银行英语情景口语 第133期:国际结算业务 拒付退单(1)

 　　A: Good morning Mr Bell. How are you today? Are you here to sort out your L/C documents?

　　早上好，Bell先生。您今天感觉怎么样？你是来办理信用证单据的吗？

　　B: Yes. I've been through them and there's a problem,a rather major discrepancy¹ actually. You see? It should be KN509.

　　对，是的。我已经看过一遍了，有一个问题，实际上有相当大的出入。你看到了吗？它应该KN509。

　　A: I see,here it says KM509.

　　我明白了，在这上面的是KM509。

　　B: Exactly, if we accept these it could cause a lot of problems in our record and our accounts² system because the numbers don't match.

　　正是如此，如果我们接受了，就可能因号码的差错，在我们的记录中和账目系统中产生很多问题。

　　A: Yes, I see what you mean. You need to reject these documents.

　　是的，我明白您的意思。您得退单。

1 discrepancy   

n.不同；不符；差异；矛盾

参考例句：

• The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
• There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处。

2 accounts   

n.往来帐目

参考例句：

• Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination. 当时的报道证实了他的勇气和决心。
• They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened. 他们对发生的事所作的陈述自相矛盾，使我迷惑不解。