واژگان کاربردی:

what’s up? : چه خبر؟

reschedule : مجددا برنامه ریزی کردن

inconvenience : نامناسب

postpone : به تعویق انداختن

no wonder : تعجبی ندارد که

متن دیالوگ اصلی:

A: Hello, Samantha speaking.  

B: Hi Samantha. This is Angela calling.  

A: Oh, hi Angela, what’s up?  

B: I’m just calling about our meeting today. I wonder, is it possible to reschedule our appointment in the afternoon? I have a bit of an emergency that I need to take care of.  

A: Let me see, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem...  

B: I’m really sorry, I hope it doesn’t inconvenience you too much, it’s just this thing came up, and...  

A: Angela, you know what, I can’t make it to our meeting, either. Why don’t we postpone it to tomorrow afternoon at the same time?  

B: Sounds great. See you tomorrow.  

C: Angela...Angela, look up! See that lady over there who is trying on a red leather jacket? Isn’t that Samantha?  

B: What? No wonder she told me she couldn’t make it to the meeting, oh, no, I think she saw me...