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@ 30470 Requesting a Sample
A: 是李先生嗎？我是Peter.
sh`ı Lˇı xia¯ nsheng ma? woˇ sh`ı Peter.
Is this Mr. Li? This is Peter.
B: 哎，我是。你好。還在中國嗎？最近過得怎樣？
a¯ i, woˇ
sh`ı. nˇıhaˇo. ha´i za`i Zho¯ ngguo´
ma? zu`ıj`ın guo` de
zeˇnya`ng?
Hey ,that’s me. Hello. Are you still in China? How are things recently?
A: 挺好的，事情也辦得很順利。我跟你說啊，我把我們上次談過的情況向公司彙報過了。我們公司也對你們的報價進行了討論，覺得可以接受。
tˇıng haˇo de, sh`ıqing yeˇ ba`n de heˇn shu`nl`ı. woˇ ge¯ n nˇı shuo¯ a,
woˇ
baˇ
woˇmen sha`ngc`ı ta´n guo de q´ıngkua`ng xia`ng go¯ ng-
s¯ı hu`ıba`o guo le. woˇmen go¯ ngs¯ı yeˇ j`ınx´ıng le taˇolu`n, jue´de keˇyˇı jie¯ sho`u.
du`ı nˇımen de ba`ojia`
Pretty good, and things have been going very smoothly. I have to tell you, I’ve reported to the company the matters we discussed last time. Our company also had a discussion about your quote, and felt that it was acceptable.
B: 那真是太好了。我就說嘛，我們產品的性價比最
好了。
na`
zhe¯ nsh`ı ta`i haˇo le. woˇ
jiu`
shuo¯
ma, woˇmen chaˇnpˇın de
x`ıngjia`bˇı zu`ıhaˇo le.
That’s really great. Didn’t I say our products are the best value for the money?
A: 問題是，現在我們公司需要一些樣品。你們可以
免費提供嗎？還是需要我們付錢？
we`nt´ı sh`ı, xia`nza`i woˇmen go¯ ngs¯ı xu¯ ya`o y¯ıxie¯ ya`ngpˇın. nˇı-
men keˇyˇı miaˇnfe`i t´ıgo¯ ng ma? ha´ish`ı xu¯ ya`o woˇmen fu`qia´n?
The issue is, now our company needs some samples. Can you provide them for free? Or do you need us to pay for them?
B: 你要多少？
nˇı ya`o duo¯ shao?
How many do you need?
A: 不同型號的錘子各一把。
bu`to´ng x´ıngha`o de chu´ızi ge` y¯ı baˇ.
One of each different model of hammer.
B: 好說，好說。小意思，不用錢。
haˇoshuo¯ , haˇoshuo¯ . xiaˇoy`ısi, bu`yo`ng qia´n.
Easily done, easily done. That’s a trifle. You don’t have to pay.
A: 太好了。另外能不能麻煩你們把樣品空運到我們
公司？
ta`i haˇo le. l`ıngwa`i ne´ngbune´ng ma´fan nˇımen baˇ ko¯ ngyu`n da`o woˇmen go¯ ngs¯ı?
ya`ngpˇın
That’s great. In addition, would you be able to air transport the samples to our company?
B: 這個......
zhe`ge......
This….
A: 費用由我們來出。
fe`iyo`ng yo´u woˇmen la´i chu¯ .
We would pay the costs.
B: 那好辦。
na` haˇoba`n.
Well that’s easy to do then.
A: 那你們最快多久能運到？
na`
nˇımen zu`ıkua`i duo¯ jiuˇ
ne´ng yu`nda`o?
So, when is the quickest you could send them?
B: 如果明天發貨，一週後就可以拿到。
ru´guoˇ
m´ıngtia¯ n fa¯ huo`, y¯ızho¯ u ho`u jiu`
keˇyˇı na´da`o.
If we send the goods tomorrow, you will be able to get them one week after that.
A: 好的。那我們就說定了。李先生，我真是不知該
怎麼感謝你了！
haˇo de. na`
woˇmen jiu`
shuo¯ d`ıng le. Lˇı xia¯ nsheng, woˇ
zhe¯ n-
sh`ı bu`zh¯ı ga¯ i zeˇnme gaˇnxie` nˇı le!
All right. So, then let’s settle on that. Mr. Li, I really don’t know how to thank you.
B: 哎！你這麼說就太見外了。
a¯ i! nˇı zhe`me shuo¯
jiu`
ta`i jia`nwa`i le.
Oh! You don’t need to be so formal with me.
---Key Vocabulary---
順利 shu`nl`ı smoothly
彙報 hu`ıba`o to report
報價 ba`ojia` quote
討論 taˇolu`n discussion
接受 jie¯ sho`u to accept
性價比 x`ıngjia`bˇı value for money
樣品 ya`ngpˇın sample
提供 t´ıgo¯ ng to provide
型號 x´ıngha`o model
錘子 chu´ızi a hammer
各 ge` each
好說 haˇoshuo¯ easily done
空運 ko¯ ngyu`n to transport by air
費用 fe`iyo`ng cost
由 yo´u by
好辦 haˇoba`n easily done
運到 yu`nda`o to send
發貨 fa¯ huo` to send out
說定了 shuo¯ d`ıng le to settle on that
見外 jia`nwa`i ceremonious
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
試用品 sh`ıyo`ngpˇın trial products
船運 chua´nyu`n boat
海關 haˇigua¯ n customs
報關 ba`ogua¯ n declare at customs
預付 yu`fu`
pay in advance
定金 d`ıngj¯ın deposit
合同 he´tong contract
交情 jia¯ oqing friendship
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