“开门见山”用英语怎么说

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"get down to brass tacks"大家知道这个表达是什么意思，怎么用吗？我们先来看看下面这段视频，找找这个表达吧。

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Emily in Paris 片段

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看台词

M: Thank you so much for meeting me, hon. Hey, are you familiar with the American Friends of the Louvre?

E: Googled it. But to be honest, it"s just so nice to sit down with an American friend of anything.

M: Don"t I know. Sometimes I justlong to hear that r sound.

E: I know. It"s like the French r can"t be bothered to come out of their mouth.

M: Try having a name like Robertson. Every French persondry heaves just trying to pronounce it. Judith Robertson.

E: My name sounds like an airline. Emily Coop-air. Fly me.

M: Well, that"s the price we pay. I"ll get down to brass tacks. I know that you work for Pierre Cadault. I"ve been following you on Insta. Do you think that Pierre would donate a dress to be auctioned for the AFL?

E: Well, first of all, Pierre is wonderful and... and very charitable, but, um, well, he"s also very particular about his image.

M: Of course. I mean, it"s gonna bea big to-do. It"ll be a whole lot of press coverage.

E: Well, wow, um, from a marketing point of view, I don"t see how that couldn"t be good of his brand, so I"ll definitely ask him.

02

看情境

Emily来到巴黎，在工作上获得了一些小成就，于是有人找到她，拜托她跟著名的设计师皮尔卡丹要一件作品用来拍卖。

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看词链

大家在片段中找到今天的主题表达了吗？Emily跟好友在对话的一开始抱怨了一会儿法国人，然后转入正题之前，说了一句: I"ll get down to brass tacks. 我们说正事吧！当我们在寒暄之后想要切入对话主题；言归正传的时候，就可以用这个表达啦。

例句1：

Come on! Let"s just get down to brass tacks. How much money do you need this time？

行了吧! 你就开门见山吧，你这次要多少钱？

例句2：

I’m afraid I can give you only ten minutes’ time. Let’s get down to brass tacks at once.我恐怕只能给你十分钟，我们马上就谈正经的事吧!例句3：After the usual greetings and some remarks about the weather, the mengot down to brass tacks.在一般的问候以及几句关于天气的话后，那些人就开始办正事了。例句4：I do not come here to listen to your silly jokes. Let’s get down to brass tacks and decide on a schedule for our work.我不是来听你这些无聊的笑话的，让我们言归正传，订一个工作日程!

切入转正题还可以有哪些表达呢？

cut to the chase 切入正题

例句：

All right. So let"s cut to the chase. Who will be getting the checks, and when will they get them?

好。我们直接切入正题吧。谁能得到支票，何时能得到？

Anyway 不管怎样

例句：

Anyway, both of these girls are into you; take your pick.

说正事，这两个女孩都很喜欢你 你挑吧。

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其它词链

原句：Sometimes I just long tohear that r sound.

词链：long to 非常想XX

例句：I longed topierce his armour of complete indifference. 我恨不得一下子刺穿了他那副冷漠的甲胄。

原句：Try having a name like Robertson. Every French persondry heaves just trying to pronounce it.

词链：dry heaves 干呕

例句：The cold made my dry heave. 感冒的时候我会干呕。

原句：I mean, it"s gonna be a bigto-do.

词链:to-do 忙乱；喧嚷；吵吵嚷嚷

例句：What a to-do! 真是太大惊小怪了。

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