商務英語口語對話
商務英語口語對話一：下定單
Leslie：How are you this afternoon?
萊司利：今天下午過得如何?
Paul：Just fine. I looked over the catalog you gave me this morning, and I'd like to discuss prices on your computer speakers.
保羅：還好。今天早上我已經(jīng)詳細看過你給我的目錄了。我想討論有關(guān)你們計算機揚聲器的價格。
Leslie：Very good. Here is our price list.
萊司利：好的。這是我們的價目表。
Paul：Let me see . . . I see that your listed price for the K-two-one model is ten U.S. dollars. Do you offer quantity discounts?
保羅：我看看……。你們K-2-1 型的標價是美金十塊錢。你們有提供大量訂購的折扣嗎?
Leslie：We sure do. We give a five percent discount for orders of a hundred or more.
萊司利：當然有。100 或以上的訂單我們有百分之五的折扣。
Paul：What kind of discount could you give me if I were to place an order for six hundred units?
保羅：如果我下六百組的訂單，你們可以給我什么樣的折扣?
Leslie：On an order of six hundred, we can give you a discount of ten percent.
萊司利：訂單是六百組的話，我們可以給你百分之十的折扣。
Paul：What about lead time?
保羅：交貨時間呢?
Leslie：We could ship your order within ten days of receiving your payment.
萊司利：在收到貨款的十天內(nèi)，我們就可以把貨送出去。
Paul：So, you require payment in advance of shipment?
保羅：所以，你們在送貨前要先收貨款?
Leslie：Yes. You could wire transfer the payment into our bank account or open a letter of credit in our favor.
萊司利：是的。你可以匯款到我們的銀行帳戶，或是開一個以我們公司為抬頭的信用狀。
Paul：I'd like to go ahead and place an order for six hundred units.
保羅：那我想就先下六百組的訂單。
Leslie：Great! I'll just fill out the purchase order and have you sign it.
萊司利：太棒了!我馬上寫訂購單并請你簽名。
商務英語口語對話二：運輸
Helen：Hello, I’m calling from San Francisco for Kevin Lee.
海倫：哈???掖泳山鶘醬蚶湊依羈?摹?br />
Kevin：This is Kevin Lee speaking.
凱文：我是李凱文。
Helen：Hi. This is Helen Parker calling.
海倫：嗨。我是海倫_派克。
Kevin：Good morning, Helen. What can I do for you?
凱文：早安， 海倫。有什么我能效勞的嗎?
Helen：I'm calling to find out how you would like your order of speakers, by air or by sea?
海倫：我想請教你要如何運送你下單的揚聲器，空運還是海運?
Kevin：We need part of that order by next week, so we would like to do a partial air shipment.
凱文：我們下個星期就要一部分的訂貨，所以我們有部份想用空運。
Helen：How much of it do you want shipped by air?
海倫：您想要空運多少數(shù)量呢?
Kevin：We'd like to ship half the order by air and the rest by sea.
凱文：一半用空運，剩下的一半用海運。
Helen：OK. Do you want us to use our freight forwarding agent?
海倫：好的。你要用我們公司的貨運代理商嗎?
Kevin：Actually, we've got a freight forwarder over there-China Consolidated. I'll fax you their contact
information.
凱文：事實上，我們這邊自己有貨運公司--中國聯(lián)合公司。我會把他們的聯(lián)絡資料傳真給你。
Helen：All right. We can deliver that half to your agent tomorrow morning.
海倫：好的。我們明早可以出一半的貨給你們的代理商。
Kevin：That would be great.
凱文：那樣很好。
Helen：I'm not sure what the shipping schedule will be for the sea freight.
海倫：我不確定海運的時間表。
Kevin：No hurry. We're not in a big rush for the second half of the order.
凱文：不急。另一半的訂單我們不是很急。
Helen：All right. I'll let you know the shipping details later and I'll send you the shipping documents by DHL as
soon as I get them.
海倫：好的。我稍后再通知你送貨細節(jié)，我一拿到出貨文件就馬上用DHL 快遞給你。
Kevin：Very good. We'll be expecting to hear from you. And thanks for calling.
凱文：很好。我們等你的消息。謝謝你的來電。
商務英語口語對話三：詢問產(chǎn)品
Tracy：You seem to be interested in our new J7 cellular telephone. Would you like to know more about it?
崔西：您似乎對我們新型的J7 行動電話很感興趣。您想知道更多的信息嗎?
Harold：Yes, I would. What does this button here do?
哈洛德：是的，我想知道。這里這個按鈕是作什么用的?
Tracy：That button is for our call screening function. It allows you to identify the caller before you answer the call.
崔西：那個按鈕是來電顯示功能。它可以讓您在接電話之前先知道是誰來電。
Harold：What else can you tell me about this phone?
哈洛德：這個電話還有什么其它功能嗎?
Tracy：This special phone utilizes state-of-the-art technology to bring you several unique functions in addition to the call screening feature.
崔西：這個特殊的電話除了來電顯示的特色外，還運用最新科技提供您幾項獨特的功能。
Harold：So, what are the unique functions?
哈洛德：是什么獨特的功能呢?
