商务英语中级口语大全商贸口语:网上交易之降低价格
Reduce the price 降低价格
A: I’m afraid your price is much too high. You know our order is a sizable one.
恐怕你方的价格太高了。你知道为我们的订货量相当大。
B: May I ask what size of your order is?
请问你方订货量有多大?
A: 500 dozens.
500打。
B: You can hardly call it a sizable order, can you?
你很难称这个订货量相当大,对吧?
A: But still it is an order of some size, moreover, we are not your new customers. I hope you will leave us some margin to cover the advertising expenses.
还是比较大的,更何况,我们都是你们的老客户了。我希望你们留给我们一点利润空间以抵消广告花费。
B: Then what’s your idea?
最好是45美元一打。
A: 45 dollars per dozen is the best we can do.
最好是45美元一打。
B: You mean we reduce the price and your counter-offer is too wide. The best we can do will be a reduction of 3 dollars. I must say it is our lowest price and we can’t go any further.
你的意思是我方再降10美元。对不起,你的还盘价和我们的报价相差太远了。我方最多降3美元。我得说这是最低价,我们不能再降价了。
第 2 页:重点讲解
1.I’m afraid that...恐怕……,通常不用that,用以有礼貌地表达可能令人不快的信息。
I can’t help you, I’m afraid.
对不起,我帮不了你的忙。
But I’m afraid of losing again.
恐怕这一次我又要失败。
I’m afraid I have to leave now.
恐怕我现在必须离开了。
2.marginn. 边缘;利润,余裕;页边的空白 vt. 加边于;加旁注于
profit margin [经]利润率
continental margin 大陆边缘
gross margin [经]毛利
wide margin 广泛的回旋余地;广泛的利于行事的权力
Some analysts doubt that the unit can ever regain a 20 per cent margin.
一些分析师怀疑,该部门可能再也无法实现20%的利润率。
That margin and other market failings add up to 20% to the cost of every sack.
这么一让价再加上其他市场弊端使得每袋粮成本损失高达20%。
But the future gains from selling low-margin hardware businesses may be limited.
不过,出售低收益的硬件业务所得长远来看是有限的。