外贸英语话题王 第75期:做生意和扩大贸易

 　　Conclude and expend¹ business 做生意和扩大贸易

　　Welcome to our company Mr white.  怀特先生，欢迎光临。

　　My name is Yan Hua,the secretary of Mr Wang. 我叫严华，是王先生的秘书。

　　Nice to meet you! 见到你很高兴。

　　Would you like to have a cup of tea or coffee? 您想喝茶还是咖啡？

　　Thank you. I'd like Chinese tea very much! 谢谢！我很喜欢中国茶。

　　Glad you like it.  很高兴你喜欢中国茶.

　　By the way, is this your first time to China, Mr. White? 顺便问一下，您是第一次访问中国吧，怀特先生?

　　Yes, as a representative of IBM.  是的，作为国际商用机器公司的代表，

　　I hope to conclude some business with you. 我希望能与贵公司做成生意。

　　We also hope to expend our business with you. 我们也希望与贵公司扩大贸易往来。

　　This is our common desire. 这是我们的共同愿望。

　　I think you probably know China has adopted a flexible policy in her foreign trade. 我想您也许已经了解到中国在对外贸易中采取了灵活的政策。

　　Yes,I have read about it, but I would like to know more about it. 是的，我已经知道了一点，但是我还想多了解一些。

　　Right. Seeing is believing. 对，眼见为实。

　　Sure. 的确如此。

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vt.花费，消费，消耗

参考例句：

• Don't expend all your time on such a useless job.不要把时间消耗在这种无用的工作上。
• They expend all their strength in trying to climb out.他们费尽全力想爬出来。