soar 翔 unwise 不明智的
well-informed 消息灵通的 insist 坚持
direct 直接 pull 拉
hopeless 没有希望的 transaction 交易
truth 真相,真理 forward 向前
rock-bottom 最低的(价格) move 移动
friendship 友谊 joint 共同的
sake 缘故 effort 努力
exceptionally 例外地 extent 程度
PHRASES AND EXPRESSIONS
to come to be point 直接谈到话题,开门见山
indication of price (price indication) 价格意见,价格意向
stand no chance 没有机会
speak out 说出来
for your information 供你知道
see one’s way to do/doing something 设法做某事
to tell the truth 真实地说
for friendship’s sake(for the sake of …) 为了友谊的缘故
to the extent 达到……程度
insist on 坚持
meet halfway 各让一半
talk somebody into doing something 劝说某人做某事
give up 放弃(意见)
NOTES
I. Well, to come straight to the point, could you give us an indication of your new price?
好吧,我们开门见山,你能谈谈你们新的价格想法吗?
point一词是会话中经常使用的词。简单而且常用的例句如下:
It’s a point of honor(commercial integrity) with me to keep my promise.
守信用对我来说是价
目表道德(商业信誉)问题。
To an extent, you have a point there: perhaps we’d better change the port of loading.
在某种程度上你的话有些道理; 也许我们最好还是改变装船口岸。
Your reply must reach here on or before May 15. We make a point of it.
你方答复必须于5月15日或5月15日前到达,这一点我们要特别强调。
You must make a point of sending us your insist on your price idea.
你既然坚持自己的价格意见, 再谈下去也就没有意义了。
My point is that we must both of us stick to be the contract.
我的观点是我们双方都应严守合约。
Whether the goods were carried by “Red Star” or by “East Wind” is beside the point.
货物是由“红星”轮还是由“东风”轮装运,不是问题所在。
There are several points I wish to talk to you about.
有几点我想和你谈谈。
That ‘s not the question in point.
那不是要讨论的问题。
I’m afraid I don’t understand you. What’s the point?
我怕我不明白你的话。你想说明什么?
Sorry, I don’t see your point.
抱歉,我不明白你想说明什么。
You’ve missed his point.
你弄错他的意思了。
Let’s keep to the point.
我们就这个话题谈吧。
Don’t get away from the point.
别离开话题。