Spoken English（024）

• I can’t make it to work today.I’ve got the flu
• That’s too bad.Is there anything I can do for you?
• Well,there is one thing,if you don’t mind
• No problem.What is it?
• I’m scheduled to give a thirty-minute tour of the factory this afternoon
• A thirty-minute tour?Sure.I’ll take care of that for you.Who is going to be on the tour?
• It’s a group of junior high school students
• Well,i guess I could do that for you
• Really?Thanks a million.I really appreciate it
• Don’t mention it.
• Hi,What can I do for you?
• I’d like to talk to you about my vacation
• You’re lucky.I’m just going to draw up the holiday rotation this year.So go ahead and tell me what you want
• Well,I’m planning to have three weeks’leave in January and I want to use my vocation days for this year
• Going abroad,I suppose
• Yes,I want to go to see my parents in China
• Good idea,But it so happened that A wanted to get away in January too.And you can’t be away at the same time as A
• Why can’t we both go when we want
• Because there must be someone to keep the work going
• I see.So when I’m away.A has to stand in for me
• Yes,and vice versa
• Well.You know,i have a good reason for choosing January
• What is that
• Because we celebrate the Spring Festival in January this year,and it is our tradition to have a family reunion then