Today we're focusing on the critical part of the call where success or failure is usually determined: the opening statement.

今天，我们把焦点集中在电话的关键环节：开场陈述。是成是败，通常由它决定。

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The opening statement can be a crucial factor in the case.

开场陈述可能是案件中的关键性因素。

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With court adjourned for the week, prosecutors will finish their opening statement on Monday.

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He begins his Metaphysics, his great book the Metaphysics, : with the famous opening statement, " "All men have a desire to know."

他开始了其著作《形上学》,他伟大的著作《形上学》,书中的开头陈述即是，“所有人都有求知欲“

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The prosecution's opening statement offered no suggestion of a motive for the 1985 killing.

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Panish, who will deliver the Jacksons' opening statement Monday morning, said he was not sure who his first witness will be Tuesday morning.

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Before meeting the ambassador, Mr Natalegawa issued a statement saying the opening of the office was "clearly incompatible and contrary to the friendly relations that have existed between the two countries".

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