My first smack in the face came when a PR company called me for a business launch and had written a quote for me.

当一家公关公司要我为其作商业发行，并写了一份报价给我时，我得到了一个强硬的回绝。

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My first smack in the face came when a PR company called me for a business launch and had written a quote for me.

当一家公关公司要我为其作商业发行，并写了一份报价给我时，我得到了一个强硬的回绝。

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My first smack in the face came when a PR company called me for a business launch and had written a quote for me. They wanted me to approve the quote.

当一家公关公司因商业推广之需为我宣传造势时，我总算体会到了个中滋味；他们为我写了条标语，希望能得到我的批准。

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It was not success he saw written in my face.

NEWYORKER: Passed By

It can't stand idly behind in the face of another possible European credit crunch, as my colleague Robert Peston has written about.

BBC: Euro crisis: What on earth does ECB do now?