The chairman made a preliminary statement before beginning the main business meeting.

主席在主要商业会议开始前先说开场白。

A less formal way would be to say just 'you did a great interview', but it's still common to pay someone a compliment before you deliver the good news.

另一种不那么正式的开场白是说，‘you did a great interview’——你的表现了！但是，在告知别人好消息之前先赞扬几句很常见。

It was the custom on Egdon to begin the preface to a story before absolutely entering the house, so as to be well in for the body of the narrative by the time visitor and visited stood face to face.

埃格敦荒原上有一种习俗，上别人家报告消息，要在还没有完全进门以前就把开场白说起来，以便等宾主面对面站着的时候，已消息的正文。

And for my new idea, I thought I would start introducing the programme every week – it's always been you, Feifei!

我的新想法的话，我想我应该每周说开场白介绍这个节目——之前一直都是你，菲菲！

All were silent, expectant of what was to follow, for this was clearly only a prelude.

大家都不作声，等着下文，觉得她只说了个开场白。

Well, you're exactly right with that introduction.

嗯，你那番开场白说得完全正确。

He did this opening where he said, you know, hi, I'm Jim Downey.

他做了个开场白，说，大家好，我是吉姆·唐尼。

I'll just say that to start with.

我先说这些作为开场白。

So I was gonna have an opening line of like, you guys are probably thinking, how can this guy be so good looking and funny, or you're about to find out.

本来我想说一句开场白，你们可能在想，这家伙怎么长得这么帅还这么搞笑，或者你们马上就要知道了。

Uh, what do you want, a preamble?

呃，那你指望要什么，要我先说个开场白吗？

I'm excited for you guys to go in on test day knowing what should be in your introduction.

你们能在考试当天胸有成竹地进入考场，清楚地知道开场白该说什么，这让我感非常兴奋。

But yeah, anything you want to say in terms of setup before we jump right into your interview?

不过，在我们直接进入采访之前，您有什么想说的开场白吗？