Exercise 8

　　I. Translation.

　　1. Translate the following into Chinese.

　　(1) Air Transport Document (2) Multi-modal Transport (3) discrepant document

　　(4) 1day after sight (5) carrier (6) reciprocal credit

　　(7) collection order (8) ordering bank (9) bad tender (10) factor

　　2. Translate the following into English.

　　(1)远期信用证 (2)经营租赁 (3)本票 (4)过期声明

　　(5)贴现 (6)汇票期限 (7)公证人 (8)代理佣金

　　(9)定金 (10)存货清单

　　Keys:

　　1. (1)空运单据 (2)多式联运 (3)不符单据 (4)见票后第二天

　　(5)承运人 (6)对开信用证 (7)托收委托书 (8)指示行

　　(9)无效投标书 (10)代理商

　　2. (1) usance credit (2) operating lease (3) promissory

　　(4) declaration of assignment (5) discount (6) tenor

　　(7) surveyor (8) agency commission (9) margin (10) inventory

　　II. Choose the best answer.

　　1. As we are _____ the market for tablecloth, we should be glad if you would send us your best quotation.

　　a. in b. on c. entering d. at

　　2. We _____ ourselves of this opportunity to express our thanks to you for your close cooperation.

　　a. make b. take c. profit d. avail

　　3. We _____ a copy of our pricelist.

　　a. put b. enclose c. envelop d. wrap

　　4. We shall appreciate samples _____ your offer.

　　a. concerned b. covered c. including d. covering

　　5. _____ receipt of your instructions we will send the goods.

　　a. In b. Having c. Upon d. After

　　6. We always adhere _____ our commitments.

　　a. to b. for c. towards d. in

　　7. By joint efforts, we can _____ both friendship and business.

　　a. promote b. enhance c. improve d. develop

　　8. We are interested _____ a specimen of the new type.

　　a. to receiving b. to receive c. in receiving d. in receipt

　　9. Your letter has been passed on to us for _____.

　　a. attendance b. care c. attention d. cooperation

　　10. We regret _____ to offer you this article at present.

　　a. to be able b. being able c. being unable d. unable

　　11. We recommended _____ a small quantity for trial.

　　a. to buy b. buying c. you to buy d. you buying

　　12. Please make us offers _____ our enquiry note.

　　a. in compliance with b. as per c. according to d. with respect to

　　13. Should your price be found competitive and delivery date _____, we intend to place a large order with you.

　　a. accepted b. acceptable c. accepting d. accept

　　14. You will receive _____ on the sale.

　　a. two commissions b. two terms of commissions

　　c. two items of commissions d. two commission

　　15. The buyer demands that the seller _____ the goods within a week.

　　a. ship b. to ship c. should ship d. be shipping

　　16. We trust this new product of ours will appeal _____ your market.

　　a. for b. to c. by d. with

　　17. The offer is _____ to confirmation.

　　a. subjected b. subject c. subjective d. subjection

　　18. It has _____ us that Type 32 might suit your purpose as well.

　　a. happened to b. occurred to c. been happening to d. reminded

　　19. We are making you our quotation for shoes _____.

　　a. as follows b. as following c. as follow d. following

　　20. Damage _____ the goods was caused by heavy rain transit.

　　a. of b. to c. for d. on

　　Keys:

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