轻松日记商务职场篇80:期待与您见面

 　　核心句型：

　　I'm looking forward to meeting you face-to-face.

　　我期待着与您见面。

　　meet sb. face-to-face这个短语的意思是：“与某人见面”。因此，当美国人说"I'm looking forward to meeting you face-to-face."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"I wish to meet you soon."、"I'm expecting to meet you."、"I would like to see you soon."。

　　情景对白：

　　Jane: We are very interested in the electronic products of your company.

　　简：我们对贵公司生产的电子产品很感兴趣。

　　Benjamin: Well, thanks for calling. I'm looking forward to meeting you face-to-face. So we can talk in detail.

　　本杰明：谢谢您的来电，我期待着与您见面。这样我们可以详谈一下。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①I will go to the airport to pick you up.

　　我会去机场接你。

　　②I can't say for certain right now.

　　我现在还说不定呢。

　　③Can we make it at 3 p.m. this afternoon?

　　就定在今天下午三点好吗？

　　④It cannot be explained through the phone.

　　电话里解释不清楚。

　　单词：

　　electronic adj. 电子的

　　That's so-called¹ electronic money.

　　那是所谓的电子货币。

　　We want to get into electronic commerce².

　　我们想涉足电子商务。

　　Gather information using electronic forms.

　　使用电子表单收集信息。

1 so-called   

adj.所谓的，号称的

参考例句：

• These were the so-called mainframe machines.它们被称为主机。
• Let's see what this so-called button does.让我们来看看为什么这个按钮叫这个名字。

2 commerce   

n.商业，贸易；社交

参考例句：

• Commerce binds the two countries together.贸易把这两国结合在一起。
• They drew up plans aimed at expanding commerce.他们拟定了发展商业的计划。