看笑話學英語:I'm dealing with a big deal working 我在談一筆很大的生意

I'm dealing with a big deal working 我在談一筆很大的生意

英語笑話

A young business man had just started his business, and rented a beautiful office. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wishing to appear busy, the businessman picked up the phone and pretended that he had a big deal working. He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments.

Finally, he hung up and asked the visitor. "Can I help you?" The man said, "Sure. I've come to install the phone."

中文翻譯

一個年輕人剛開始做生意，租了一間漂亮的辦公室。坐在辦公室，他看見一個人從外面走進辦公室。裝著很忙的樣子，他拿起話筒，假裝正在跟人談一筆很大的生意。他從嘴里說出的，都是數目很大的數字，還有口氣很大的許諾。

最后，他掛上電話，問來訪者：“您有什么事嗎？”來訪者說：“哦，我是來裝電話的。”

詞匯點睛

rent [rent] v. 租借，租用

outer [?a?t?(r)] adj. 外面的

appear [??p??(r)] v. 顯現，呈現

pick up 拿起

pretend [pr??tend] v. 假裝，裝作

figure [?f?g?(r)] n. 數字

giant [?d?a??nt] adj. 巨大的

commitment [k??m?tm?nt] n. 承諾，保證

hung up 掛上電話

install [?n?st??l] v. 安裝

語法分析

1. Wishing to appear busy, the businessman picked up the phone and pretended that he had a big deal working. 裝著很忙的樣子，他拿起話筒，假裝正在跟人談一筆很大的生意。

解析 　這是一個由that引導的賓語從句，Wishing to appear busy作整個句子的伴隨狀語，that引導的從句作pretend的賓語。

口語實踐

A　I looked at the contract, and I think we need to make somechanges.

B　What's wrong with the current terms?

A　我看了一下合同，我認為我們需要做一些修改。

B　目前的條款有什么問題嗎？

★contract [?k?ntr?kt] n. 合同

★current [?k?r?nt] adj. 現在的，現行的

A　So the way our company works, we take 50% initially as a down payment and for purchasing materials.

B　Okay, that's standard.

A　按照我公司的規(guī)定，首付款是總額的50％，以便我方采購原料。

B　好，那很正常。

★initially [??n???li] adv. 開始地

★down payment 預付定金，分期付款

★purchase [?p??t??s] v. 買，購買

★standard [?st?nd?d] adj. 符合標準的

A　Can you reconsider your price and give a new bid? Then it's possible for us to meet halfway.

B　This is our rock-bottom price, and we can't make any concessions.

A　你方能否再考慮一下你方的價格然后重新出價？這樣我們才有可能作出讓步。

B　這是我們的最低價，我們不能再讓步了。

★reconsider [?ri?k?n?s?d?(r)] v. 重新考慮

★bid [b?d] n. 出價

★meet halfway 妥協，向……讓步★rock-bottom price 最低價

★concession [k?n?se?n] n. 妥協，讓步

A　Have you had time to read over the renegotiated terms of the contract?

B　Yes, I have. My client and I are satisfied.

A　您看過新商定的合同條款了嗎？

B　是的，我看過了。我和我的客戶都很滿意。

★renegotiate [?ri?n??g?u??e?t] adj. 重新商定的

★client [?kla??nt] n. 客戶