外贸口语一点通第79期:履行合同(4)

 Quality issues 质量问题

A: Your request for compensation makes me surprised. What happened?

B: It’s because of the quality.

A: Could you tell me the particulars?

B: I told you that we want first-class goods. So the quality, specification¹ and price are clarified in our contract. Do you remember those details?

A: Yes, I do.

B: The re-examination results indicate that one-third of the goods are not up to standard.

A: Really? We began to load the goods after we made sure they were qualified².

B: I told you the truth. According to the contract, if you fail to honor the contract, we are entitled to cancel it.

重点讲解：

Be entitled to do sth. 有权利去做某事 例如：

A feudal³ knight⁴ ranking between a knight bachelor and a baron⁵ was entitled to lead men into battle under his own standard. 方旗爵士是一种封建骑士爵位，其勋位在最低级爵士和男爵士之间，有权率领随从在自己的方旗下上阵作战。

A: 听到你要提出索赔我很吃惊，究竟是怎么回事？

B: 质量问题。

A: 能说的具体点吗？

B: 当初我说过要的是一等品。所以合同里将质量、规格和价格都写的很明确。你还记得吗？

A: 确实是这样的。

B: 但是我们复验的结果是三分之一的质量与规定不符。

A: 是真的吗？我们是检验合格后蔡装船的。

B: 我说的全部是事实。根据合同，如果你放没有按照合同条款执行，我们有权终止合同。

1 specification   

n.详述；[常pl.]规格，说明书，规范

参考例句：

• I want to know his specification of details.我想知道他对细节的详述。
• Examination confirmed that the quality of the products was up to specification.经检查，产品质量合格。

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

3 feudal   

adj.封建的，封地的，领地的

参考例句：

• Feudal rulers ruled over the country several thousand years.封建统治者统治这个国家几千年。
• The feudal system lasted for two thousand years in China.封建制度在中国延续了两千年之久。

4 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

5 baron   

n.男爵；(商业界等)巨头，大王

参考例句：

• Henry Ford was an automobile baron.亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
• The baron lived in a strong castle.男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。