『I received (something)』、『I read about (something)』和『You mentioned (something)』皆指『Let's talk about it.』。這些是間接的開場方式,它們比一般的直接開場要婉轉一點,但不一定比較禮貌。商用英文通常都很直接,只有急少數『禮貌的方式』和『不禮貌的方式』區分而已~
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A:Thanks for treating me to lunch, Tracy, (A:崔西,謝謝妳請我吃午餐。)
B:You're welcome. (B:不客氣。)
A:Well, it's time to talk about your letters of credit. (A:嗯,該來談談你們的信用狀了。)
B:Okay. Where shall we begin? (B:好,我們要從哪開始?)
A:I received your fax regarding the payment amounts. My boss told me we need to talk about using one L/C for all the purchases during a given quarter. (A:我收到了妳那份關於付款金額的傳真。我老闆告訴我說, 我們得談談是不是一季購買的全部東西用一張信用狀就好。)
必通句型
.I RECEIVED YOUR ... ABOUT ...... 我收到了你......有關......。 ...... SAID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ..........說你想談談......。