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。
If a nation is essentially disunited, it is left to the government to hold it together.
如果一个国家实际上处于分裂状态,使之联合起来就是政府的事了。