时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Negotiating Price 


Justin: Hello. 


Rachel: Hi, Justin. It’s Rachel from McQ Corp. 


Justin: Oh hi, Rachel. Did you get our bid for the job? 


Rachel: Yes, we did. We like your proposal, but we still need to come to terms on the price. 


Justin: We’ve already given you our rock- bottom price because we want to get this job, but we always try to be flexible. 


Rachel: Good. Could you do better on what you’ve quoted us for labor 1? The price seemed a little high. 


Justin: We might be able to trim a little off of that. How about if we discount that by 10 percent? 


Rachel: That’s an attractive offer, but we were hoping for 20 percent. 


Justin: You’re driving a hard bargain. We have certain fixed 2 costs, you know. 


Rachel: I do and that’s why I’m only asking about labor costs. Can you meet me halfway 3 at 15 percent? 


Justin: I think that might be doable, if that’s the only stumbling block to us getting the job. 


Rachel: I can’t make any promises, but I’ll do my best. 


Justin: That’s all I can ask. I’ll send you over a revised bid. 


Rachel: Great. I hope to have good news for you next week. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
2 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
3 halfway
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
学英语单词
accumulator stand
acquisition radar
alphitobius laevigatus
Amoco process
androgenies
anodic corrosion
asexual germ cell
audit of small business
autogenous hose welding
autostylic
be no skin off sb's nose
be of interest
befouler
Belhade
bellmouthed
Bermuda rig
brake sticking
bursik
Ceilán
cell spin
coating powder
colgante
collectivization
conducting varnish
constitutive expression
crank-angle
cylinder variable capacitor
cyst
data processing management association (dpma)
deflbrination
dero-
deuteranopias
driven fluid
drumslager
economy of mass production
electron classical radius
epibuphanisine
extrinsic conductivity
fixed symmetrical arch
h(a)ematoglobin
hakelike
herring-bone timbering
hertle
hevesi
in line pump
independent control system
insemination dose
intermediate critical frequeney
international disarmament
iron(ii) thiocyanate
K Stoff
Kiwi nuclean reacton
ladyporn
launching end speed
locking arrangement
long distance telephone line
low-pressure detector
Lyubokhna
maaan
maintenance of social stability
major minor loop
mazaltov
monetary value of the game
New World jay
NFKD
nondeviators
nonrepetitious
oscillatory response
pathological physiolgy
Pedinellaceae
perturbation of semi-group
pikestaff
production allocation
projected mean length
pueblas
railroad construction clearance
rebecists
receiving clerk
recurrences
regular price
relampings
REMSA
Resedineae
shock-jock
snarfled
social dominance orientation
spn
Susuman
tape bonding
Tengri Nor
thrombasthemia
tocospermic type
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
total half-life
trans-American
true twist
unbreak
universal vehicular radio
VIDOC
Voorburg
zinc carbolate
zool.