外贸英语一点通第45期:投资环境(4)

 　　Investment environment 投资环境

　　A: Could you tell me something about investment environment of your country?

　　B: Our country is a free trade nation. She was mainly agricultural and rather a backward country and now has developed into a modern, highly industrialized state with an expanding economy. Parallel to this, her dependence¹ upon foreign trade has increased. Increased output generates a great need for raw materials, semi-finished products and capital goods. Thus, in many fields, our country is an important and growing market for exporters from other countries. But this doesn't mean that our country is an easy market. Because of a liberal import policy and the high standard in our market is keen.

　　A: Well, what about price?

　　B: The price factor can be a useful instrument for exporters when trying to place their products in industrialized countries. Of course, marketing² goods aboard is not only a question of price. There are also other important factors such as design, quality of goods, term of sale, transport and insurance.

　　重点注释：

　　1. backward 落后的

　　2. industrialized 工业化的 其名词形式是industry, 形容词形式是industrial3. expand 膨胀，扩展；展开

　　4. dependence 依靠，从属

　　5. output 产量

　　6. liberal 自由的，大方的

　　7. generate 产生，导致

　　8. parallel to this 与此同时

　　9. semi-finished products 半成品

　　10. “not only...but also”的意思是“不仅……而且……”。例如：We should not only be bold, but also be cautions. 我们不仅要大胆，而且要谨慎。

　　汉语译文：

　　A: 你能告诉我们一些有关贵国投资环境的信息吗？

　　B: 我国是一个自由贸易的国家。它曾是相当落后的农业国，现在已经发展成了一个现代，经济增长快的工业化国家。与此同时，她依靠的外贸已经增加了。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。在很多领域，对其他国家的出口商来说，我国是一个重要的，正在逐步壮大的市场。但这并不意味着我国是一个可以容易进入的市场。因为许可出口的政策和高标准是敏锐的。

　　A: 嗯，价格怎样？

　　B: 对出口商而言，在工业化国家投资他们的产品，价格因素好像是一个有用的工具。当然，国外市场产品，不仅是价格问题，也是其他诸如设计、产品质量、支付条件、运输、保险等重要的因素。

 

1 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。

2 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。