Hi, John, how's everything going?

嗨，约翰，事情最近如何?

Not too bad, I'm busy with the conference. All kinds of trifles, you know.

还行，我忙着开会，有许多杂事，你是知道的。

It'll be over soon, right?

很快会结束的，是吗?

Yeah, I hope I can have a holiday when it is done.

是啊，我希望事情结束之后，会有一段假期。

conference n.(正式)会议;讨论，商谈

trifle n.琐事，无价值的东西 vi.嘲笑，轻视