迷你对话学地道口语第650期:面对面的

 　　Subject：I am looking forward to meeting you face- to- face.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Our company is very interested in the electronic products of your company.

　　我们公司对贵公司生产的产品很感兴趣。

　　B: Thank you. I’m looking forward to meeting you face -to -face.

　　谢谢，我期待与您下次见面。

　　地道表达

　　face-to-face

　　1. 解词释义

　　此语的意思是“面对面”。有类似的此语，heart-to-heart（心贴心的，诚恳的）；shoulder to shoulder（肩并肩，团结一致）；door-to-door（挨家挨户）。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. I rushed out of the office and found myself face-to-face with the boss.

　　我冲出办公室,面对面地碰上了老板。

　　e.g. The experts agreed that a face-to-face talk might be a good idea.

　　专家们一致同意，举行一次面对面的会谈也许是一个好主意。

　　e.g. When he opened the door, he found himself face-to-face with a beautiful woman.

　　当他打开门时，他发现自己面对着一位美女。

　　e.g. I decided¹ to come and have a face-to-face talk with you.

　　我决定来同你当面谈谈。

　　Ps 1：be interested in... 的意思是“对......有兴趣”。

　　If you have time, I would like to tell you a little about Frank Shabata, and why I am interested in him.

　　您如果有时间，我想跟您谈谈有关富兰克·夏白塔的事，告诉您我为什么对他那样关注。

　　What I am interested in is whether they are married.

　　我感兴趣的是他们是否结婚了。

　　Ps 2: Look forward to doing的意思是“期待做......”。

　　I look forward to paying you a visit next week.

　　我期待着下星期去拜访你。

　　Do you look forward to distributing this memo² to the department?

　　您要我把这份备忘录分发给整个部门吗？

　　Ps 3: Meet face-to-to的意思是“见面”。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？