售房英语对话-Deciding Which Offer to Accept(2)

A: I received your e-mail about the many purchase offers for my house.
B: It has been quite a busy day regarding¹ your home. We just received three offers!
A: Did the potential buyers offer a good price?
B: There were offers above and below your asking price, as well as one exactly for the asking price.
A: The highest bid² is always the best bid!
B: We need to look at the big picture in deciding which bid to accept.
A: What things would you like me to look at?
B: Just because a buyer offers the money doesn’t mean that they actually have the credit³ to purchase the home.
A: How do I get the information about a buyer’s ability to afford to buy a home?
B: We will check to see if any of these buyers have a large down payment⁴. A large amount of available cash would be a good sign.
A: I will wait for that information and give you my answer.
B: Please let me know when you have made your decision, and I will contact the buyers.
 

1 regarding   

prep.关于，至于；就…而论，在…方面

参考例句：

• Regarding John,I will write to him at once.至于约翰，我将立即给他写信。
• Regarding these facts,a special committee is to be appointed.鉴于这些事实，必须成立一个专门委员会。

2 bid   

n.出价；投标；vt./vi.（拍卖时）喊（价）；投标

参考例句：

• How much do you bid?你出多少钱？
• I bid 1000 dollars for that picture.我对那幅画出价1000美元。

3 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

4 payment   

n.付款，支付，偿还，偿还，报应

参考例句：

• I gave ten pounds in payment for the goods I bought.我买那些东西付了10英镑。
• This last payment will wipe out your debt to me.这最后一笔付款将了结你欠我的债务。