實(shí)用外貿(mào)口語精選情景系列(204)：初次見面寒暄

First contact and greeting

初次見面寒暄

A: Excuse me, are you Mr. Smith from London? I am the manager of Hong Da Trading Company. My name is Zhou Shan.

打擾了，請問您是來自倫敦的史密斯先生嗎?

B: How do you do, Mr. Zhou? I'm glad to meet you.

你好，周先生。很高興見到您。

A: How do you do! Welcome to Dalian.

您好!歡迎您來到大連。

B: Thank you. It's very nice of you to meet me at the airport.

謝謝。謝謝您來到機(jī)場接我。

A: You are welcome. May I introduce my colleague Sun Fang? Miss Sun is our sales manager.

別客氣。請讓我為您介紹我的同事孫芳，她是我們公司的銷售經(jīng)理。

B: Nice to meet you, Miss Sun.

很高興見到您，孫小姐。

A: Nice to meet you, too. I have heard a lot about you.

我也很高興見到您。早就聽說過您。

B: Thank you.

謝謝。

A: Did you have a good flight?

您旅途愉快嗎?

B: Not bad. There was a dense fog in London, so the flight was delayed several hours.

還好。由于倫敦大霧導(dǎo)致飛機(jī)晚點(diǎn)幾個(gè)小時(shí)。

A: I'm sorry to hear that.

很遺憾。

C: How long did the flight take?

飛機(jī)飛了多長時(shí)間?

B: 16 hours non-stop.

16小時(shí)沒停歇。

C: It must be a very tiring trip.

那您一定很累壞了。

B: It is.

是的。

A: So you need a good rest after such a long flight. We don't stand in your way.

長途旅行后需要好好休息。我們就不占用您的時(shí)間了。

B: Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

stand in your way 擋住道路，在這里意為“ 占用你的時(shí)間 ”。

eg. It's too late. You need a good rest. I don't stand in your way. We can discuss it tomorrow.

太晚了。你需要好好休息。我不占用你時(shí)間了。我們明天再討論這個(gè)問題。

eg. You simply realize that you can’t let fear stand in your way if you want to live your life consciously.

你只是發(fā)現(xiàn)如果你想活的清醒，就不能讓恐懼阻擋你的道路。

eg. Timing will never be better because something will always stand in your way.

時(shí)間永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)因?yàn)槭虑闀?huì)更好始終站在你的方式。