做什么事情都要先有計劃，計劃好了才可以順利實施，比如你要和別人談生意就得預約，和員工開會也要先約定好時間。下面我們就來看看預約都該怎么處理。

（1）
A: Hello, Mr. Black? This is Christina in Mr. Emory's office. Mr. Emory would like to set up an appointment with you to talk about buying a new fax machine.
你好，布萊克先生。我是艾默利先生辦公室的克里斯蒂娜。艾默利先生想跟您約個時間談一下購買一臺新傳真機的事。

B: Sure. I'd be glad to. What time?
好的，非常愿意。什么時間？

A: He'd like to see you as soon as possible. How about tomorrow at 2pm?
他想盡快跟您見面。明天下午2點可以嗎？

B: Yes. That'll be great. Tell him I will see him then.
可以，告訴他我們兩點見。

（2）
A: Tim, I need to work out a time to get together with your people to discuss the new project.
蒂姆，我要找個時間跟你們商量一下新的方案。

B: Does everybody need to be there? Jason is on vacation this week.
每個人都要來嗎？詹森這周休假。

A: It would be best if everybody could be there. How about sometime next week?
最好每個人都來。下周怎么樣？

B: Let me take a look at the schedule first. I'll get back to you this afternoon.
我先看一下時間表，下午答復你。

（來源：蝙蝠英語學習網 實習生江巍 英語點津 Annabel 編輯）