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Keeping in Touch: Phone and Email Tips

The document is a dialogue between two individuals, Mr. Li and another person, discussing their recent lack of communication due to busy schedules and a change in phone number. They mention attempts to connect via phone and email, with the other person expressing a desire to meet. The conversation concludes with a suggestion to contact the secretary to arrange a meeting time.

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Keeping in Touch: Phone and Email Tips

The document is a dialogue between two individuals, Mr. Li and another person, discussing their recent lack of communication due to busy schedules and a change in phone number. They mention attempts to connect via phone and email, with the other person expressing a desire to meet. The conversation concludes with a suggestion to contact the secretary to arrange a meeting time.

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Pre-Intermediate - Keeping in Touch(C0084)

A: 喂。李先生。好久不见。不好意思，最近我没时间跟你见面。你怎么样
？

wéi。 Lǐ Xiānsheng。 hǎojiǔ bújiàn。 bùhǎoyìsi， zuìjìn wǒ méi shíjiān gēn nǐ


jiànmiàn。 nǐ zěnmeyàng？

Hello? Mr. Li. Long time no see. I'm sorry that lately I haven't had the time to see you.
How are you doing?

B: 你好。那不要紧。我打了三次电话给你。一次打不通，还有两次没人接
。

nǐhǎo。 nà bùyàojǐn。 wǒ dǎ le sān cì diànhuà gěi nǐ。 yīcì dǎbùtōng， háiyǒu liǎng cì
méirén jiē。

Hello. Don't worry about it. I called you three times. Once I couldn't get through and
twice no one answered.

A: 不好意思，我的电话号码改了。现在的是63445598。

bùhǎoyìsi， wǒde diànhuà hàomǎ gǎi le。 xiànzài de shì liùsānsìsìwǔwǔjiǔbā。

Sorry. I've changed my telephone number. My new number is 6344-5598.

B: 前天我发了一封email给你。你收到了吗？

qiántiān wǒ fā le yī fēng email gěi nǐ。 nǐ shōudào le ma？

I sent you an email the day before yesterday. Did you get it?

A: 我最近没办法用我的email。 你有什么事？

wǒ zuìjìn méi bànfǎ yòng wǒde email。 nǐ yǒu shénme shì？

Recently I haven't had any ways to check my e-mail. What's the matter?

B: 你什么时候有空？我想跟你谈谈。

nǐ shénme shíhou yǒukòng？ wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ tántan。

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When will you be free? I'd like to speak with you.

A: 那你跟我的秘书联系好吗？她会帮你安排时间。

nà nǐ gēn wǒde mìshū liánxì hǎo ma？ tā huì bāng nǐ ānpái shíjiān。

In that case contact my secretary. She can help you to arrange a time.

B: 好。就这样。以后再跟你聊。再见 。

hǎo。 jiù zhèyàng。 yǐhòu zài gēn nǐ liáo。 zàijiàn 。

Okay. We'll do that. I'll chat with you later on. Goodbye.

Key Vocabulary

有时间 yǒu shíjiān to have time


跟……见面 gēn ... jiànmiàn to meet with
要紧 yàojǐn important
打不通 dǎ bù tōng to dial, but not get
through
接 jiē to answer (a phone)
改 gǎi to change
发 fā to send
收 shōu to receive
有空 yǒukòng to have free time
联系 liánxì to get in contact with
帮 bāng to help
办法 bànfǎ means
还有 háiyǒu and

Supplementary Vocabulary

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联系不上 liánxì bushàng can't get in touch with
空号 kōnghào invalid number
手机停机 shǒujī tíngjī cell phone's been cut
off
出故障 chū gùzhàng to malfunction
失踪 shīzōng to go missing
当面 dāngmiàn in front of someone's
face
面谈 miàntán to chat
person-to-person
紧急 jǐnjí urgent
重要 zhòngyào important
要事 yàoshì important thing
约个时间 yuē ge shíjiān to make a date

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