华尔街中级英语Lesson 5

55 Did you enjoy the meal, Mrs. Ramirez?
56 Yes, thank you. I enjoyed it very much.
57 But the steaks weren’t as good as Mexican steaks! Well now, Mr. Peters, you’re a businessman, too, aren’t you?
58 What kind of business are you in?
59 Oh, you know. Mostly import-export!
60 I see.
61 I do a lot of business in the Caribbean area; in Trinidad, for example.
62 Ah, yes, the Caribbean: a very important market, certainly a market with a future.
63 Actually, Mr. Ramirez, it’s interesting that you should happen to ask me about this.
64 You see, I’m just starting something up in that area, and I was looking for some capital, as it happens.
65 How much capital were you thinking of?
66 Oh, not much- say, a million dollars?
67 Well, we’ll talk about it another time. Why shouldn’t we do business together, now that we’re going to be relatives?
68 Will there be anything else, Mr. Peters?
69 Would you like another coffee, or anything?
70 That will be all then, thanks, Renzo. Er… put it on my accounts¹, please.
71 Please, Mr. Peters, you should let me pay!
72 Certainly not. Mr. Ramirez. You’re my guest!
73 Well, I must get back to the office now. So nice to have met you Mr. And Mrs. Ramirez.
74 and I will be delighted to have the lovely Juanita as my daughter in law. I’ll see you all in the church tomorrow!

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参考例句：

• Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination. 当时的报道证实了他的勇气和决心。
• They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened. 他们对发生的事所作的陈述自相矛盾，使我迷惑不解。