無法接電話時
◎她正在接電話。 Her line is busy now.
*busy表示“正在打電話”，而不是“忙”。
= Sorry, her line is busy now. (對不起，她正在打電話。)
Alright. I'll try again later. (好的。那我過一會兒再打。)
= She's on another line now.
Ms. Kane is talking to someone else now. (凱恩先生正在打電話。)
I'm afraid she's on the other line now.
◎?qū)Σ黄?，她現(xiàn)在脫不開身。 I'm sorry, she's tied up at the moment.
*tied up “忙得不能接電話”。
◎?qū)Σ黄?，她正在接待客人?I'm sorry, she has company at this time.
*company 除了“公司”以外，還表示“朋友”、“來客”。
◎您等會兒行嗎? Would you like to hold?
*hold“拿”、“握住”，即“不掛電話等著”。
No, I'll call back later. Thanks. (不用了，過會兒我再打吧。謝謝。)
= Would you like to stay on the line?
= Can you hold the line, please?
= Would you like to hold on?
= Wanna hold? (能等會兒嗎?)
*只用于朋友或熟人，工作中不能使用。Wanna...是Do you want to的省略形式。表示“你想……嗎?”
◎他現(xiàn)在不在座位上。 He's away from his desk now.
◎他在公司，但現(xiàn)在不在座位上。 He's in but he's not at his desk right now.
◎?qū)Σ黄?，他出去了?I'm sorry, he's not in right now.
Is John there, please? (請問約翰在嗎?)
= I'm sorry, he's not in right now. (對不起，他出去了。)
= He's not in.
= He's out now.
= He's not here now.(他現(xiàn)在不在這兒。)
= He's out of the office right now.
◎他什么時候能回來? When is he coming back?
= When do you expect him back?
= What time do you think he'll be back?
◎他大概10分鐘后回來。 He should be back in ten minutes.
*in 指的不是“以內(nèi)”，而是“……之后”，所以是“10分鐘后”的意思。
◎他應(yīng)該下個星期來上班。 He should be back in the office next week.
◎他休假到下個星期。 He's on vacation until next week.
◎他打電話來說病了。He called in sick today.
*call in sick 是習(xí)慣用語，“打電話請病假”。
◎他現(xiàn)在出差去了。 He's out of town now.
◎他現(xiàn)在吃午飯去了。 He's out to lunch now.
*out to lunch 慣用語，“午休”。
◎他現(xiàn)在正在開會。 He's in a meeting right now.
◎他今天休息。He's off today.
*只用off就可以表示“休息”。
◎她正在接電話。 Her line is busy now.
*busy表示“正在打電話”，而不是“忙”。
= Sorry, her line is busy now. (對不起，她正在打電話。)
Alright. I'll try again later. (好的。那我過一會兒再打。)
= She's on another line now.
Ms. Kane is talking to someone else now. (凱恩先生正在打電話。)
I'm afraid she's on the other line now.
◎?qū)Σ黄?，她現(xiàn)在脫不開身。 I'm sorry, she's tied up at the moment.
*tied up “忙得不能接電話”。
◎?qū)Σ黄?，她正在接待客人?I'm sorry, she has company at this time.
*company 除了“公司”以外，還表示“朋友”、“來客”。
◎您等會兒行嗎? Would you like to hold?
*hold“拿”、“握住”，即“不掛電話等著”。
No, I'll call back later. Thanks. (不用了，過會兒我再打吧。謝謝。)
= Would you like to stay on the line?
= Can you hold the line, please?
= Would you like to hold on?
= Wanna hold? (能等會兒嗎?)
*只用于朋友或熟人，工作中不能使用。Wanna...是Do you want to的省略形式。表示“你想……嗎?”
◎他現(xiàn)在不在座位上。 He's away from his desk now.
◎他在公司，但現(xiàn)在不在座位上。 He's in but he's not at his desk right now.
◎?qū)Σ黄?，他出去了?I'm sorry, he's not in right now.
Is John there, please? (請問約翰在嗎?)
= I'm sorry, he's not in right now. (對不起，他出去了。)
= He's not in.
= He's out now.
= He's not here now.(他現(xiàn)在不在這兒。)
= He's out of the office right now.
◎他什么時候能回來? When is he coming back?
= When do you expect him back?
= What time do you think he'll be back?
◎他大概10分鐘后回來。 He should be back in ten minutes.
*in 指的不是“以內(nèi)”，而是“……之后”，所以是“10分鐘后”的意思。
◎他應(yīng)該下個星期來上班。 He should be back in the office next week.
◎他休假到下個星期。 He's on vacation until next week.
◎他打電話來說病了。He called in sick today.
*call in sick 是習(xí)慣用語，“打電話請病假”。
◎他現(xiàn)在出差去了。 He's out of town now.
◎他現(xiàn)在吃午飯去了。 He's out to lunch now.
*out to lunch 慣用語，“午休”。
◎他現(xiàn)在正在開會。 He's in a meeting right now.
◎他今天休息。He's off today.
*只用off就可以表示“休息”。