商务英语口语会刊 No.221

　　1.The company will end another financial year in the red.
　　公司在财政年度末将再次出现赤字。
　　重点词语：red n.赤字，亏空 　　商务用语：in the red 赤字，负债
　　2.They've reduced the prices in the shop, so it's a good time to buy.
　　商店已经降低了商品的价格，看来现在是买东西的好时机。
　　重点词语：reduce vt. 减少，降低；使处于某种状态
　　商务用语：reduce sb. to tears 使某人流泪
　　reduce one's expenditure 减少某人的开支
　　be reduced to despair 陷入绝望
　　reduce the speed 降低速度
　　3.You can't regard him as a friend but a business associate.
　　你不能把他看作朋友，他只是个生意合伙人而已。
　　重点词语：regard n.关心问候 vt.看待，尊敬
　　商务用语：regard A as B 把A视为B
　　with regard to 关于 　　4.He registered the birth of his child.
　　他登记了孩子的出生日。
　　重点词语：register n.记录，登记簿 vt.记录，注册 vi.登记，注册
　　商务用语：commercial register 商业登记簿；商业注册
　　bond register 债券登记簿
　　5.Please regulate the temperature of the room.
　　请调节室内温度。
　　重点词语：regulate vt.管制，调节
　　商务用语：regulate capital 约束资本
　　regulated market 受管制的市场
　　regulated prices 规定价格