商务英语口语每天三句半 商务交往 第167期:失约

 　　8 失约

　　3句英文任你选

　　I can't come to your dinner after all.

　　我终究不能参加你的晚宴。

　　I know this is inexcusable.

　　我知道这是不可原谅的。

　　I was¹ called away on business³ , and in the rush⁴ forgot⁵ to do as² I had⁶ promised⁷.

　　我因公离开，匆忙中就忘了之前所承诺的事。

　　半个句型要记牢

　　forget to do (忘记要做某事)

　　Tip⁸:

　　注意与 forget doing的区别: forget to do意思是"忘记要去做某事"表示未做;如: The light in由e office is still on. He forgot to turn it off⁹. (办公室的灯还在亮着，它忘记关了。)表示没有做关灯的动作。forget doing意思是"忘记做过某事 "表示已做;如 He forgot turning¹⁰ the light off .他忘记他已经关了灯了。这里表示已做过关灯的动作。

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

3 business   

n.商业， 买卖， 交易， 生意， 事情， 事物， 营业， 商行

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。

4 rush   

n.匆促，冲进，急流，灯心草；vi. 冲，奔，闯，赶紧，匆促行事，涌现；vt.使冲

参考例句：

• Don't rush me. I must think it over.别催我，我要仔细想想。
• I'm sorry to have to rush off like this.我就这样匆忙走掉了，很抱歉。

5 forgot   

v.动词forget的过去式，忘记，遗漏，轻忽

参考例句：

• The boy forgot where he put his textbook.那男孩忘记把课本放在什么地方了。
• I forgot how to do it.我忘记怎样做了。

6 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

7 promised   

vt.& vi.(promise的过去式或过去分词形式)；承诺；允诺；答应v.允诺( promise的过去式和过去分词 )；答应；有…希望；预示

参考例句：

• He promised to avenge his father's murder. 他发誓要报杀父之仇。
• They embraced and promised to keep in touch. 他们互相拥抱，许诺将保持联系。

8 tip   

n.顶，尖端，梢，末端；倾斜；垃圾场；小费；轻击；指点；秘密消息；vt.装顶端；使倾斜，使翻倒，泄露；告诫；暗示；给...小费，轻击；vi.倾斜，翻倒，倾覆，踮脚走，给小费

参考例句：

• She nearly forgot to give him a tip for his service.她几乎忘记给他的服务付小费。
• I have his name on the tip of my tongue.我几乎想起他的名字。

9 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

10 turning   

n.转弯处，弯曲

参考例句：

• Take the first turning on the left.在左边第一个转弯处拐弯。
• The leaves of the tree were turning yellow and red.树叶变成黄色和红色。