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Situation 21: Shipping Contract - Business English for Listening
201. We’ll ship our products in accordance with the terms of the contract stipulation. 202. You can be assured the shipment will be affected according to the contract. 203. We are sure the contect can be carried out smoothly. 204. Both sides ha...
Situation 20: Commission - Business English for Listening
191. The price includes the commission. 192. We can grant you a 4% commission. 193. We give a very favourable commission. 194. The bigger the order, the higher the commission. 195. 3% commission is to low for us to accept. 196. We hope you can give s...
Situation 19: Delivery - Business English for Listening
181. When is the earliest you can deliver? 182. Would next month be convenient.? 183. We hope you can deliver the goods by the end of this month. 184. I can’t promise, but I will try my best. 185. I think it is impossible 186. Could you deliver...
Situation 18: Goods Insurance. - Business English for Listening
171. I think it would be safer to ship these items in containers. 172. It’s better to ship the larger sized items by sea. 173. Since the size of your order is larger, how about shipping the goods by sea. 174. The containers we provided can be o...
Situation 17: Goods Logistic. - Business English for Listening
161. Do you want the goods to go by sea or by air? 162. How fast could we have this order if shipped by air? 163. Please make sure you mark the shipment for “careful handling”. 164. We will have to cancel if we do not get that order in so...
Situation 16: Checking Of Goods. - Business English for Listening
151. We demanded that before delivering, the goods should be tested and inspected. 152. Shall we discuss the question of inspection? 153. It’s not easy to do the commodity inspection. 154. We only inspect the cargo with to be discharged here. 1...
Situation 15: Goods Loading and Unloading. - Business English for Listening
141. Is the insurance company liable for this kind of damage? 142. After loading the goods on board the ship, you must go to PICC to have them insured. 143. Don’t you think it is necessary to insure these goods with PICC? 144. If you desired us...
Situation 14: Shipment Package. - Business English for Listening
131. When packing the red wine, please be more careful. 132. You mus pack in accordance with the contract. 133. For these items, packed with cardboard is enough. 134. The weight of the boxes is light and the expenses can also be saved. 135. We need t...
Situation 13: Account Openning. - Business English for Listening
121. I would like to open an account here. 112. We have the current account and fixed account of different rate. 123. I decided to close the account in that bank. 124. The account show that they have spent more than they received. 125. This bank char...
Situation 10: Supply and Demand. - Business English for Listening
91. We have to pay a higher price 92. It doesn’t pay to open an L/C for such a small order. 93. Shipment in June may involve damage by heat. 94. I hope this will not involve any inconvenience. 95. To airmail the parcel may involve a lot of expe...
Situation 9: Payment Term. - Business English for Listening
81. Please tell us about your payment terms. 82. Our terms of payment are by confirmed irrevocable letter of credit or by draft at sight. 83. We have not received an advice of L/C even today. 84. Please let us know the L/C number. 85. Our credit is v...
Situation 8: Price Reduction - Business English for Listening
71. We will accept the price reduction on 2% as in introductory line. 72. I am glad we have come to an agreement on price 73. Finally, we agreed on the contract terms. 74. We agree the price is workable 75. We order 500 sets now. 76. We’ll pay...
Situation 7: Price Comparison - Business English for Listening
61. Unfortunately, we cannot accept your offer for your price are too high. 62. I am amazed at the prices you have given us. 63. The prices are just not within striking range. 64. If you quality is considerably large, we can offer you 3% off. 65. The...
Situation 6: Price Quotation - Business English for Listening
51. If you are interested, we will offer as soon as possible. 52. We put forward for your consideration and offer for new products. 53. Could you tell something about your price? 54. We can offer you various kind of Chinese Cotton Piece Goods at attr...
Situation 4: Introducing Products - Business English for Listening
31. We have various selections of mobile makers? 32. The quality of our product is guaranteed. 33. You can have a look at the brochure. 34. The brochure gives you a detail introduction of our company and products. 35. We’ll send a salesman with...
