Will it not be advisable,before we proceed on this subject,to arrange with rather more precision the degree of importance which is to appertain to this request,as well as the degree of intimacy subsisting between the parties?

• 我们且慢讨论这个问题，不妨先仔仔细细研究一下，那个朋友提出的要求究竟重要到什么程度，他们两个人的交情又深到什么程度，这样好不好?