英语情景对话-Discussing Counter-Offer(2)

A: Your office called and said that the owners had made a counter-offer to my offer to purchase their house.
B: To your offer of three hundred and twenty thousand dollars, the owners have counter-offered three hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
A: I think that maybe I should accept their offer.
B: You, of course, have two ways of responding¹. You can say yes or come up with another offer.
A: I want to make another offer, but I am afraid that they will decline² and I will lose this house.
B: There is always a chance that someone could outbid you, but you could try one more offer if you like.
A: I would now like to offer three hundred and thirty thousand dollars as a counter-offer.
B: After the owners get home from work tonight, I will approach them with your offer.
A: Can you tell me how long it will take them to get back to me?
B: I don’t think that it will take as long as the response to the first offer.
 

1 responding   

回答，回报，响应( respond的现在分词 )； 有反应； 有效果； 有影响

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals. 他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• Responding with a smile, he said, "Well, why don't you?" 他也笑道：“咦，你为什么不说话了？”

2 decline   

n.衰微，跌落，下降；vt.使降低，婉谢；vi.下降，衰落，偏斜

参考例句：

• I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。
• The birthrate is on the decline.出生率在下降。