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
12315
abortifacient
Abruzzo, Reg.di
accelerated nozzle
acute stress disorder (asd)
Amilorde
antagonized
armelagos
auxometers
awarder
back-up roll sleeve
beet siloing
beside oneself
Boophilus
brantingham
bridle rein
brosmophyciops pautzkei
Carlops
cerebellar fossa rongeur
chaetodon auriga
checking instrument for watch and clock
christianisations
cladistic ranking
collar thrust bearing
compact disc - recordable
cross strut
Derry
dibydroxyacetone phosphoric acid
digital subscriber loop
double-u groove
DPT (differential pressure transmitter)
elecinsulating
electrolyte activated battery
emulator mode
equal tocash
exhaust gas afterburner
folk tales
frequency domain analyser
get less than the capital invested
hand-held design
hole count
house-sits
hypobranchial muscle
infusibleness
intendence
ion injection method
iron(iii) arsenite
isotopic evolution
Jendrasic's tests
kaoliang oil
lapise
lawful excuse
lig. cuneocuboideum plantare
liquid manure separator
Lord Nuffield
lymphangial
main mill drive motor
Mandatory convertibles
mass concreter
membrance potential
minerogenetic prognostic map
minyard
miscopied
multiple hole
new sinking fund
noise ratio
non-leafy bud
nonbreathing
noyers
nuclear rearrangement
on-load maintenance
optimum procedure
over-blouse
peak load pricing
pedobear
prompt reactiviy
pwsw
R-configuration
rationalized units
repaired resorption
S allele
sanditons
Schrotter's catheter
secalintoxin
second-class paper
separate subprogram definition
shream
specification sheet number
spermatomicron
Spital am Semmering
Stbd.
steppelike
strength reduction factor
Strontium-87m
tax court
tenter hook willow
The ghost walks.
tinhorns
ultrasonic thermometer
variable speed drive
water tank with strainer
wet-type gasholder