外贸英语一点通第1期:客户会议(1)

 　　能言善辩

　　▲Is this what we decided¹?这是我们说定的吗？

　　▼I think so. Because we have talked about this last week.是的，我们上周已谈过这个问题。

　　▼Not yet, we just start to discuss this issue.还没有，我们才开始谈这个问题。

　　▼Yes, we already signed a contract for this.是的，我们已经就此签了份合同。

　　▼Almost done, excluding² some detail in shipping³.几乎定下来了，除了一些运输上的细节。

　　○This is the price list, but it serves as a guide line only. Is there anything you are particularly interested in?这是价格表，但只供参考。是否有你们特别感兴趣的商品呢？

　　●Yes, it is. But the prices of some items are much higher than usual.确实有我们感兴趣的商品，只是其中有几项的价格比平常高出许多。

　　●Sure it is. We can find out most of the commodities⁴ we need to purchase.当然，我们需要采购的大部分商品都在上面。

　　●Sorry, the type of the machine is not what we want.很抱歉，机器型号与我们需要的不符。

　　☆Do you have specific request for packing? Here are the samples of packing available now, you may have a look.你们对包装有上面特别要求吗？这是我们目前用的包装样品，你可以看一下。

　　★It’s pretty good. We like it very much.你们提供的包装样品很好，我们非常喜欢。

　　★Can you change the color of the wrapping paper to a bright one?包装纸的颜色能不能换成亮点的？

　　★We need thicker packing papers since the goods are easily to be broken.我们需要稍微厚一点的包装纸，因为这些产品很容易破碎。

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 excluding   

v.排除，拒绝( exclude的现在分词)；驱逐prep.除…外，不包括

参考例句：

• The shop is open seven days a week excluding Christmas Day. 本商店每周七天营业，圣诞节除外。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Five persons spoke at the meeting excluding me. 除我以外，还有五个人在会上发了言。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

4 commodities   

商品( commodity的名词复数 )； 农产品； 有价值的物品； 有用的东西

参考例句：

• rice, flour and other basic commodities 稻米、面粉和其他基本商品
• The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad. 一些国家的制造商向国外倾销过剩产品。