【Business Conversation-07】Being Flexible ( 保持彈性 )

Being Flexible ( 保持彈性 )
A : what are you going to do on your business trip?

B : I'm not sure

A : what's the schedule?

B : I don't know. Our client shaven't sent me anything yet

A : you're having a good attitude about it

B : I know. I'm trying to be flexible
【Biz Vocab】商用英文單字 ( 點擊左邊箭頭打開釋義+例句 ) schedule /ˈskedʒ.uːl/ n. 行程表 a list of planned activities or things to be done showing the times or dates when they are intended to happen or be done:
a production schedule
a hectic / tight (= very busy ) schedule
Everything went according to schedule (= as had been planned ).
B1 US
(UK timetable )a list of the times when events are planned to happen , for example the times when classes happen or when buses , etc. leave and arrive :
The class schedule is available on the website .
a bus schedule
a schedule of talks at the convention
formalan official list of things:
a schedule of business expenses
ahead of schedule

B2 early:
We expect the building work to be completed ahead of schedule.
on schedule

B2 not early or late

fall behind schedule

to do less work than you planned to do by a particular point in time
More examples a punishing training schedule What's our schedule for this morning? The training schedule wasn't very well thought out. We are already two months behind schedule. If our schedules coincide, we'll go to Spain together. client /ˈklaɪ.ənt/ n. 客戶 a customer or someone who receives services :
Mr Black has been a client of this firm for many years .
We always aim to give our clients personal attention . More examples She used cognitive therapy on her client to try to inhibit those negative thoughts which were damaging his self-esteem. Counsel for the defence argued convincingly that his client was not guilty. It's important to create a good impression when you meet a new client. The defending lawyer asked that the charge against his client be dismissed. She was acting in good faith for her client. flexible /ˈflek.sə.bəl/ a. 彈性的 able to change or be changed easily according to the situation :
My schedule is flexible - I could arrange to meet with you any day next week . More examples The European Union should remain flexible enough to assimilate more countries quickly. "If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying. Warships are flexible in operation and can travel the seas freely. Computer generated models are more flexible and less expensive to build than physical models. The constitution is flexible enough to change as the organization develops.