情景会话口袋书人际篇 第605期:谈判(3)

 　　9. Several important legal questions arose in the contract negotiations¹.

　　在合同谈判中出现了一些重要的法律问题。

　　还能这样说：

　　There exist some critical legal questions in the contract negotiations.

　　Some significant legal questions emerge from the contract negotiations.

　　应用解析：

　　legal affairs 法律事务；

　　legal adviser² 法律顾问；

　　take a legal action 提起诉讼

　　10. The talks were hung up for a week.

　　谈判中止了一个星期。

　　还能这样说：

　　The talks had terminated for a week.

　　The talks had suspended for seven days.

　　应用解析：

　　Hang it (all) ! 见鬼！该死！岂有此理！（表示反对、不耐烦、惊异等）；

　　hang it out 拖延，故意拖拉

　　11. We are responsible to replace the defective³ ones.

　　我们保换质量不合格的产品。

　　还能这样说：

　　We promise to change the inferior goods.

　　We guarantee that the poor-quality commodity can be changed.

　　应用解析：

　　replace指代替某人或取代已经失去的、毁坏的或用坏的东西；

　　supersede系正式用语，指用更好的、最新的东西替换过时的或无用的东西；

　　supplant指以武力、欺骗等手段替代原来的人或其职位。

　　12. The negotiations broke down because neither side would compromise.

　　由于双方都不愿让步，所以谈判破裂了。

　　还能这样说：

　　As neither side would give in, the talks broke down.

　　Since both sides didn't want to make a concession⁴, the negotiations came to nothing.

　　谚语：

　　There is much to be said on both sides.

　　公说公有理，婆说婆有理。

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

3 defective   

adj.有毛病的，有问题的，有瑕疵的

参考例句：

• The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
• If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷， 顾客有权索赔。

4 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。