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A: 哎，好久不見。聽說你生意很不錯啊！
a¯ i, haˇojiuˇ
bu`jia`n. t¯ıngshuo¯
nˇı she¯ ngyi heˇn bu´cuo`
a¯ !
Hey, long time no see. I’ve heard your business is doing pretty well!
B: 嗨， 一般一般。入世了以後， 進出口也挺難做
的。機會多了，競爭也更激烈了。
ha¯ i, y¯ıba¯ n y¯ıba¯ n. ru`sh`ı le yˇıho`u, j`ınchu¯ koˇu yeˇ tˇıng na´n zuo`
de. j¯ıhu`ı duo¯
le, j`ıngzhe¯ ng yeˇ
ge¯ ng j¯ılie`
le.
Well, just average. After we joined the WTO, doing im- port/export became pretty difficult. There are more oppor- tunities, but the competition is also fiercer now.
A: 是啊，現在進口關稅一直在降，但是外國對中國出口的東西卻要提高關稅。這樣一來，你怎麼辦呢？
sh`ı a¯ , xia`nza`i j`ınkoˇu gua¯ nshu`ı y¯ızh´ı za`i jia`ng, da`nsh`ı wa`iguo´
du`ı Zho¯ ngguo´
chu¯ koˇu de do¯ ngxi que`
ya`o t´ıga¯ o gua¯ nshu`ı.
zhe`ya`ngy¯ıla´i, nˇı zeˇnme ba`n ne?
That’s right, now import duties keep on going down, but foreign countries now want to increase the duties on goods exported from China. In view of this, what do you do?
B: 只好自己控制成本。現在科技發達， 特別是互聯網，讓國際貿易方便了很多，成本也降低了。我現在基本上都是自己在網上推廣和尋找海外買家。
zhˇıhaˇo z`ıjˇı ko`ngzh`ı che´ngbeˇn. xia`nza`i ke¯ j`ı fa¯ da´, te`bie´sh`ı hu`lia´nwaˇng, ra`ng guo´j`ı ma`oy`ı fa¯ ngbia`n le heˇn duo¯ , che´ng-
beˇn yeˇ
jia`ngd¯ı le. woˇ
xia`nza`i j¯ıbeˇn shang do¯ u sh`ı z`ıjˇı za`i
waˇngsha`ng tu¯ıguaˇng he´ xu´nzhaˇo haˇiwa`i maˇijia¯ .
You have to control production costs yourself. Now technol- ogy is so developed, especially the internet. It has made international trade a lot more convenient, and has also re- duced costs. Now I basically do all my own business expan- sion and search for overseas buyers over the internet.
A: 真行啊！我記得你以前做服裝進出口，現在還做
嗎？
zhe¯ n x´ıng a¯ ! woˇ j`ıde nˇı yˇıqia´n zuo` fu´zhua¯ ng j`ınchu¯ koˇu, xia`n-
za`i ha´i zuo` ma?
That’s really great! I remember before you were doing import/export for clothing, are you still doing that now?
B: 還是以做服裝為主。畢競熟悉了，跟供貨商和買
家都合作了很久。另外我開發了新的項目。
ha´ish`ı yˇı zuo` fu´zhua¯ ng we´izhuˇ. b`ıj`ıng shu´x¯ı le, ge¯ n go¯ ng-
huo`sha¯ ng he´
maˇijia¯
do¯ u he´zuo`
le heˇn jiuˇ. l`ıngwa`i woˇ
ka¯ ifa¯
le x¯ın de xia`ngmu`.
I still mainly do clothing. After all I know it well, and I have cooperated with those suppliers and buyers for a long time. Besides that, though, I have started a new project.
A: 是嗎？是什麼呢？
sh`ı ma? sh`ı she´nme ne?
Really? What is it?
B: 寵物產品。哎，你不是養狗嗎，下次要什麼，間
我拿。
choˇngwu`
chaˇnpˇın.
a¯ i, nˇı bu`
sh`ı yaˇng goˇu ma, xia`c`ı ya`o
she´nme, we`n woˇ na´.
Pet products. Hey, don’t you have a dog? Next time you need anything, ask me to get it for you.
A: 那怎麼好意思。打點折就行了。
na`
zeˇnme haˇoy`ısi. daˇ
diaˇn zhe´
jiu`
x´ıng le.
But I would feel bad. Just giving me a discount would be great.
B: 你說怎樣就怎樣吧。
nˇı shuo¯
zeˇnya`ng jiu`
zeˇnya`ng ba.
Whatever you like.
---Key Vocabulary---
生意 she¯ ngyi business
入世 ru`sh`ı to join the WTO
進出口 j`ınchu¯ koˇu import export
競爭 j`ıngzhe¯ ng competition
激烈 j¯ılie` intense
關稅 gua¯ nshu`ı customs duty
成本 che´ngbeˇn cost
發達 fa¯ da´ developed
互聯網 hu`lia´nwaˇng internet
貿易 ma`oy`ı trade
推廣 tu¯ıguaˇng to popularize
海外 haˇiwa`i overseas
供貨商 go¯ nghuo`sha¯ ng supplier
寵物 choˇngwu` pet
打折 daˇzhe´ discount
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
國際貿易 guo´j`ı ma`oy`ı world trade
世界貿易
組織
Sh`ıjie` zh¯ı
Ma`oy`ı Zuˇ-
World Trade Organiza- tion
適用 sh`ıyo`ng suitable for use
冷冰冰 leˇngb¯ıngb¯ıng ice-cold
項目經理 xia`ngmu` j¯ınglˇı project manager
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