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Dialogue 1

A: I’ve come to hear about your offer for bristles.

B: We have the offer ready for you. Let me see ... here it is.

    100 cases Houston Bristles, 57 mm , at 10 pounds sterling per kilogram,

    C.I.F European Main Ports, for shipment in June 2001.

    The offer is valid for five days.

A: Why, your price has soared. It’s almost 25% higher than last year’s. It would be impossible for us to push any sales at such a price.

B: I’m a little surprised to hear you say that. You know very well that markets for bristles have gone up a great deal in recent months. The price we offer compares favorably with quotations you can get elsewhere.

A: I’m afraid I can’t agree with you there. I must point out your price is higher than some of the quotations we’ve received from other sources.

B: But you must take the quality into consideration. Everyone in the trade knows that US ’s bristles are of superior quality to those from other countries.

A: I agree that yours are of better quality. But there’s competition from synthetic products, too. You can’t very well ignore that. Prices for synthetic bristles haven’t changed much over the years.

B: There’s practically no substitute for bristles for certain uses. That’s why demand for natural bristles keeps rising in spite of cheaper synthetic ones. To be frank with you, if it were not for the long- standing relationship between us, we would hardly be willing to make you a firm offer at this price.

A: Well, we’ll have a lot of difficulties in persuading our clients to buy at this price. But I’ll have to try, I suppose.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:04:13] Maggie (ET): reception

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:05:03] Maggie (ET): receipt

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:05:09] Ryan Chien: except 除….以外

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:10:44] Ryan Chien: thanks for your offering a job

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:11:55] Ryan Chien: thanks for your job offer

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:12:42] Ryan Chien: we have dinner ready for you.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:13:20] Ryan Chien: the offer is valid for five years.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:13:36] Ryan Chien: 有效的

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:13:49] Maggie (ET): invalid  adj.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:14:49] Maggie (ET): expire  vb.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:15:22] Maggie (ET): expiration  noun

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:15:28] Ryan Chien: when will your visa expire?

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:16:36] Maggie (ET): due date = deadline

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:17:20] Ryan Chien: when will the lease expire?

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:18:21] Ryan Chien: when is the expiration date for your visa?

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:20:45] Ryan Chien: When is the expiration date of this package of cookies?

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:22:55] Maggie (ET): When is the due date for the rent?

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:23:10] Ryan Chien: When is the bank loan due?

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:25:25] Maggie (ET): expire指到期作廢,失效(契約,證件,食品), 但due指到期要歸還或支付(房租, 貸款, 支票到期)

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:26:28] Maggie (ET): The period of validity has expired.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:26:39] Ryan Chien: period of validity 有效期

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:35:55] Ryan Chien: soar = skyrocket

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:37:52] Maggie (ET): delivery date

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:38:00] Maggie (ET): shipping date

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:40:00] Ryan Chien: the price has increased by 25% compared with last year.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:45:10] Ryan Chien: favorably

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:45:46] Ryan Chien: favorable

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:50:10] Maggie (ET): All products are favorably received in the USA , Europe and other countries because of good quality, competitive price and excellent service.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:53:14] Ryan Chien: suppliers

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:53:42] Ryan Chien: take sth into consideration = take sth into account

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:55:13] Ryan Chien: be superior to

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:55:38] Ryan Chien: 不屈服於….

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:57:06] Maggie (ET): a man with will

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:57:16] Ryan Chien: One who has a strong mind can be superior to a bad environment.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:58:01] Maggie (ET): = rise superior to

[ 2011/5/7 下午 02:59:23] Maggie (ET): It shows us that a man with will may rise superior to his environment.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:00:26] Ryan Chien: tough

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:01:23] Ryan Chien: with will

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:01:24] Maggie (ET): willpower

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:03:23] Maggie (ET): practical joke

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:03:44] Maggie (ET): =prank

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:03:56] Ryan Chien: 惡作劇

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:04:11] Ryan Chien: practically = in fact

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:04:40] Ryan Chien: yours are of better quality.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:04:48] Maggie (ET): be of + noun = be + adj.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:05:14] Ryan Chien: 具什麼性質

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:06:33] Maggie (ET): the meeting is significant

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:06:53] Maggie (ET): the meeting is of great significance

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:08:36] Ryan Chien: the meeting is important.

[ 2011/5/7 下午 03:08:50] Ryan Chien: this meeting is of importance.

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