情景会话口袋书人际篇06:商务社交(3)

 　　13.It's going pretty well.

　　一切很顺利。

　　还可说成：

　　It proceeded smoothly¹.

　　Everything is OK.

　　应用解析：

　　pretty much 几乎，差不多；pretty soft 容易的；合算的； pretty soon 立刻；pretty to-do 混乱，骚乱

　　14.Thank you for coming.

　　感谢光临。

　　还可说成：

　　Thanks for stopping by.

　　Thank you for join us.

　　15.Thanks for agreeing to meet with me.

　　谢谢您同意与我会面。

　　还可说成

　　Thank you for taking the time to meet me.

　　I'm very thankful for youy meeting with me.

　　应用解析：

　　agree likes cats and dogs 水火不容；agree to something 同意某事；agree to differ 求同存异，各自保留不同意见

　　16.Please have a seat.

　　请坐。

　　还可说成：

　　Take a seat, please.

　　Would you take your seat, please?

　　应用解析：

　　by the seat of one's pants 凭直觉；凭本能；have a good seat 骑马的姿势很好；have a seat in Parliament 在议会中有一个席位

　　17.Can I offer you something to drink?

　　您想喝点什么？

　　还可说成：

　　What would you like to drink?

　　Would like something to drink?

　　应用解析：

　　offer something up (to God) 将某物奉献给（上帝）；offer to help somebody 表示愿意帮助某人；offer a new comedy 上演一出新的喜剧

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adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。