2012年广交会常用英语口语：关于接受客人付款方式

 　　111届广交会常用英语——关于接受客人付款方式

　　17. In view of our long friendly relations and the efforts you have made in pushing the sales, we agree to change the terms of payment from L/C at sight to D/P at sight; however, this should not be taken as a precedent¹.

　　18. I have no alternative but to accept your terms of payment.

　　19. When should we open the L/C?

　　20. Your L/C must reach us 30 days before the date of delivery so as to enable us to make all necessary arrangements.

　　21. How long should our L/C be valid²?

　　22. The L/C should be valid 30 days after the date of shipment.

　　23. Could you tell me what documents you’ll provide? 1~5}

　　24. Together with the draft, we’ll also send you a full set of bill of lading, an invoice³, and an insurance policy, a certificate of origin and a certificate of inspection⁴. I suppose that is all.

　　25. In what currency will payment by made?

　　26. We usually do business in U.S.dollars as world prices are often dollars based.

1 precedent   

n.先例，前例；惯例；adj.在前的，在先的

参考例句：

• Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗？
• This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。

2 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

3 invoice   

vt.开发票；n.发票，装货清单

参考例句：

• The seller has to issue a tax invoice.销售者必须开具税务发票。
• We will then send you an invoice for the total course fees.然后我们会把全部课程费用的发票寄给你。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。