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。

And this tour, let me just preface by saying I've always had fun doing this.

这次巡演，让我说一句开场吧，我一直享受其中。

Uh, what do you want, a preamble?

呃，那你指望要什么，要我先说个开场吗？

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介绍这个节目——之前一直都是你，菲菲！

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是说，‘you did a great interview’——你的色极了！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，上别人家去报告消息，要在还没有完全进门以前就把开场说起来，以便等到宾主面对面站着的时候，已经讲到消息的正。