Unit 29
Missing the deadline
職場攻略/辦公日常
English for the workplace/Communication in workplace
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
What was the task that you finished before a specific deadline?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. submitted (v.) 提交
Have you submitted the project?
你提交了項目嗎？
2. write-up (n.) 報告
It takes two days to write a write-up.
寫一篇文章要花兩天時間。
3. strategy (n.) 戰略
What was your project strategy?
你的項目策略是什麼？
4. due (adj.) 到期
When is the project due?
該項目什麼時候到期？
5. glanced (v.) 瞥
I glanced back and he was not there.
我回頭看了一眼，他不在那兒。
6. got caught up (phr.) 忙於
I got caught up with my friends.
我跟朋友們在忙了。
7. gotten mixed up (phr.) 搞混
Nancy has six children, and I always get mixed up on their names.
南希有六個小孩, 我總是搞不清他們的名字。
8. take full responsibility (phr.) 負全責
It is your fault, so take full responsibility.
這是你的錯，所以要承擔全部責任。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Hey Evan, the sales team says you haven’t submitted that write-up yet on our new strategy.
嘿，Evan，銷售團隊說你還沒有遞交我們新策略的報告？
I thought it was due on Thursday?
我以為週四才是截止日期呢？
No, I said Tuesday. I just glanced at the email I sent you.
不，我說的是週二。 我剛剛看過我發給你的郵件。
Oh, I’m extremely sorry. I got caught up in client meetings the last few days and
must have gotten mixed up. I take full responsibility for this.
噢，我很抱歉。 過去幾天我一直在見客戶，一定是搞混了。 我會負全責的。
What can we do to make sure this doesn’t happen again?
我們怎樣才能保證同樣的事不會再發生？
Obviously I need to stay on top of these deadlines. At the moment I don’t use it very much, but I can get into the habit of using my calendar app more regularly and set reminders beforehand so that I don’t forget.
很顯然我需要時刻關注截止日期的事兒。 雖然現在我還不大常用，但是我會慢慢養成習慣更頻繁地用我的日曆app提前設置提醒，這樣我就不會忘了。
Great, that sounds like it will work well. Now please make sure to finish the report ASAP.
很好，聽起來會奏效的。 現在請確保儘快完成報告。
I’m on it.
這就做。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ______.
B :No, I said Tuesday.
1.No, I said Tuesday.
2. I thought it was due in Thursday?
A : What can we do to make sure this doesn’t happen again?
B : ________.
1.Obviously I need to stay on top of these deadlines
2.Now please make sure to finish the report ASAP.
That sounds like it ____ work well.
1.will
2.should
I just glanced ____ the email I sent you.
1.at
2.to
1.Please ____ your report in the morning.
A.tune in
B.submit
C.hand
D.give in
2.Please finish the homework ____, so that we can all go to sleep.
A.AASP
B.ASAP
C.SAAP
D.SASP
3. “I am on it.”
A.I got caught up.
B.I get into the habit of doing it.
C.I am on top of it.
D.I am organized.
4. The academic paper is _(1)_ the day after tomorrow, but I haven’t finished it yet. I got _(2)_ in the chorus the previous days and I didn’t have time for writing the paper. I will be _(3)_ right now to make up for it.
overdue go after it on top of it mixed up due caught up
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.How did you accomplish the task before the deadline?
