速成英语口语第四册 Lesson13:Is the Doctor Busy Today

Lesson 13 Key Conversation Is the Doctor Busy Today?

Receptionist: Good morning, Dr. Brown's office. How may I help you?

Patient: Good morning. This is Larry Brown. I'm not feeling so well today. Would it be possible to make an appointment to see the doctor?

Receptionist: Hi, Larry. Sorry to hear you're under the weather. There's a lot of the flu going around these days, so the doctor is quite busy.

Patient: I don't doubt that for a second. Could you squeeze¹ me in sometime today, please?

Receptionist: Let me see. Could you be here in thirty minutes?

Patient: I don't think I could be there that fast. Do you have anything else available?

Receptionist: All right. Could you come at a half past four this afternoon?

Patient: Yes, that would work just fine.

Receptionist: OK, Larry, so we'll see you at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon.

Patient: Thank you so much for squeezing² me in. I really appreciate it. See you later today. Bye for now.

Receptionist: Yes, bye for now.

 

第13课 医生今天忙吗？

接待员：早上好，布朗医生的办公室。我能为您效劳吗？

病人：早上好。我是拉里·布朗。我今天感觉不太舒服。可以预约看医生吗？

接待员：嗨，拉里。听说你身体不舒服，很抱歉。这几天流行很多流感，所以医生很忙。

病人：我一点也不怀疑。请你今天找个时间帮我挤一下好吗？

接待员：让我看看。30分钟后你能到吗？

病人：我想我不能那么快赶到那里。还有别的吗？

接待员：好的。你今天下午四点半能来吗？

病人：是的，那很好。

接待员：好的，拉里，我们下午4:30见。

病人：非常感谢你把我挤进去。我真的很感激。今天晚些时候见。再见。

接待员：好的，再见。

1 squeeze   

vt.硬塞，硬挤；挤压；n.榨；经济困难；拮据

参考例句：

• This machine helps you to squeeze more juice out.这台机器能挤出更多的果汁。
• It was a tight squeeze in the crowded bus.公共汽车上载客太多，挤得很。

2 squeezing   

挤压； 轧水

参考例句：

• We were drying our clothes by squeezing. 我们把衣服拧干。
• He had a hard time squeezing through the crowd to get up to the platform. 他好不容易才挤到台前。