We would like to point out that delivery before Christmas is essential and hope you can offer us that guarantee.
我们想指出圣诞节前交货很重要并希望贵方能就此向我们作出保证。
The ground supported fewer plants, and the insects which lived on these plants died out.
地上长的植物少了,生活在这些植物上的昆虫就消亡了。