商務英語口語對話:國際商業的變化之大
A: It's amazing to me how international business has become. Take my store for example. On any given day, you will find imported items from more than 20 different countries on our shelves.
B: How many different varieties of products do you import from China?
A: China provides the bulk of our product inventory, for sure. We import more than 40 different items from China. Most of the imports that come out of China are low-grade plastics or toys. Japan produces many electronic exports, Germany produces excellent mechanical exports.
B: Do you import any food items?
A: Generally speaking, food items are difficult to import. Food with the short shelf life is liable to spoil in the time it takes to ship from one place to another. The only food items we import are specialty canned or preserved foods. The shelf life is longer for these products.
現在國際商業的變化之大真是讓我感到吃驚.就拿我的商店來說,隨便哪一天你來看,我們的貨架上都有來自20多個不同國家的進口產品.
你們從中國進口的產品有多少種?
確實,我們大部分的產品時從中國進口的,有40多個品種.其中從中國進口的大多數產品都是些低檔的塑料製品或玩具.還有很多日本出口的電動產品,德國出口的優質機械產品.
你們進口食品類的東西嗎?
一般來說,食品很難進口.保質期短的食品在從一個地方運到另一個地方的途中就容易壞掉.我們唯一進口的食品是特製罐裝食品或醃製食品.這些食品的保質期較長.
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
Bulk: the main part of something; most of something 主體;大部份
The bulk of the population lives in cities. 大多數人口居住在城市裏.
Inventory: all the goods in a shop stock (商店的)存貨,庫存
The inventory will be disposed of over the next twelve weeks. 在未來的十二個星期中將進行清倉處理.
inventory records/control 庫存記錄╱管理
shelf life: the length of time that food, etc. can be kept before it is too old to be sold (食品等的)貨架期,保存期
liable: likely to be affected by something 可能受...影響
You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently. 不經常運動就更容易受傷.
Ship: to send or transport somebody/something by ship or by another means of transport 船運;運輸;運送
The company ships its goods all over the world. 公司把貨物運往世界各地.
He was arrested and shipped back to the UK for trial. 他被捕後被押解回英國接受審判.
Canned: of food 食物 preserved in a can 罐裝的;聽裝的
canned food/soup 罐裝食品╱湯羹
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
