外贸英语话题王 第98期:交货

 　　Make delivery  交货

　　How long does it usually take you to make delivery? 你们通常多久能交货？

　　Delivery would be a month from receipt of your order. 收到你方信用证后一个月。

　　Could you effect shipment more promptly¹? 你们能否提前一点交货呢？

　　I'm sorry to say that we can't advance the time of delivery.  很抱歉，我们无法提前交货。

　　Getting the goods ready, making out the documents and booking the shipping² space, all these take time. 您知道备货，制单，订舱，所有这些都要花时间。

　　I see.  我明白了。

　　What's your unloading port? 你们的卸货港在哪？

　　How about Qingdao? 青岛如何？

　　We'd like to change the unloading port to Dalian. 我们希望将卸货地址改为大连。

　　No problem. It makes no difference to us to change the unloading port from Qingdao to Dalian. 没问题。卸货港是青岛还是大连对我们来说没有什么区别。

　　That'll be fine. I appreciate your cooperation. 很好，感谢你们的合作。

1 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

2 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。