外贸英语话题王 第11期:付款条件

 　　Payment¹ terms 付款条件

　　We are interested in your pure silk. 我方对贵方的真丝面料很感兴趣，

　　but I'm wondering about the price.  但我在考虑价格问题。

　　How much you possibly offer us? 不知道贵方要出什么价呢7

　　It's $ 120 per yard.including a 5% discount. 真丝每码120美元，其中包括5%的折扣。

　　That's much higher than I expected.  价格比我想象中要高得多.

　　Can you come down a bit? 能否降低一点呢?

　　But if you placed a larger order. 如果你们订的再多一点的话，

　　we would increase the discount to 10%. 我方愿将折扣提到10%。

　　Supposing we agreed to your price. 那假如我们接受贵方价格，

　　what payment terms could you offer us? 你方能提供什么付款条件呢?

　　Maybe we would consider a longer credit² period. 也许我们会考虑延长信用期。

　　That would be nice. 那太好了。

　　Let's call it a deal. 就这么决定了。

1 payment   

n.付款，支付，偿还，偿还，报应

参考例句：

• I gave ten pounds in payment for the goods I bought.我买那些东西付了10英镑。
• This last payment will wipe out your debt to me.这最后一笔付款将了结你欠我的债务。

2 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。