实用商务英语会话 场景12:你不能延期付款

[00:00.00]Which is convenient,to pay in pound sterling¹ or in RMB?

[00:02.50]用英镑或人民币，哪一个付款较方便？

解析: 在表达用哪种货币付款的时候，介词用in.

[00:05.00]You can not pay on deferred² terms.

[00:06.41]你不能延期付款。

解析: 注意这里terms 的用法。

Terms: conditions that you agree to when you buy, sell, or pay for sth; a price or cost (交易的)条件,价钱,费用

例如: to buy sth on easy terms (= paying for it over a long period) 按分期付款方式购买

[00:07.81]Your reason for the refusal of payment is...

[00:09.56]你们拒付的理由是……？

[00:11.30]Collection is not paid.

[00:12.56]托收款未得照付。

[00:13.82]It is unbelievable that you'll refuse to pay.

[00:15.61]难以置信，你们会拒付。

[00:17.39]Only one refusal of payment is acceptable to the bank.

[00:19.33]银行只接受一次拒付。

[00:21.28]Wrongly refusing leads to loss of credit.

[00:22.90]错误拒付导致信用丧失。

解析: lead to---导致

例句: Smoking can lead to lung cancer.

抽烟可能导致肺癌。

Credit: the status of being trusted to pay back money to sb who lends it to you (借钱偿还的)信誉，信用

例句: Her credit isn't good anywhere now.

她借钱不还，弄得声名狼藉。

[00:24.52]A decline in prices might exert a negative influence on payment.

[00:26.77]市场价格下跌对支付有负面影响。

Decline: a decrease in the quality, quantity, or importance of something 下降;减少

There is a decline in real wages.

实际工资有所减少。

Exert: to use your power, influence etc in order to make something happen运用,行使;发挥;施加

He's been exerting his influence on his friend to change his decision.

他一直在影响他的朋友改变决定。

Exert an influence on sth/sb 就是指对某事某人产生影响。

[00:29.02]We will buy the house in installments⁴.

[00:30.58]我们将以分期付款的方式买房。

解析: Installment³: one of a series of regular payments that you make until you have paid all the money you owe (分期付款的)一期付款

例句: We paid for the car by / in installments.我们是分期付款买的这辆车。

练习

1.选择

He wanted to be paid ____ dollars.

A. on B. in C. at

The final installment ____ the loan is due next week.

A. in B. by. C. on

2.翻译

他利用他的所有权利让他们接受这个计划。(exert)

公司报告其利润略有减少。(decline)

答案将在下期节目中公布。

1 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。

2 deferred   

adj.延期的，缓召的v.拖延，延缓，推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 )；服从某人的意愿，遵从

参考例句：

• The department deferred the decision for six months. 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
• a tax-deferred savings plan 延税储蓄计划

3 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

4 installments   

部分( installment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The first two installments were pretty close together in 1980. 第一次和节二次提款隔得很近，都是在1980年提的。
• You have an installments sales contract. 你已经订立了一份分期付款的买卖契约了。