1. Then we will open the floor for discussion(Page 22, line8) 之后我们将展开集体讨论。
句中the floor意思是“(在会上的)发言权”。常用的短语有:get/have/be given the floor 取得发言权,hold the floor长篇大论地发言。如:
Dale was delighted to know that he had managed to gain the floor in the next conference.
戴尔很高兴地得知他已获准在下一次会议上发言。
另外,floor还有“楼层”的意思。如:
To my surprise, the girl who lives two floors above is my desk mate in the primary school.让我惊奇的是,那个住的比我高两层的女孩是我小学时的同桌。