Tracy：Oh, it's loaded with them. If you are outside of your service area, this cell phone can still receive messages.
崔西：喔，功能有很多。就算你在系統(tǒng)服務區(qū)外，這支大哥大還是可以收到訊息。
Harold：No kidding?
哈洛德：真的嗎?
Tracy：In addition to that, it has a vibration feature that will let you know when you have a call if you don't want the ringing sound to interrupt important meetings. Here is our brochure with all the details.
崔西：除了這點之外，如果您不想讓電話鈴聲打斷重要會議，還有震動功能可以通知你有來電。這是詳細的產(chǎn)品簡介。
Harold：What is the price of the J7 model?
哈洛德：J7 這一型的價格是多少?
Tracy：The list price is US0 per unit. We're offering a special in-show discount of 10%.
崔西：標價是每支美金一百一十美元。在展示會場我們會有打九折的特價。
Harold：Well, I'll have to contact my office and get back to you. Thanks.
哈洛德：嗯，我得和公司聯(lián)絡之后再過來找你，謝謝。
商務英語口語對話四：國際貿(mào)易
Betty：Hello. Sales Department. This is Betty Fields speaking.
貝蒂：喂，業(yè)務部，我是貝蒂_菲爾茲。
Ralph：Hello, Ms Fields. This is Ralph Peterson at World Computers.
拉夫：嗨，菲爾茲女士。我是世界計算機的瑞夫_皮特森。
Betty：Yes, how may I help you?
貝蒂：好的，我能為你效勞嗎?
Ralph：I'm interested in a couple of items in your new catalog, and I would like to know the prices.
拉夫：我對你們新目錄里的幾項產(chǎn)品感興趣，我想知道它們的定價。
Betty：Great. We're offering a special promotional price on a few of the items. Which items did you have in mind?
貝蒂：好的。我們針對幾項產(chǎn)品提供特價。你對哪些產(chǎn)品有興趣?
Ralph：We're particularly interested in your new RS-five sound card shown on page five of your catalog. I would also like more details about the model RS-four card on page seven.
拉夫：我們特別中意你們目錄第五頁里的新型RS-5 的聲卡。我還想知道更多關(guān)于第七頁里RS-4 型聲卡的細節(jié)。
Betty：OK. The price on the RS-five is forty-five U.S. dollars for quantities up to five hundred units. Then we offer quantity discounts for larger orders.
貝蒂：好的。數(shù)量有達到五百片的話，RS-5 的價格是四十五美元。大量定購的話我們還有折扣。
Ralph：And the price on the RS-four?
拉夫：那RS-4 的價格呢?
Betty：The RS-four is one of our promotional items this month. For orders received by the end of the month, the price is thirty-three dollars each. That price is good on any size order.
貝蒂：RS-4 是我們本月的促銷產(chǎn)品之一，本月底前接到訂單的話，單價是三十三美元。不管定單數(shù)量多少都是這個價格。
Ralph：That price sounds good. Could you send me more details about the RS-four, including the specifications?
拉夫：這個價格聽起來不錯。你可以寄給我更詳細的RS-4 型的資料和說明書嗎?
Betty：Certainly. I can fax or E-mail that information to you this afternoon.
貝蒂：當然。我可以在今天下午把資料傳真或寄電子郵件給你。
Ralph：Terrific. I'll get back to you after I've reviewed the details. Thank you. Good-bye.
拉夫：太好了。我看完詳細資料后會打電話給你。謝謝你，再見。
商務英語口語對話五：促銷活動
Lester：As you know, the FastTrek 2000 is due for release next month. I think we've finally worked the kinks out.
萊司特：正如你所知，F(xiàn)astTrek 2000 預定在下個月推出。我想我們已經(jīng)解決了所有瑣碎的問題。
Helen：Great. That's vital. Quality is the focus of the ad campaign. The boards must work well if they're going to be the cash cow we want them to be.
海倫：太好了。那很重要。品質(zhì)是廣告活動的焦點。如果要讓這些適配卡如我們所要的成為搖錢樹的話，就不能出亂子。
Lester：Let's go over our promotion plans again.
萊司特：我們再看一遍我們的促銷計劃。
Helen：OK. We have six major retailers running demonstrations at most branches. And our exhibition team is already on the road setting up for computer shows.
海倫：我們有六家主要的零售商在大部分的分店做展示。而且我們的展示隊伍已經(jīng)為計算機展在起跑了。
Lester：Good. What about print and radio?
萊司特：很好，那印刷品和廣播呢?
Helen：We've taken out full-page ads for two large trade magazines. And more important, our press releases have been well received.
海倫：我們在兩家大的商業(yè)雜志刊登了全版廣告。更重要的是，我們的新聞稿已經(jīng)全被采納了。
Lester：Any larger ads?
萊司特：有再大一點的廣告嗎?
Helen：Yes. We're putting the same full-page ad in the Sunday edition of three major newspapers.
海倫：有的。我們在三大報的星期天版面放了相同的全版廣告。
Lester：Sounds perfect.
萊司特：聽起來很周全。
Helen：But nothing ever works out as you want it. So I have a number of other tricks up my sleeve, as well.
海倫：不過有時候就是會事與愿違，所以我還有很多其它的妙計。