meeting a deadline期限
Dialog
英语情景对话
Pam: You wanted to see me?
女：是您找我吗
Ed: Yes, I did. Have a seat. I want to talk to you about the Pulsen project.
男：是的，请坐，我想跟你谈谈宝尔森项目的情况
Pam: I know I’m a little late in getting that report to you, but I’ve been pulling out the stops to get it done.
女：我知道我给报告的时间有些晚了，不过我正在倾尽全力在做这个报告。
Ed: But it’s still not done, is it? You know that the deadline for the next milestone of the project was this past Monday.
男：不过到现在还是没有完，对吗？你知道的，项目下一个里程碑式的阶段应该是过去的这个周一完成。
Pam: Yes, I know, but the scope of the project turned out to be a lot bigger than I had anticipated. And, they just didn’t allocate enough resources for something this size. Is there any way we can push back the deadline by a week?
女：是的，我承认，不过项目的工作内容要比我原来想象的多。而且象这样大的项目所需要的资源都没有分配足。我们是否有可能将期限再向后推一周
Ed: The time to ask that was last week, not after you’ve missed the deadline. I have the management breathing down my neck about this report. I’ve tried to stall them for the past two days and they’re not happy.
男：这种要求应该在上周提，而不是在你已经超过期限时说。我上面的老板为这个报告追我很多次了。过去的两次我都是在劝说他们，他们显然不太高兴。
Pam: I promise to have it on your desk by tomorrow morning. You have my word.
女：我保证明天一早就将报告送给你，我向你保证
Ed: All right. I’ll give you until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. I’m tired of taking the heat, though, and I don’t plan to do it any longer.
男：好，我最晚会等到明天上午九点。我已经对为此受上面指责厌烦了，所以我不希望再这样了。
Pam: You can count on me.
女：包在我身上吧
Ed: Don’t let me down.
男：别让我失望
Pam: I won’t.
女：不会的。
