delay 使延期
exact 确切的
fixed 确定的
postpone 延迟
change 更改
settle 决定
rearrange 重新安排
time 时间
reserve date 日期
reschedule 重新安排时间
program 计划，日程
She phoned to say she couldn’t keep her
appointment.
I will call you up if there’s any change.
Please inform us if the exact dates are
fixed.
inform v.通知，告知
I’m afraid I’ll have to postpone our
appointment.
If you don’t mind, I want to postpone the
appointment to Friday evening.
I’m sorry, but I have to postpone my
appointment for one week.
I’m available in the afternoon.
I’m booked up all this afternoon.
Could you make it other time?
We’ll have to make it some other time. Is
that all right?
I wonder if you could change the date of
our appointment.
Would you like to decide on another time?
Would you like me to reschedule you for
another tiem?
Something has come up. Can we make our
appointment a little later?
When are you available? Please suggest a
date of your convenience.
We hope to discuss business with you at
your earliest convenience.
Changing
an Appointment
(E=Erin P=Peter)
E: Sales Department, can I help you?
P: This is Peter speaking. Peter Carter
from America. I had made an appointment with Manager Daniel at 10o’clock this
morning. I am very sorry, but something urgent has just come up. So I can’t
keep the appointment.
E: That’s all right. I will take the message
to Manager Daniel for you.
P: I wonder if we could postpone the
appointment until next week.
E: Let me see. Is it convenient for you at
2 o’clock on Thursday afternoon? Manager Daniel will be available at that time.
P: That’s okay.