第6章
(今天下午你忙吗?)
和我一起吃晚饭，好吗?
How about having dinner with me?
How about having dinner with me? (和我一起吃晚饭，好吗?)
Sounds great! (那太好了!)
How about dinner? (一起吃晚饭怎么样?)
Let's have dinner together. (让我们一起吃晚饭吧。)
我们干嘛不去看棒球比赛呢?
Why don't we go to see a baseball game?
Why don't we ...? “为什么不……呢?”
Why don't we go to see a baseball game? (我们干嘛不去看棒球比赛呢?)
Yeah! (好啊!)Let's go see a baseball game!
真对不起，我另有安排。
Sorry, I'm tied up. *be tied up“受(时间的)约束”。
Sorry, I have plans.
Sorry, I'm busy. (对不起，我很忙。)
I'm sorry, but I have other plans.
实在对不起，恐怕不行。
I'm afraid I can't.
I'm sorry but I can't.
谢谢您的邀请，可是……
Thanks for asking, but...
Let's go out for a drink. (去喝一杯吧。)
Thanks for asking, but I already made plans. (谢谢你的邀请，可是我有别的安排。)
Thanks for the invitation, but... (谢谢您的邀请，可是……)
另找时间可以吗?
How about a rain check? *rain check指“(比赛、活动等)因雨天改期再赛时作为入场券的原票票根”。由因雨天中止或延期比赛而发给观众“rain check”引申为被邀请者因故不能接受邀请，而邀请继续有效的意思，“以后方便的时间”、“下次还有机会”。
Let's do it another time. (再找时间吧。)
Could we plan it for another day? (能找其他时间吧?)
Some other time. (再找其他时间吧。)
我希望你能来。
I hope you can come.
●订计划
你什么时候方便?
When is it convenient for you? *生意场上、朋友之间均可用该句来决定约会的日子和时间。convenient “方便的，合适的”。
When is it convenient for you? (你什么时候方便?)
I'm free on Friday. (星期五。)
What is a good time for you?
When is good for you?
什么时候?
About what time?
什么时候都行。
Whenever.
Jack, what time do you want to go bowling? (杰克，你想什么时候去打保龄球呀?)
Whenever. I'm free all day. (什么时候都可以。我一整天都有空。)
Whenever you are free. (什么时间都行，只要你有时间。)
Any day is okay. (哪天都行。)
Any day of the week is fine. (星期几都行。)
Anytime is fine.
等你有时间的时候吧。
When you have time.
我今天有空。
I'm free today. *free 有“自由的，免费的”等多种意思，在这句里是“有空”的意思。
I have a lot of free time today. (今天我很空闲。)
I have nothing to do today. (我今天没什么要做的。)
明天我会很忙。
I'll be busy tomorrow.
How about tomorrow? (明天怎么样?)
Sorry, I'll be busy tomorrow. (对不起，明天我会很忙。)
10号怎么样?
How about the tenth? *要说“～号”的时候，像the tenth一样要在数字的后面加上-th。
你什么时候有空?
When are you free? * 比较随便的说法。
When should we go? (咱们什么时候走?)
When are you free? (你什么时候有空?)
When are you free? (你什么时候有空?)
Friday after 3:00. (星期五3点以后有空。)
When are you available? * 一般的用法。
那天我不行。
That's a bad day for me.
那天我可以。
That day is fine.
我什么时候去合适?
When can I come over? *come over“顺便拜访”。
When can I visit? (我什么时候能去拜访您?)
When can I stop by? (我什么时候可以去你那儿坐坐?)
When can I drop by? (我什么时候可以去你那儿坐坐?)
你定时间吧。
You decide when.
I'll leave it up to you. (全交给你了。)
It's your decision. (你定吧。)
你定地点吧。
You decide where.
Wherever you want is okay. (哪儿都行，只要你觉得好。)
7点行吗?
Is seven convenient for you?
When should I come? (我什么时候来合适?)
Is seven convenient for you? (7点你方便吗?)
Is seven okay for you?
你几点能来?
When can you come over?
What time can you make it?
太早了吗?
Is it too early?
太晚了吗?
Is it too late?
就那个时间吧。
It's a date. *这句用于确认约会的日期和时间。
It's a date. (就那天吧。)
Okay, see you then. (行，到时候见。)
Let's meet tomorrow at 7∶30. (明天7∶30见吧。)
It's a date. (那，到时候见吧。)
回头见。
See you then.
●出门的时候
准备好了吗?
Are you ready?
Are you ready? (准备好了吗?)
No, not yet. (还没呢。)
Ready yet?
Are you all set? (好了吗?)
准备好了。
Ready.
I'm ready.
I'm all set.
还没准备好呢。
I'm not ready.
Ready. (准备好了。)
我们什么时候出发?
What time shall we leave? *leave“离开”、“走开”。
What time shall we leave? (我们什么时候出发。)
In about ten minutes. (大约10分钟以后。)
What time do you want to leave? (你想几点走?)
What time do we leave? (几点出门?)
What time are we taking off? (我们几点走?)*比较随便的说法。
我们几点能到?
What time do we arrive?
When do we get there?
那，我们走吧。
Let's get going. *这是常用的句子，最好能记住。
Let's get going. (那我们走吧。