1--Who's in charge of the construction project?
 
2--We've taken on a civil engineer on a nine-month temporary contract. He'll oversee the whole project. In fact we're having a project meeting at 3 p.m this afternoonto allocate responsibilities and finalise the time schedule. Why don't you join us?
 
1--I can’t I'm afraid. I've got another meeting scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
 
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注解：
 
1.construction建筑   
2.temporary临时的
3.scheduled安排
 
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译文：
 
1--谁负责这个建设项目？
2--我们雇用了一位土木工程师，签了九个月的临时合同。他将监督整个工程项目。事实上我们在今天下午3点开一个工程项目会议来分配一下职责并最后确定一下施工进度表。你为什么不参加？
1--我恐怕不能参加。我在下午2:30有另外一个会议。