A: Emily, could you stay a few extra minutes to discuss your project with me?艾米丽，你能不能多呆几分钟，跟我讨论一下你的设计方案B: Sure. We're on a pretty tight schedule, but we should be able to finish it just on time. 好的，尽管我们的时间很紧张，但是我们应该能够按时完工A: Are all of your team members on schedule?你所有的组员都能按时完成吗B: A few of yhe graphic designers are a bit behind in their work because of computer problems. 尤其的图像设计师，由于电脑的问题，工作进度有点滞后A: How have the decided to deal with that?他们打算怎么解决B: They've agreed to work over-time until it's finished. They've even decided to come in on the weekend.他们同意加班，直到完成为止，甚至还打算周末都过来加班A: That's true dedication. I'm impressed. When is it due?真的是很敬业，这样我很感动，什么时候交稿B: We agreed that the deadline was next Friday.我们协议约定的最后期限是下周五A: Right. Well, given that your colleagues are working so hard on this project, I suppose we could change that deadline to Monday morning. I won't have time to look over it on the weekend anyway.那好，鉴于你的组员们工作都相当卖力，我想我们可以把交稿期限延期到下下个周一，反正我周末也没时间看这个方案B: That'd be very helpful. An extra weekend is all they really need. Thanks.那可帮了大忙了，他们确实需要再多一个周末的时间，谢谢A: That's alright. Make sure everyone knows that we must stick to the new deadline.不客气，要确保每个人都知道，我们必须赶在最后期限之前完成任务B: I will. 我会的。A: I know you have a tight schedule so I won't take up more of your time. Have a good evening.我知道你的时间非常宝贵，我就不多占用了，祝你晚上过得愉快B: You, too. See you tomorrow. 你也是，明天见。

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