英语 第七段.pptVIP

Para 7 the second category covers payments made to obtain quicker official approval of some project,to speed up the wheels of government. An interesting example of this kind of payment is provided by the story of a sales manager who had been trying for some months to sell road machinery(道路工程器械） to the Minister of Works of a Caribbean country. Finaly ,he hit upon the answer .Discovering that the minister collected rare books,he bought a book,slipped $20,000 within its pages ,then presented it to the minister. This man examined its contents, then said “I understand there is a two-volume edition of this work.” The sales manager, who was quick-witted, replied,”My company cannot afford a two-volume edition, sir, but we could offer a copy with a perface!” A short time later,the deal was approved. New words and phrases 1 machinery [m??i:n?ri] n. 机械；机器；机构；机械装置 Eg Hoisting Machinery [机] 起重机械 2 Minister of Works 建工部长 3 hit upon 偶然发现，偶然碰到，可指突然想到主意 Hit Upon An Idea心生一计 例 He hit upon the solution to the problem almost by accident. 这问题的解决办法他几乎是偶然想到的。 4 Slip 滑 ，滑到 这里指把钱夹放在书中 Rare book 珍本书 善本 6 quick-witted adj. 机智灵敏的 Be Quick-witted心眼活泛 Everyone agrees that it was your quick-witted response in that emergency that has led to this satisfactory result. 大家都在说正是由于你在紧急情况面前的机智反应才会有了这一令人满意的结果。 Preface n. 前言；引语 vt. 为…加序言；以…开始 vi. 作序 Preface Biography 自传序 Translation The second category covers payments made to obtain quicker official approval of some project, to speed up the wheels of govement. Thank you !