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Jamie: Congratulations on your sales presentation.

傑米：你在推銷會上的講解十分成功，恭喜恭喜。

Deborah: Oh, thank you. I didn’t know you were there.

黛博拉：啊，謝謝，我不知道你也在場。

Jamie: Yes, I came in late at the back.

傑米：是啊，我來遲了，站在後方。

Deborah: How did I come across?

黛博拉：我給人的印象如何？

Jamie: Oh very much the cool, competent professional.

傑米：噢，完全是個冷靜、有才能的專家

Deborah: That’s certainly not how I felt. I was very nervous inside.

Across 一般指「越過」，在動詞片語(phrasal verb)中，常有「傳達」含義，

例如come across 是「給人某個印象」，其後常用as帶出該印象，例如：

(1) You came across as a competent professional to me.

(你給我的是個能幹的專業人士的印象)。

(2) He comes across as being very self-confident.

(他給人「自信十足」的印象)。

(3) I am afraid you did not come across well in the debates.

(你在那場辯論中的表現恐怕不大好)。

Come across 還可解作「被人明白」，而put across或get across 則是「使人明白」，這都是「傳達」含義的引申，例如：

(1) Though he does not speak good English, he manages to get/put his ideas across.

(他雖然英語說得不好，但還能達意)。

(2) The advertisement is a flop. Its antismoking message just fails to come across.

(這廣告失敗得很，其反吸菸寓意根本無法明白)。

Flop即「徹底的失敗」，常用於隨便的口語。

Presentation有「展示」、「介紹」的意思，sales presentation自然是新產品、服務等的講解、推銷，例如：

The fund house representative made a presentation of their latest capital preservation products. (那家基金公司的代表介紹了他們最新的保本產品)。

介紹新產品等的推銷會，也可以叫做sales presentation ，例如：

We will give a number of sales presentations to promote the new product.

(我們會舉辦一些推介會，促銷這新產品)。