實用商務英語會話(MP3附字幕) 場景12:你不能延期付款
[00:02.50]用英鎊或人民幣，哪一個付款較方便？
解析: 在表達用哪種貨幣付款的時候，介詞用in.
[00:05.00]You can not pay on deferred terms.
[00:06.41]你不能延期付款。
解析: 注意這裏terms 的用法。
Terms: conditions that you agree to when you buy, sell, or pay for sth; a price or cost (交易的)條件,價錢,費用
例如: to buy sth on easy terms (= paying for it over a long period) 按分期付款方式購買
[00:07.81]Your reason for the refusal of payment is...
[00:09.56]你們拒付的理由是……？
[00:11.30]Collection is not paid.
[00:12.56]託收款未得照付。
[00:13.82]It is unbelievable that you'll refuse to pay.
[00:15.61]難以置信，你們會拒付。
[00:17.39]Only one refusal of payment is acceptable to the bank.
[00:19.33]銀行只接受一次拒付。
[00:21.28]Wrongly refusing leads to loss of credit.
[00:22.90]錯誤拒付導致信用喪失。
解析: lead to---導致
例句: Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽菸可能導致肺癌。
Credit: the status of being trusted to pay back money to sb who lends it to you (借錢償還的)信譽，信用
例句: Her credit isn't good anywhere now.
她借錢不還，弄得聲名狼藉。
[00:24.52]A decline in prices might exert a negative influence on payment.
[00:26.77]市場價格下跌對支付有負面影響。
Decline: a decrease in the quality, quantity, or importance of something 下降;減少
There is a decline in real wages.
實際工資有所減少。
Exert: to use your power, influence etc in order to make something happen運用,行使;發揮;施加
He's been exerting his influence on his friend to change his decision.
他一直在影響他的朋友改變決定。
Exert an influence on sth/sb 就是指對某事某人產生影響。
[00:29.02]We will buy the house in installments.
[00:30.58]我們將以分期付款的方式買房。
解析: Installment: one of a series of regular payments that you make until you have paid all the money you owe (分期付款的)一期付款
例句: We paid for the car by / in installments.我們是分期付款買的這輛車。
練習
1.選擇
He wanted to be paid ____ dollars.
A. on B. in C. at
The final installment ____ the loan is due next week.
A. in B. by. C. on
2.翻譯
他利用他的所有權利讓他們接受這個計劃。(exert)
公司報告其利潤略有減少。(decline)
答案將在下期節目中公佈。
