Modern English 洋话连篇（七十三）

　　1，We want to develop direct contact with Continental¹ buyers for ourselves.

　　我们想为自己的公司同欧洲大陆的买主建立起直接的联系。

　　2，We see that your firm specializes² in Light Industrial Goods, and we are willing to establish business relationship with you.

　　得知贵公司专门经营轻工业品，我们愿意与贵公司建立业务关系。

　　3，We are one of the largest importers of Electric Goods in this city, and we wish to establish business relationship with you. ...我们是此地最大的电器进口商之一，愿意与你们建立业务关系。

　　4，Our company is thinking of expanding its business relationship with China.

　　我公司想扩大与中国的贸易关系。

　　5，As is known, we set great store by the trade relationship with the third world countries.

　　众所周知，我们十分重视同第三世界国家的贸易关系。

　　6，We look forward to reactivating our business relationship.

　　我们盼望我们的业务关系重新活跃起来。

　　7，My offer was based on reasonable profit, not on wild speculations³.

　　我的报价以合理利润为依据，不是漫天要价。

　　8，We have received offers recently, most of which are below 100 U.S. dollars.

　　我们最近的报价大多数都在100美圆以下。

　　9，Moreover, We've kept the price close to the costs of production.

　　再说，这已经把价格压到生产费用的边缘了。

　　10，I think the price we offered you last week is the best one.

　　相信我上周的报价是最好的。

1 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

2 specializes   

v.专门从事，专攻( specialize的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She specializes in obstetrics. 她是产科专家。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cinema specializes in Italian films. 这家电影院专门放映意大利电影。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 speculations   

n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断

参考例句：

• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》