The board has discussed your request for a 30% pay rise, we cannot meet you demands but we would be happy to offer you 15%.
董事会已讨论了你要求加30%薪水的要求,我们不能满足你的要求,但我们很乐意给你加15%的薪水。
Long car journeys are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read.
乘汽车作长途旅行则更加不舒服,因为连看书都几乎不可能。