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商务语敲门砖第1期:提高产品销售量A:Its difficult for us to push the sale of your digital cameras nowadays. 如今想要提升你数码相机的销售量很难啊.B:What seems to be the problem? 问题在那里?A:Price.Frankly, your price is on the high side. 价格.说实话,你们的价格偏高.B:As you may have noticed,the price skyrockets in raw materials,so were forced to adjust our prices accordingly. 你可能已经注意到,原材料价格猛涨,所以我们也不得不相应地调整价格.A:Im sorry to say we have to close business at that price. Arent we old friends?Weve had a very good business relationship over the past years,I suggest you make an appropriate reduction. 很抱歉,我们只能按那个价格销售.我们不是老朋友了吗?过去几年我们合作一直都很愉快,我建议你适当地降低价格.B:Well,in view of our good cooperation over the past years. Lets meet each other halfway;Ill make a reduction by3%. 那好吧,考虑到我们过去几年里都合作愉快,我们各让一步,我会将价格下调3%.1.Frankly, your price is on the high side.On the high side: slightly too high 稍偏高I like the house but I think the price is on the high side. 我喜欢这幢房子,但价格太高了些. Side给人的感觉就是偏向哪一边,那么我们还可以说on the big/small/tight side(偏大/小/紧).例句:These shoes are a little on the tight side. 这双鞋略有点紧.那么还有其他相似的表达吗?Your (ever the product is) is more expensive than many of your competitors. 2.the price skyrockets in raw materialsSkyrocket: (of prices, etc. 价格等) to rise quickly to a very high level 飞涨;猛涨the price skyrockets=the price has gone up a lot in price意思相近的表达还有go through the roof.go through the roof:(of prices, etc. 价格等) to rise or increase very quickly 飞涨;激增 House prices here have gone through the roof. 这里的房价涨得出了格.skyrocket和go through the roof都指价格的大幅上涨,通常是在短时期内的. 3.so were forced to adjust our prices accordingly...adjust sth accordingly:根据...适当地调整Adjust大家都熟悉,就是调整的意思.比如: Adjust your language to the age of your audience. 要根据听众的年龄使用相应的语言.Accordingly: 照着;相应地 We have to discover his plans and act accordingly. 我们得找出他的计划,照着办. 4.in view of our good cooperation over the past yearsin view of something: considering something 鉴于;考虑到;由于 In view of the weather, the event will now be held indoors. 由于天气的缘故,这项赛事将在室内进行.也