soar 翔 unwise 不明智的
well-informed 消息靈通的 insist 堅持
direct 直接 pull 拉
hopeless 沒有希望的 transaction 交易
truth 真相,真理 forward 向前
rock-bottom 最低的(價格) move 移動
friendship 友誼 joint 共同的
sake 緣故 effort 努力
exceptionally 例外地 extent 程度
PHRASES AND EXPRESSIONS
to come to be point 直接談到話題,開門見山
indication of price (price indication) 價格意見,價格意向
stand no chance 沒有機會
speak out 說出來
for your information 供你知道
see one’s way to do/doing something 設法做某事
to tell the truth 真實地說
for friendship’s sake(for the sake of …) 為了友誼的緣故
to the extent 達到……程度
insist on 堅持
meet halfway 各讓一半
talk somebody into doing something 勸說某人做某事
give up 放棄(意見)
NOTES
I. Well, to come straight to the point, could you give us an indication of your new price?
好吧,我們開門見山,你能談談你們新的價格想法嗎?
point一詞是會話中經(jīng)常使用的詞。簡單而且常用的例句如下:
It’s a point of honor(commercial integrity) with me to keep my promise.
守信用對我來說是價
目表道德(商業(yè)信譽)問題。
To an extent, you have a point there: perhaps we’d better change the port of loading.
在某種程度上你的話有些道理; 也許我們最好還是改變裝船口岸。
Your reply must reach here on or before May 15. We make a point of it.
你方答復必須于5月15日或5月15日前到達,這一點我們要特別強調(diào)。
You must make a point of sending us your insist on your price idea.
你既然堅持自己的價格意見, 再談下去也就沒有意義了。
My point is that we must both of us stick to be the contract.
我的觀點是我們雙方都應嚴守合約。
Whether the goods were carried by “Red Star” or by “East Wind” is beside the point.
貨物是由“紅星”輪還是由“東風”輪裝運,不是問題所在。
There are several points I wish to talk to you about.
有幾點我想和你談談。
That ‘s not the question in point.
那不是要討論的問題。
I’m afraid I don’t understand you. What’s the point?
我怕我不明白你的話。你想說明什么?
Sorry, I don’t see your point.
抱歉,我不明白你想說明什么。
You’ve missed his point.
你弄錯他的意思了。
Let’s keep to the point.
我們就這個話題談吧。
Don’t get away from the point.
別離開話題。