探討EventLive的潛力
Dear Brian,
親愛的柏萊，
I appreciate the introduction email about your startup — EventLive — as well as the opportunity to invest in your company.
感謝你的來信，讓我有機會了解你的科技新創公司EventLive以及投資的機會。
appreciate(v.)感激、欣賞、珍惜be appreciative of sth.感謝某事物as well as除了…之外也…
I’ve heard many good reviews of the EventLive app, and I really think that your idea of expanding into ticket sales for Chicago-area events is interesting.
我聽到不少關於EventLive應用程式的正面評價，我也認為你提出的將業務擴展至芝加哥地區票務銷售的計劃很有趣。
review(n.)評價expand(v.)擴展expansion(n.)擴展、擴張
To my knowledge, there aren’t a lot of other apps focusing on promoting and selling tickets to all types of local art, music and cultural events.
據我了解，目前市場上專注於推廣和銷售本地藝術、音樂及文化活動門票的應用程式並不多。
to one’s knowledge根據某人所知as far as I know／understand據我所知from what I understand就我所知focus on針對、專注於aim at針對target at以…為目標promote(v.)推廣
Therefore, I want to let you know that I’m interested in hearing more about the possible investment opportunity in EventLive.
因此，我想進一步了解投資EventLive的機會。
therefore(adv.)因此=hencefor that reason因為這樣possible(adj.)有可能的potential(adj.)潛在的、可能的potential customer潛在客戶potential investor潛在投資者
I’m free this Thursday morning between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and this Friday afternoon anytime before 4:00 p.m.
我在本週四上午9:30到11:30之間有空，另外，本週五下午4:00前的任何時間也可以。
available(adj.)有空的
Let me know what time works best for you, and I’ll add our phone call to my calendar.
請告訴我你最方便的時間，我會把電話會議安排進行事曆中。
suit(v.)合適
My phone number is 773-459-2801.
我的聯絡電話是773-459-2801。
area code(電話的)區域號碼country code國家代碼
During our discussion, I’d like to hear more about two specific aspects of your business.
在討論過程中，我希望能了解你們業務的兩個具體層面。
specific(adj.)特殊的、特定的=particularaspect(n.)方面、層面
The first is about the features that will set your app’s ticket sales apart from the competition, and the other is the details of your business plan for selling tickets.
第一是關於你們應用程式的售票功能，有哪些特色能讓它在競爭中脫穎而出；另外你們對於售票業務的具體商業計畫是什麼。
feature(n.)特徵、特色(v.)以…為特色、由…主演(電影)set…apart使…與眾不同、使…脫穎而出competition(n.)競爭compete(v.)競爭
Please make sure to have this information ready, as I have a lot of questions for you about these topics.
請準備好相關資料，因為我對這些議題有很多問題想與你深入探討。
as(conj.)因為
I look forward to your response.
期待你的回覆。
look forward to+N.／V-ing期待、盼望某事hear from sb.從…得到消息／來信
Best,
此致
Maureen James
莫林·詹姆士