情景会话口袋书人际篇 第577期:产品展销(3)

 　　9. A large crowd of people came from afar to see the exhibition.

　　一大群人从远处赶来参观这个展览会。

　　还能这样说：

　　A multitude of people from the remote area gathered at the gate of the exhibition hall.

　　A large number of people paid a visit to the exhibition in distant area.

　　应用解析：

　　from afar 自远方，远道，从远处；

　　afar off 遥远地，在远方

　　10. Our products will sell pretty well if we can draw buyers' attention to our demonstrations².

　　只要我们的产品展示能把买家的眼光吸引过来，我们的产品一定会大卖。

　　还能这样说：

　　Our products can be best-sellers as long as we can attract buyers' attention to our exhibition.

　　If the customers come to our demonstration¹, we can make sure that our products sell well.

　　应用解析：

　　a sure draw 可引起议论之处；

　　draw it strong 夸张，小题大做

　　11. The computer we produced is characterized by its high quality, compact size, and energy savings³.

　　我们生产的计算机其特点是质量好、体积小、节能。

　　还能这样说：

　　The computer of our company is of good quality, compact and can save energy.

　　The computer we produced is superior in quality, small in size and apparent in energy saving.

　　应用解析：

　　work with energy 努力工作；

　　power energy into 把精力倾注于……

　　12. I think the exhibition is going very well.

　　我认为展会情况进展得很不错。

　　还能这样说：

　　I think this is a successful exhibition.

　　I think everything goes well with the exhibition.

　　应用解析：

　　from the word go 一开始；

　　go a long way 买很多东西，成功，顺利；

　　go hard with sb. 使某人为难；

　　all systems go 准备起飞；

　　it's all go 十分繁忙

1 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

2 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

3 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。