Do you know when he will be back from vacation?

Helen：IT Department, Helen speaking.
海倫：資訊部，我是海倫。
Harriet：Hi, this is Harriet. I was wondering if Luke has returned.
海麗特：你好，我是海麗特，我想知道路克回來了沒。
Helen：I'm afraid he's still away on vacation.
海倫：恐怕他還在休假。
Harriet：Do you know when he will be back from vacation？ He changed the settings on my computer the other day, and now I can't seem to get anything to print.
海麗特：妳知道他什麼時候度完假回來上班嗎？他前幾天更改了我電腦上的設定，現在我好像不能印東西了。
Helen：He won't be back until the day after tomorrow. Perhaps I could take a look at it for you instead？
海倫：他要後天才會回來。或許我能幫妳看看？
Harriet：That would be great. Thanks very much.
海麗特：那就太好了。非常感謝。

本篇關鍵句

當你打電話要找人，而對方剛好去度假或休假不在，這時你可以詢問接電話者對方什麼時候回來上班，以便再撥電話過來。這時你也可以這麼說：
例：When will he / she be returning to the office？（他∕她何時會回來上班？）
例：When is he / she expected to return？（他∕她預計何時回來上班？）

關鍵字彙與片語

◎wonder vt. 想知道，納悶
例：I wonder who is going to handle all the technical problems when Sam is on leave.（我想知道山姆休假的時候，誰要來處理所有這些技術問題。）
．be on leave 休假中
◎on vacation 度假中
例：I'll be on vacation in Greece next month.（下個月我會到希臘度假。）
◎the other day 前幾天（用於過去式）
例：I bumped into my ex-boyfriend the other day.（我前幾天無意中遇見前男友。）
◎instead adv. 作為替代
例：The manager couldn't attend the meeting, so Mark went instead.（經理不克出席會議，所以馬克代替。）
．instead of…… 取代……；而非……