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外贸英语对话(第5版)
1.3.9.2.5 Exercises
Exercises

1.Compose a dialogue on the following situation.

A Chinese importer is thinking of buying ready-made instant breakfast cereal from the US.As there is much speculation about the fast devaluation of US dollar,Mr.O’Connor,an American businessman,refrains from making an firm offer and adopts a wait-and-see attitude until the monetary situation is clarified.We try to persuade him to give us an indication of prices.

2.Fill in the blanks with appropriate words or expressions.

1) If you insist_______your original offer,we can hardly come to terms.

2) We’ll have to take_______the matter with our end-users_______we tell you anything definite.

3) Can’t you see your way_______the deal _______the price we agreed _______yesterday?

4) As the dollar crisis is _______,most of the exporters do not want to _______themselves.

5) Before we make_______in large quantities,we should do some_______into the market conditions of major countries.

6) As the situation_______now,we must_______offers to China,until the currency crisis is over.

7) It is next to_______to conclude a deal,unless the seller will _______his quotation into line with the international market_______level.

8) We wish that we could be more _______to your enquiry,if we had obtained some_______from the producing countries.

3.Translate the following dialogue into English.

A: 高先生,您觉得我方关于重型卡车(heavy-duty truck)的报价怎么样?

B: 你们要面临与其他供应商的激烈竞争。

A: 这是预料之中的。干这一行的人都知道你们的询价,但我认为我们很有成功的希望。

B: 不敢说,这还得看情况。

A: 我们准备尽最大可能合作,您知道我们是意大利最大的卡车制造商,我们的牌子在世界上如果不是第一位,也是最好之中的一个,我们知道我们所处的地位。

B: 你们的卡车和德国的相比怎么样?

A: 他们的价格比我们的高。

B: 如果把质量也考虑进去,您觉得您方的价格和德国的一致吗?

A: 我是这样想的。

B: 恐怕在这一点上我不能同意。另一方面你们也面临与日本的竞争,他们的价格比你们的低得多。我想你对情况很了解。

A: 但他们的质量不能和我们的产品相比。好吧,您能不能还个价?

B: 您方价格太高,所以我们难以还价,希望您采取主动,以缩小差距。

A: 我无权再进一步削价,你们能不能在我们公司回话以前等一两天?

B: 好,您有什么消息请给我来电话。