Therefore, Ms. Smith has asked me to tell you that a meeting would not be helpful at this time.
我转告你现在会面没有什么意义。
First, I coundn't keep up with all the paperwork at the office.
首先我应付不了办公室的文书工作。
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.