天下午她有空吗？ Will she be available this afternoon? 这是唯一可用的房间。

Essential expressions a. Will you be free tomorrow ? Could / Shall we meet at four thirty ? How about tomorrow morning ? Do you have time this afternoon ? When / Where shall we meet ? I’ d like to make an appointment with Mr. Jones. Could you arrange an appointment with Mr. Green for me ? b. Yes, I ’ll be free then. That sounds good. All right. See you then. Let ’s make it four o ’clock. Any time before six in the afternoon is fine with me. I ’m available from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon. c. I ’m afraid I have no time then. Sorry, I won ’t be free then. But I ’ll be free tomorrow. Could we put it off to next week ?

Put off 推迟 eg : We will have to put our school sports off to next week because of the bad weather. 因为天气不好，我们将不得不把运动会推迟到下周。 We will put our class meeting off to next Sunday. 我们将把班会推迟到下周星期天。

Essential expressions a. Will you be free tomorrow ? Could / Shall we meet at four thirty ? How about tomorrow morning ? Do you have time this afternoon ? When / Where shall we meet ? I’ d like to make an appointment with Mr. Jones. Could you arrange an appointment with Mr. Green for me ? b. Yes, I ’ll be free then. That sounds good. All right. See you then. Let ’s make it four o ’clock. Any time before six in the afternoon is fine with me. I ’m available from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon. c. I ’m afraid I have no time then. Sorry, I won ’t be free then. But I ’ll be free tomorrow. Could we put it off to next week ?

appointment /ə'pɔɪntmənt/ n. 预约，约会，约定 arrange / ə‘reindʒ/ v. 安排 available /ə‘veiləbl/ adj. 可获得的，可得到的 ；有空的 arrangement / ə‘reindʒment/ n. 安排 make an appointment with sb Put off 推迟 与某人有个约定。

Essential expressions a. Will you be free tomorrow ? Could / Shall we meet at four thirty ? How about tomorrow morning ? Do you have time this afternoon ? When / Where shall we meet ? I’ d like to make an appointment with Mr. Jones. Could you arrange an appointment with Mr. Green for me ? b. Yes, I ’ll be free then. That sounds good. All right. See you then. Let ’s make it four o ’clock. Any time before six in the afternoon is fine with me. I ’m available from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon. c. I ’m afraid I have no time then. Sorry, I won ’t be free then. But I ’ll be free tomorrow. Could we put it off to next week ?

See a film

Have a class meeting

See a doctor

Go skating

Have a picnic

Have a party

See a film Have a class meeting See a doctor Go skating Have a picnic Have a party

Y : Are you free this Saturday, Lingling? C: Yes, I’ll be free then. Y: Shall we go to see a film? C: That sounds good. When and where shall we meet? Y: Shall we meet at seven at the cinema? C: All right. See you then. Y: See you. Task 1 ( C——Your classmate, Y——You ) informal

G: Good morning. This is John Green speaking. Y: Good morning, Mr. Green. This is Li Ming from Beijing. I’d like to make an appointment with you. Do you have time this afternoon? G: Sorry, I won’t be free then. But I’ll be free Friday morning? Y: Fine. I’ll go to your office this Friday morning. G: OK. I’m available from nine to twelve in the morning. Y: All right. I’m coming at 9:30 Friday morning. See you then. Task 3 ( G——Mr. Green, Y——You ) formal

Homework 1. Read and recite Essential Expression s. 2. Make a conversation according to Task2( 你约朋友明天去打乒乓球，但 他明天有事，建议改期再去。）