Mr. Lee: I'm so sorry to call you on such short notice , but something's come up. 对不起临时给你打电话，但是我有急事。
Mr. Jones: You mean for this afternoon's meeting? 你是说今天下午不能来了？
Mr. Lee: That's right I'm afraid I have to postpone it. Mr. Scott got sick and I have to attend the Speechmaker's Symposium in his place.
I'm leaving today, and I won't be back until a week from Friday. 是的，恐怕得延期了。 Scott 先生生病了，我要替他去参加研讨会。今天走，从星期五开始离开一个星期。
Mr. Jones: That's quite a while. Let's make it the week after you get back, then. 时间很长。你回来后我们再处理那件事吧。
Mr. Lee: That will be great. So it's two weeks from tomorrow, same time and place. I'm really sorry to do this to you. 很好，两个星期之后，同一时间，同一地点。 十分抱歉。
Mr. Jones: No problem at all. To tell you the truth, I could use the extra time in my schedule to catch up on some paperwork. 没什么，说实话，我可以利用这段多余的时间赶一赶一些文案工作。
On short notice 紧急通知 Come up 出现 Catch up 赶上，补上 Paper work 文书工作 ( 填表格，写报告等 )
