致用商务英语阅读（下）programme_five_Delivery_and_Shipment教材教学课件.ppt

After reading Task 2: Translate the following sentences into Chinese. ? 1. I want the goods to be delivered in June. 2. These factors must be reflected in the price of goods turnover. 3. Generally speaking, the quality of goods sold online is inferior to that sold in large shopping malls. 4. Delivery is the process of transporting goods from a source location to a predefined destination. 5. I assume that he will not attend our discussion. After reading Read and speak After reading Explain the types of delivery in your own words. 2. Are the prices of delivery the same, if not, how? Task 1: Discuss the following questions with your partner after reading the passage. After reading In international trade, some special trade terms are used to determine the conditions of delivery, that is, sellers and buyers in the transfer of cargo assume responsibility for the costs and risks division. In general, for any use of domestic trade terms for export delivery, the responsibility of the seller, the costs and risks are relatively small, so the prices of goods are on the low. Instead, for any use of the importing countries’ trade terms for domestic delivery, the responsibility of the seller, the costs and risks are relatively large. These factors must be reflected in the price of goods turnover. Task 2: Recite the following paragraph. Company Logo Passage Two Shipping Questions 1. What do you know about shipping? 2. What is the “best way”? Shipping is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo by sea, and is extended in American English to refer to transport by land or air. Land or “ground” shipping can be by train or by truck. In air and sea shipments, ground transport is required to take the cargo from its place of origin to the airport or seaport and then to its destination because it is not always possible to establish a production facility near ports due to limited coastlines of countries. Ground transport is typically m