Intermediate - Keeping in Touch (C0084)

喂。李先生。好久不见。不好意思,最近我没时间跟你见面。你怎么样?
wèi 。Lǐ Xiānsheng 。hǎojiǔ bújiàn 。bùhǎoyìsi ,zuìjìn wǒ méi shíjiān gēn nǐ jiànmiàn 。nǐ zěnmeyàng ?
Hello? Mr. Li. Long time no see. I'm sorry that lately I haven't had the time to see you. How are you doing?

你好。那不要紧。我打了三次电话给你。一次打不通,还有两次没人接。
nǐhǎo 。nà bùyàojǐn 。wǒ dǎ le sān cì diànhuà gěi nǐ 。 yīcì dǎ bù tōng , háiyǒu liǎng cì méirén jiē 。
Hello. Don't worry about it. I called you three times. Once I couldn't get through and twice no one answered.

不好意思,我的电话号码改了。现在的是63445598。
bùhǎoyìsi ,wǒde diànhuà hàomǎ gǎi le 。xiànzài de shì liùsānsìsìwǔwǔjiǔbā 。
Sorry. I changed my telephone number. My new number is 6344-5598.

前天我发了一封email给你。你收到了吗?
qiántiān wǒ fā le yī fēng emailgěi nǐ 。 nǐ shōudào le ma ?
I sent you an email the day before yesterday. Did you get it?

我最近没办法用我的email。你有什么事?
wǒ zuìjìn méi bànfǎ yòng wǒde email。 nǐ yǒu shénme shì ?
Recently I haven't had any way to check my email. What’s the matter?

你什么时候有空?我想跟你谈谈。
nǐ shénme shíhòu yǒukòng ?wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ tántan 。
When do you have time? I'd like to talk with you.

那你跟我的秘书联系好吗?她会帮你安排时间。
nà nǐ gēn wǒde mìshū liánxì hǎo ma ?tā huì bāng nǐ ānpái shíjiān 。
In that case contact my secretary. She can help you arrange a time.

好。就这样。以后再跟你聊。再见。
hǎo 。jiù zhèyàng 。yǐhòu zài gēn nǐ liáo 。zàijiàn 。
Okay. We’ll do it like that. I'll chat with you later on. Goodbye.

Vocabulary

有时间 yǒu shíjiān to have time
跟……见面 gēn ... jiànmiàn to meet
要紧 yàojǐn important
打不通 dǎ bù tōng to dial, but not get through
jiē to pick up
gǎi to change
to send
shōu to receive
有空 yǒukòng to have free time
联系 liánxì to get in contact with
bāng to help
办法 bànfǎ means
还有 háiyǒu and
联系不上 liánxì bushàng can contact with
空号 kōnghào empty number
手机停机 shǒujī tíngjī cell phone
出故障 chū gùzhàng to have trouble
失踪 shīzōng to be missing
当面 dāngmiàn in front of someone's face
面谈 miàntán to chat person-to-person
紧急 jǐnjí emergency
重要 zhòngyào important
要事 yàoshì important thing
约个时间 yuē ge shíjiān have a date