外贸英语话题王 第47期:投资环境

 　　Investment environment 投资环境

　　Could you tell me something about investment environment of your country? 你能告诉我们一些有关贵国投资环境的信息吗？

　　Our country is a free trade nation.  我国是一个自由贸易的国家。

　　She was mainly agricultura and rather a backward country and mow¹ has developed into a modern highly industrialized state with an expanding economy.  它曾是相当落后的农业国，现在已经发发成一个现代，经济增长快的工业化国家。

　　Parallel to this, her dependence² upon foreign trade has increased.  与此同时，她依靠的外贸已经增加了。

　　Increased output generates a greater need for ra materiais, semi-finished products and capital goods.  增加的产量引起了对毛产品、半成品和资本货物较大的需求。

　　Thus in many fields, our country is an important and growing market for exporters from other countries.  在很多领域中，对其它国家的出口商来说，我国是一个重要的，正逐步壮大的市场：

　　But this doesn't mean that our country is an easy market, because of a liberal import policy and moreover the high standard in our market is keen. 但这并不意味着我国是一个可以容易进入的市场，因为我们自由进口的政策，而且我们市场的高标准也是敏锐的。

　　Well,what about price? 嗯，价格怎样？

　　The price factor can be a useful instrument for exporters when trying to place their products in industrialized countries.  对出口商而言，在工业化国家里投资产品，价格因素对他们来说是一个有用的工具，

　　Of course, marketing³ goods abroad is not only a question of price.  当然，国外营销产品，不仅是价格问题，

　　There are also other important factors such as design, quality of goods, terms of sale, transport and insurance. 还有其他诸多设计，产品质量，销售条款，运输，保险等重要因素。

1 mow   

v.割（草、麦等），扫射，皱眉；n.草堆，谷物堆

参考例句：

• He hired a man to mow the lawn.他雇人割草。
• We shall have to mow down the tall grass in the big field.我们得把大田里的高草割掉。

2 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。