offer you a copy with an appendix！”—— （This is an indirect way of saying，“My company cannot afford to double the amount/another $ 20，000，but we could make an extra payment.”）机智的销售经理回答说：“先生，两卷本超越了敝公司之财力，不过我们能为您提供一部带有附录的版本。”不久之后，这桩交易获得批准。 注意双方都以暗示的方式，相当明确地表达了各自的要求或承诺，部长暗示对方再加两万美元，经理暗示公司不愿追加如此大的数目，但可以再少加一笔钱。
quick-witted 机智的，反应机敏的
29.The third category involves payments made in countries where it is traditional to pay people to facilitate the passage of a business deal.—（In many countries it is common to pay someone to ease the passage of a business deal/to make it possible or easier for a business deal to be concluded.Payments of this type belongs to/go with the third category of bribery.）第三类是指在一些需要疏通有关人员生意才能顺利进行的国家里（外国公司）所支付的款子。
1）此句从made直到结尾是个分词短语，修饰payments；定语从句where it is traditional……a business deal修饰countries；在此定语从句中，to pay people……a business deal是定语从句的主语，it是形式主语，而to facilitate……deal是目的状语，修饰to pay people.
2）facilitate：（formal）to make an action or a process possible or easier疏通
The new airport will facilitate tourism.
新机场将促进旅游业。
30.The payment may be made by a foreign company to ensure that a tender is put on a selective contract list or the company may pay so that an import licence for essential equipment is approved.—（A foreign company may make such payments to get a tender included on a selective contract list so that the company will gin an advantage over some of its competitors.Or perhaps the company offers money so as to get permission to import important equipment for a project.）为了确保其投标项目能够被列入经过筛选的合同名单，或者是为了使其重要设备的进口得以顺利批准，外国公司可能要为此而支付一笔钱。
1）ensure that：make sure that确保……成功；保证。
2）tender：a formal statement of the price you would charge for doing a job or providing goods or services报价单
3）a selective contract list：a list of companies chosen from among all those that have been entered the bidding
4）so that……为目的状语从句，修饰pay.
