{"id":1684,"date":"2025-04-09T10:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T02:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T02:22:05","slug":"english-pod-23-making-an-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=1684","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 23 &#8211; Making an Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/b37c005a-b5a4-44ac-8b3e-c00e18ff05c6?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Hello, Fairbrook Consulting, how may I help you?<br>B: Yes, this is Julianne Horton, and I\u2019m calling to <strong>arrange <\/strong>an <strong>appointment <\/strong>with Ms. McNealy.<br><br>A: Certainly, what day were you thinking of?<br>B: How\u2019s Thursday? Does she have any time <strong>available <\/strong>then?<br><br>A: Um. . . let me double check. . . unfortunately, she\u2019s <strong>booked solid<\/strong> on Thursday, how does next Monday <strong>work for you<\/strong>?<br>B: Actually, I\u2019ve got something <strong>scheduled <\/strong>on Monday. Can she do Tuesday?<br><br>A: Sure, Tuesday\u2019s perfect. May I ask where you\u2019re calling from?<br>B: Sure, Merton Financial Advisors.<br><br>A: Oh, actually, Tuesday\u2019s <strong>no good<\/strong>. Sorry \u2019bout that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/54c1bbcb-1e6f-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>arrange <\/strong>\u2014 Verb to arrange<br><strong>appointment <\/strong>\u2014 Noun (singular) an agreement to meet someone at a particular time<br><strong>available<\/strong> \u2014 Adjective not busy, willing to talk to someone<br><strong>double check<\/strong> \u2014 Phrase check again<br><strong>booked solid<\/strong> \u2014 Phrase having no available place or time<br><strong>work for you<\/strong> \u2014 Phrase be okay with you<br><strong>scheduled<\/strong> \u2014 Verb planned at a specific time<br><strong>no good <\/strong>\u2014 Phrase not okay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>double check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Do you have the tickets?<br>B: I think so, but let me just double check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>C: I thought I sent that e-mail already, but let me double check<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>booked solid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example one.<br>A: I can\u2019t get a hotel room; they\u2019re booked solid until after the New Year. [NOTE: you can<br>also say \u201cThey are fully booked\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: I\u2019m sorry, there are no seats available on this flight; we\u2019re booked solid over the<br>Christmas holidays.<br>Voice: Example three.<br>C: Sorry, I can\u2019t meet with you today, I\u2019m booked solid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>appointment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Please book an appointment for next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice: Example two.<br>B: Please schedule an appointment for next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: Hello, Fairbrook Consulting, how may I help you?B: Yes, this is Julianne Horton, and I\u2019m calling to arrange an appointment with Ms. McNealy. A: Certainly, what day were you thinking of?B: How\u2019s Thursday? Does she have any time available then? A: Um. . . let me double check. . . unfortunately, she\u2019s booked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,33,29],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-english","tag-english-pod","tag-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1694,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions\/1694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}