運輸是貿易中的一個大問題。我們來看看海倫和凱文是怎么協定的吧。
Helen: Hello, I'm calling from San Francisco for Kevin Lee.
哈啰，我是舊金山方面的，找李凱文。
Kevin: This is Kevin Lee speaking.
我是李凱文。
Helen: Hi. This is Helen Parker calling.
嗨。我是海倫?派克。
Kevin: Good morning, Helen. What can I do for you?
早安，海倫。有什么我能效勞的嗎？
Helen: I'm calling to find out how you would like your order of speakers, by air or by sea?
我想請教你要如何運送你下單的揚聲器，空運還是海運?
Kevin: We need part of that order by next week, so we would like to do a partial air shipment.
我們下個星期就要一部分的訂貨，所以有部份想用空運。
Helen: How much of it do you want shipped by air?
您想要空運多少數量呢?
Kevin: We'd like to ship half the order by air and the rest by sea.
一半用空運，剩下的一半用海運。
Helen: OK. Do you want us to use our freight forwarding agent?
好的。你要用我們公司的貨運代理商嗎?
Kevin: Actually, we've got a freight forwarder over there--China Consolidated. I'll fax you their contact information.
實際上，我們那邊自己有貨運公司--中國聯合公司。我會把他們的聯絡資料傳真給你。
Helen: All right. We can deliver that half to your agent tomorrow morning.
好的。我們明早可以出一半的貨給你們的代理商。
Kevin: That would be great.
那太好了。
Helen: I'm not sure what the shipping schedule will be for the sea freight.
我不確定海運的時間表。
Kevin: No hurry. We're not in a big rush for the second half of the order.
不急。另一半的訂單我們不是很急。
Helen: All right. I'll let you know the shipping details later and I'll send you the shipping documents by DHL as soon as I get them.
好的。我稍后再通知你送貨細節，我一拿到出貨文件就馬上用DHL 快遞給你。
Kevin: Very good. We'll be expecting to hear from you. And thanks for calling.
很好。我們等你的消息。謝謝你的來電。
（華東政法大學通訊員孫曉琳供稿 英語點津 Annabel 編輯）
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