Exercises

1.Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.

1) You must have noted from our email that we can make you a firm offer _______250 long tons Steel Tubes at ￡620.00 per L/T CIF Lagos.

2) The above prices are understood to be_______CIF San Juan of Peru basis.

3) Our Nongle farming machines are quite popular around the world _______their durability and competitive price.

4) We suggest your placing orders _______delay,so that we may guarantee supply to you.

5) In reply,we might come to terms if you were prepared to reduce your prices_______6 percent.

6) We hope you will agree_______our counter-offer,and look forward to receiving your orders,as in the past.

7) In contact _______local customers,we know many of them are interested in your products.

8) We would like to negotiate_______the factory for a reasonable price that can be accepted by us both.

9) We are going to inform you_______a final price tomorrow.

10) Referring _______our recent exchange of emails,we are pleased to confirm our sale to you of 200 cases of green tea.

2.Please compose a dialogue based on the following situation.

Mr.Vinsent,a businessman from France wants to import a batch of shoes from China.So he comes to a Meina Shoes Imp.& Exp.Corp.to negotiate with the manager,Mr.Zhao.Their topic mainly focuses on the commodity inspection.Mr.Vinsent suggests the shoes being inspected at the port of destination,while Mr.Zhao insists on inspecting the shoes at the port of shipment.Finally they agree to conduct both inspection and re-inspection of the shoes.

3.Translate the following sentences into English.

1）怀特先生与中方出口商就商品检验问题进行洽谈。

2）唯有当双方的检测结果一致，我们才收货。

3）如果货物的质量与合同不符，由谁出具检验证明书呢？

4）进口方有权在目的港对商品进行复检。

5）作为合同里的一个组成部分，商品检验具有特殊的重要性。

6）商检的时间和地点在该合同中有明确而详细的说明。

7）检验证明书将由国家各级出入境检验检疫部门出具。

8）经检验这批商品并不具有放射性污染，同时其含铅量和含镉量均未超标。

9）如果对商检的结果有争议该怎么处理？

10）中华人民共和国出入境检验检疫部门是商检的权威部门，也是中国最好的检验部门。