背景介绍 :
以下四个经理必须在两周之内的某一天在巴黎开个会，这是他们的日程，请和你的 partner 商量会议定在哪一天。
Jeff 1st Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
2nd Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs hospital appointment
Fri 广东 -- 万达 主场
Pierre
1st Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
2nd Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Gisela
1st Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
2nd Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Eva
1st Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
2nd Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
budget airline : very cheap airline
cost- conscious : aware of how much the cost will be and avoiding costing too much
head office: the most important office of an organization or company, or the people working there
1.2 informal notes
tie up (not available) another event or activity
出席某些活动不方便
be up to your eyes in sth ：to be very busy doing something
忙于做某事
push:to forcefully persuade or direct someone to do or achieve something
强迫某人去完成某事
drop everything ：to stop doing or planning something, especially an activity
停止某活动
it is not on ： happening or planned
某事正在进行或策划中
You're on! :used as a way of expressing agreement to something happening
算你一个!
be not on (mainly UK) :Something that is not on is unacceptable and should not happen
不能接受或不准发生的事
关于约时间
i. 绝对不可能的日子： Friday is out. Friday is impossible. It can't be Friday.
ii. 可能的日子：Thursday seems okay.
iii. 唯一可能的日子：It'll have to be Thursday. Thursday is the only option. That leaves Thursday.
iv. 来不了的日子：He can't make Monday. He can't manage Monday. I can't (possibly) make it on Monday.
v. 来得了的日子：He can make Monday. He can manage Monday.
vi. 不太好的日子：Tuesday doesn't really suit me very well. I'm afraid not, at least rather not.
vii.那就只剩下：So that leaves Thursday.
