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外贸英语函电实训二 1. Warming up practice: Pair work Translate the following sentences related to business letter writing into Chinese orally, and check with your desk mate. ——我们想知道订货超过1，000打，能打多少折扣？ ——如您所知，我们的产品质量上乘，而报价与国际市场同类产品一致，因此我们对这种商品最多能打九折。 ——你们的报价偏高，我们难以接受。而且，以此价格我们很难可以将产品卖出去。 ——每公吨154美元已经是我们能给出的最低价。我们的市场调查报告显示，目前原料价格涨幅很大。 ——可否告知我方，超过100公吨后的订单的折扣是多少？ ——一般在这种情况下，我们给的折扣可以达到15%。　 We have cut our price to the limit. We regret, therefore, being unable to comply with your request for further reduction. We are not in a position to entertain business at your price, since it is far below the discount you ask for. Should you be prepared to reduce your limit by, say, 10%, we might come to terms. Group discussion List some channels of appealing to orders. Elaborate their economical efficiency and effectiveness respectively. How to make your letter of inquiry be attractive to suppliers? Read more International Trade International trade leads to more efficient and increased world production, thus allowing countries (and individuals) to consume a larger and more diverse bundle of goods. A nation possessing limited natural resources is able to produce and consume more than it otherwise could. The establishment of international trade expands the number of potential markets in which a country can sell its goods. The increased international demand for goods translates into greater production and more extensive use of raw materials and labor, which in turn leads to growth in domestic employment. Competition from international trade can also force domestic firms to become more efficient through modernization and innovation. Within each economy, the importance of foreign trade varies. Some nations export only to expand their domestic market or to aid economically depressed sectors within the home economy. Other nations depend on trade for a large part of their national income and to supply goods for domestic consumption. In recent years foreign trade has also been viewed as a means t