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。
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aero bar
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analogue correlator
antenna-switching relay
anti-drug media campaign
anti-oxygen
archistriatum
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burton-tackle
clinohedral group
clotbur
condenser back pressure
continuously-running oscillation
cpgb
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down-time ratio
drainage device
ductus efferens
edling
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facultative treaty
filter equation
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haemodigestion
handmill
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in a jiffy
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jugular process
landing floating caisson
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limited coasting trade
limpidity
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motor-driven controller
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Polanyi, Karl
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single-channel analyzer
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spectropyrheliometer
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unbounded set
unible
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