Project Timing

    项目的时机

    (1)Talking about Starting a Project

    谈论启动一个项目

    Note these expressions:

    记住这些表达方式：

    Have we got a start date? 起始日期我们已经定了吗？

    They're due to start on the 23rd. 他们定于23日开工。

    We're supposed to start ... 我们原定于……开工。

    (场景描述：丹·马斯洛碰到了自己的上司温迪·法伯，而后者想要了解事情的进展情况。)

    Wendy: Hi, Dan. How are the plans for the focus groups going? Have we got a start date?

    Dan: Yes. They're due to start on the 23rd in Asia... and then the following week in Latin America.

    Wendy: And what about Europe?

    Dan: They should start the week after that. I'm waiting to hear from Pietro.

    Wendy: And here in the U.S. and Canada?

    Dan: We're supposed to start here in the middle of next month, if all goes well.

    温迪：嗨 ......